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National Weather Service Morristown TN
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

TNZ017-180800-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date           08/17/25      Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25            Wed
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      68          89          68          89          68
Temp          87 81 73 71 70 70 78 85 87 81 74 71 69 70 80 85 86 80 73 70 69 69
Dewpt         68 70 69 68 68 69 70 70 69 69 68 67 67 68 70 69 70 69 69 68 67 68
RH            53 69 87 90 93 97 76 61 55 67 82 87 93 93 72 59 59 69 87 93 93 97
Wind Dir      NW NW  N NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE  W SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind Spd       3  3  1  1  1  1  2  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  1  1
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S                                            C  C
Tstms          S                                            C  C
Obvis                     PF
Heat index    91 84                89 91 84                89 91 84
Max heat         93                91    93                91    92


Date           08/20  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          87      68    85      66    85      66    82      66    82
Temp          84 79   71 69 82 77   69 68 81 76   69 68 79 76   68 67 78 74
Dewpt         70 69   68 68 70 70   67 67 69 68   67 66 70 68   66 66 68 65
PWind Dir        NW      NE     N       E     S      SE     S       S     W
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      20    40      20    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        C    S     S  C    S     S  C    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms             C    S     S  C    S     S  C    S        C    S        C

$$

TNZ071-180800-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date           08/17/25      Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25            Wed
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      72          92          71          93          72
Temp          91 84 78 75 73 72 83 89 91 85 79 75 73 72 83 90 91 85 78 75 73 73
Dewpt         67 72 72 70 70 70 72 72 71 71 70 69 69 69 70 71 70 70 71 70 70 70
RH            45 67 82 84 90 93 70 57 52 63 74 82 87 90 65 54 50 61 79 84 90 90
Wind Dir       N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  W NW  N  E  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd       3  3  2  1  2  2  3  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S                                            S  S
Tstms          S                                            S  S
Heat index    94 90             88 96 98 90             87 96 97 90
Max heat         96    87          96    99    87          96    98    87


Date           08/20  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          92      72    87      70    86      70    85      69    85
Temp          88 82   74 73 83 80   73 71 85 79   72 71 83 78   72 70 82 77
Dewpt         73 71   70 70 72 71   70 69 73 70   70 69 73 70   69 69 70 67
PWind Dir         W      SW    NW      NE    NW       S    SW      SW     W
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      20    40      20    40      20    40
Rain shwrs        C    S        C    S     S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        C    S     S  C    S     S  C    S        C

$$

TNZ036-180800-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date           08/17/25      Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25            Wed
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      71          92          71          93          71
Temp          89 84 76 73 72 72 83 90 91 84 78 75 72 72 84 91 89 84 77 75 72 72
Dewpt         69 72 71 70 69 70 72 72 72 71 70 69 68 69 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70
RH            52 67 85 90 90 93 70 56 54 65 76 82 87 90 65 52 56 65 79 84 93 93
Wind Dir       N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE  E SW  N NE NW  W SW SW
Wind Spd       2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  1  1  1  1
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S
Heat index    94 90             88 97 99 89             89 98 95 89
Max heat         96    83          97    99    86          98    98    86


Date           08/20  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          92      70    87      69    86      70    85      68    84
Temp          89 82   74 72 84 79   72 71 85 79   72 71 83 78   71 70 82 76
Dewpt         73 72   70 70 73 71   69 69 73 71   69 69 73 70   69 68 70 66
PWind Dir         W      NW    NW       N    SW       W    SW       W    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      10    40      20    40      20    40
Rain shwrs        C    S        C          S  C    S     C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        C          S  C    S     S  C    S        C

$$

TNZ099-180800-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date           08/17/25      Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25            Wed
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          94          73          94          73
Temp          91 84 78 76 74 74 85 91 92 86 79 76 74 75 84 90 91 84 78 75 74 74
Dewpt         69 73 73 72 71 72 73 72 72 73 72 71 71 71 72 72 72 72 73 72 72 72
RH            49 70 85 87 90 93 67 54 52 65 79 85 90 87 67 56 54 67 85 90 93 93
Wind Dir       N  N  N NE  N  N NE  N  N NE  N  N NE NE SE SE  E  E  S  S  S  S
Wind Spd       3  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  3  2  2  2  1  2  2  3  3  2  1  1  1
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Rain shwrs     S                                            S  S
Tstms          S                                            S  S
Heat index    96 90             92 99100 93             90 97 99 90
Max heat         98    89          99   101    89          97   100    87


Date           08/20  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          93      72    89      71    87      71    85      70    86
Temp          89 83   74 73 86 80   73 72 85 79   73 72 83 78   72 71 83 78
Dewpt         74 73   72 71 73 72   71 71 73 73   72 71 73 72   71 70 70 68
PWind Dir        SW      NW     N      NE     E      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    40      10    50      20    50      20    40
Rain shwrs        C             C          S  C    S     C  C    S     S  C
Tstms             C             C          S  C    S     S  C    S        C

$$

NCZ060-180800-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
132 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date           08/17/25      Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25            Wed
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      67          92          68          89          67
Temp          87 79 73 70 67 67 81 89 87 79 73 70 68 69 80 86 83 77 72 70 68 68
Dewpt         68 70 69 67 66 66 70 70 70 70 70 69 68 68 71 70 70 71 70 69 68 68
RH            53 74 87 90 97 97 69 54 57 74 90 97100 97 74 59 65 82 93 97100100
Max/Min RH                   97          54         100          59         100
Wind Dir       N  N  E  N  N  N NE NW NW  E  E  E  E  E SE  W  N SE SE  N  N  N
Wind Dir Deg  33 33 11  0  0  0  6 32 31  9  8 10 10 10 15 26  0 12 13  0  0  0
Wind Spd       2  2  1  0  0  0  1  3  3  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  0  0  0
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1
Clouds (%)    21 27 26 36 46 51 25 22 18 50 23 32 34 38 31 46 38 51 37 44 45 59
Vsby          10 10 10  7  7  7 10 10 10 10 10 10
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.09           0
Rain shwrs     S                    S  S                    C  C
Tstms          S                    S  S                    C  C
Heat index    91                85 94 92                83 91 87
Max heat         92                94    94                91    91
ChanceThunder                 5          20          10          40          10
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                            5300                    5900
Max Vent Rt                           24400                   20900
T Wind Dir                               NE                       S
T Wind Spd                                4                       4
ADI                                      21                      18
Max LVORI                                 8                       8
Stability         A     G     F     A     A     G     G     A     B     G     G
Ceiling        9800 18200 18200 18200 18200 20800  NONE  NONE  NONE  8900  NONE
Sta Pres      27.88 27.91 27.93 27.93 27.91 27.93 27.96 27.93 27.89 27.89 27.88


Date           08/20  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          89      67    86      66    83      66    82      65    83
Temp          85 77   69 68 83 75   68 67 80 74   68 67 79 73   67 66 80 73
Dewpt         71 71   68 68 70 70   68 67 71 70   68 67 70 69   67 66 69 66
PWind Dir        NW       N    NW       E     S      SE     S      SE    NW
Wind Char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    50      20    60      30    60      30    50
Rain shwrs        C    S        C    S     C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        C    S     S  C    C     S  C    S        C

This is an experimental product for planning and review purposes only, and is
not to be substituted for an official fire weather spot forecast

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