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Spot Forecast for Checkerboard Farm Rx...TDA TDF
National Weather Service Nashville TN
713 PM CDT Wed May 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1900 CDT on May 21.
Please contact our office at (615)754-8502, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Low chance for rain tonight and into Thursday morning, however,
any accumulations are expected to be light at around a tenth or
less. Gusty westerly winds from this afternoon will taper off
after sunset, but will strengthen again Thursday afternoon with
gusts of 15 to 20 mph. Afternoon humidity values are expected to
stay above 45 percent with good to excellent overnight recoveries.


.REST OF TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   1   1   2   13  13  17  39  66  61  59
Weather Cov.....                                SCH CHC SCH
Weather Type....                                RW  RW  RW
Temp............72  69  66  65  63  62  61  61  61  60  59
RH..............53  61  68  70  72  75  78  78  78  81  80
20ft Wind Dir...W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
20ft Wind Spd...6   5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20ft Wind Gust..16  14  13  12  12  10  9   10  10  10  10
Mix Hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Mix Hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Transp Wind Dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp Wind Spd.14  10  10  10  10  9   8   8   8   12  10
Trans Spd (M/S).6   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   4
Dispersion Idx..8   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   5   5
LVORI...........2   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........58     65     62     36     26     42
Weather Cov.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather Type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Temp............58     61     66     72     75     75
RH..............87     81     65     53     48     46
20ft Wind Dir...W      W      W      W      W      W
20ft Wind Spd...2      2      5      6      6      6
20ft Wind Gust..10     12     14     15     16     16
Mix Hgt (ft)....600    800    1800   3400   4400   4400
Mix Hgt (M).....180    240    550    1040   1340   1340
Transport Wind..NW 10  W 10   W 14   W 16   W 15   W 15
Tran Wind (M/S).NW 4   W 4    W 6    W 7    W 7    W 7
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10

.THURSDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  22  26  28  39  46  39  40  35  37  31  22
Weather Cov.....
Weather Type....
Temp............73  69  66  63  61  60  59  58  56  54  53  52
RH..............51  61  68  75  78  81  80  80  86  90  89  93
20ft Wind Dir...W   W   W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20ft Wind Spd...5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
20ft Wind Gust..14  13  10  9   9   9   8   8   8   8   7   7
Mix Hgt (kft)...3.1 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.9
Mix Hgt (km)....0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Transp Wind Dir.W   W   W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp Wind Spd.13  12  7   7   7   10  10  10  12  10  9   8
Trans Spd (M/S).6   5   3   3   3   4   4   4   5   4   4   4
Dispersion Idx..39  12  3   3   3   6   7   7   8   9   9   7
LVORI...........1   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   6
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  7   5   4   2   4   6   7   9   12  14  14
Weather Cov.....
Weather Type....
Temp............53  53  56  60  63  66  68  70  71  72  72  71
RH..............91  86  76  68  60  54  49  46  44  43  43  46
20ft Wind Dir...N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20ft Wind Spd...1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3   3   2   2   2
20ft Wind Gust..6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  9   8
Mix Hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 1.8 3.1 4.1 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.6 4.0
Mix Hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.2
Transp Wind Dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp Wind Spd.6   5   7   9   10  10  10  9   9   10  10  9
Trans Spd (M/S).3   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Dispersion Idx..4   2   13  28  42  49  52  48  53  62  58  37
LVORI...........6   7   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

$$

Wind speeds are in MPH unless otherwise noted.

Forecaster...Alyssa Clements
Requested by...Christy Gearhiser-Johnson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514489.0/OHX
.DELDT 05/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christy.gearhiser@tn.gov