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National Weather Service Morristown TN
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

TNZ017-190445-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Date             Mon 05/18/26            Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                                  62          89          63          87
Temp                               66 63 65 79 85 88 84 72 67 63 65 79 85 83 78
Dewpt                              56 57 59 63 61 60 63 60 58 57 59 63 64 65 66
RH                                 70 81 81 58 45 39 49 66 73 81 81 58 50 55 67
Wind Dir                           SE  E SE  W  W  W  W  S  S  N  S  W  W  W NW
Wind Spd                            2  1  1  2  5  5  2  1  0  0  0  4  8  6  3
Clouds                             B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                                  0           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                                  0           0           0        0.05
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  L
Tstms                                                                   C  C  S


Date          Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    82      61    80      61    81      61    83
Temp          65 64 79 73   63 62 76 76   64 63 77 77   64 63 79 78
Dewpt         64 63 68 66   62 60 66 64   61 61 68 67   63 63 69 68
PWind Dir         N    NE       E    SE      SE    SW       S    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60    90      60    80      50    90      60    90
Rain shwrs     L  C  L  D    L  C  L  D    C  C  L  D    L  C  L  D
Tstms          S     S  C    S     S  C    S     S  C    S        C

$$

TNZ071-190445-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Date             Mon 05/18/26            Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                                  67          90          68          88
Temp                               72 69 69 81 87 89 85 75 72 69 70 82 87 84 78
Dewpt                              60 59 60 63 62 60 62 62 59 59 61 65 67 68 69
RH                                 66 70 73 54 43 38 46 64 64 70 73 56 52 59 74
Wind Dir                           SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  N  W  W  W NW
Wind Spd                            3  3  1  5  6  9  5  3  2  1  0  5  6  6  3
Clouds                             SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                                  0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                                  0           0           0        0.05
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C  S
Heat index                                                             90 87
Max heat                                       87    90    81          90    90


Date          Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    84      66    83      66    83      66    84
Temp          69 67 82 78   69 67 80 79   69 68 79 79   69 67 82 79
Dewpt         65 65 70 69   65 65 71 69   65 65 71 69   64 65 71 70
PWind Dir        NE     N       E    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50    90      50    80      80    80      60    80
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  D    C  C  L  D    D  L  L  D    L  C  C  D
Tstms          S     S  C    S     S  C    C     S  C    S     S  C

$$

TNZ036-190445-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Date             Mon 05/18/26            Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                                  66          88          65          86
Temp                               71 68 68 78 86 88 83 74 70 67 67 79 85 82 76
Dewpt                              62 60 61 64 64 63 63 62 61 61 62 67 69 70 70
RH                                 73 76 78 62 48 43 51 66 73 81 84 67 59 67 82
Wind Dir                           SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW
Wind Spd                            2  2  2  5  6  6  3  2  1  1  1  3  5  4  2
Clouds                             B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                                  0           5           5          60
QPF 12hr                                  0           0           0        0.09
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  S
Heat index                                                             89 86
Max heat                                       87    89                89    89


Date          Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    83      63    82      64    82      64    84
Temp          67 65 81 76   67 65 78 77   68 66 78 77   67 66 81 78
Dewpt         65 65 70 70   65 65 72 70   65 65 71 70   64 65 72 71
PWind Dir         N     E       E    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40    80      50    90      80    80      60    70
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  D    C  C  L  D    D  L  L  D    L  C  C  L
Tstms          S     S  C    S     S  C    C     S  C    S     S  C

$$

TNZ099-190445-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Date             Mon 05/18/26            Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                                  68          89          68          88
Temp                               72 69 70 78 87 89 85 75 71 68 70 81 86 84 78
Dewpt                              63 61 60 64 66 64 65 64 63 62 63 67 70 70 70
RH                                 73 76 71 62 50 44 51 69 76 81 78 63 59 63 76
Wind Dir                            S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N  N SW SW  W NW
Wind Spd                            2  3  3  4  5  6  3  1  0  0  0  1  4  4  2
Clouds                             FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                                  0          10          10          70
QPF 12hr                                  0           0           0        0.07
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  S
Heat index                                                             91 88
Max heat                           83          89    90    82          91    91


Date          Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    85      66    84      66    84      66    85
Temp          68 68 82 78   69 68 80 79   69 68 80 79   69 68 83 80
Dewpt         66 65 70 70   66 65 71 69   65 65 71 70   66 65 71 71
PWind Dir        NW     S      SE     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40    80      60    70      80    70      60    70
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  D    C  L  C  L    D  L  L  L    L  C  C  L
Tstms          S     S  C    C  S  S  C    C     S  C    S     S  C

$$

NCZ060-190445-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
1131 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Date             Mon 05/18/26            Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                                  61          88          62          87
Temp                               65 62 63 77 85 86 79 69 64 63 64 79 85 82 76
Dewpt                              59 57 59 62 58 57 61 59 58 57 59 64 66 65 66
RH                                 81 84 87 60 40 37 54 70 81 81 84 60 53 56 71
Min/Max RH                               90          36          84          53
Wind Dir                            E SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  N  N  N  W  W  W  N
Wind Dir Deg                       11 12 12 17 19 18 16 13  0  0  0 24 25 27  0
Wind Spd                            2  2  1  1  3  4  2  1  0  0  0  1  2  2  0
Clouds                             FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
Clouds (%)                         14 37 24 45 55 44 60 36 66 50 33 37 48 53 66
Vsby                               10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PoP 12hr                                  0           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                                  0           0           0        0.03
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  S
ChanceThunder                             0           0           0          40
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                                        5900                    4900
Max Vent Rt                                       47300                   24300
T Wind Dir                                            S                       W
T Wind Spd                                            8                       5
ADI                                                  47                      25
Max LVORI                                             6                       5
Stability                           G     G     B     B     F     G     A     B
Ceiling                          NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE
Sta Pres                        28.09 28.14 28.09 28.06 28.04 28.07 28.02 28.00


Date          Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    84      61    81      62    82      62    84
Temp          64 64 80 75   64 64 77 75   64 63 78 76   64 64 80 77
Dewpt         63 62 68 67   63 62 68 65   63 62 69 66   63 63 70 67
PWind Dir         N    SW      SE     S      SE     S      SE     S
Wind Char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40    90      60    70      70    70      50    70
Rain shwrs     C     C  D    L  C  C  L    L  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          S     S  C    C     S  C    C     S  C    S     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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