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Spot Forecast for LeConte SAR...NPS
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1035 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 EDT on August 17.

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.DISCUSSION...

No rain and light winds are expected throughout the overnight
hours. Expect fog to develop early in the morning around the Smoky
Mountains with the higher dewpoints. Showers and thunderstorms are
once again expected to develop in the late afternoon hours on
Monday when temperatures are at their hottest. Any storms that do
develop could bring brief gusty winds of 30-40 mph and lightning
as the primary hazards around the mountains.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Dewpoint............61.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.

TIME (EDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
Sky (%).........34  33  28  23  11  17  16  19  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  64  64  63  63  63  62  63  63
Dewpoint........62  61  62  61  61  61  61  61  61
RH..............90  90  93  93  93  93  97  93  93
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.2   2   2   3   2   2   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon, then slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Dewpoint............64 increasing to 67 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).North winds around 5 mph shifting to the around
                    6 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM
Sky (%).........13  7   9   14  19  33  41  38  30  25  26  18
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  20  20  30  20  20
Temp............64  68  72  76  78  79  80  78  79  78  76  72
Dewpoint........62  65  66  67  68  67  69  68  69  68  68  66
RH..............93  90  81  74  71  67  69  71  72  71  76  81
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.2   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   5   5   3
Surface wnd gst.7   7   7   9   8   9   9   10  9   9   9   9

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Dewpoint............63.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight.

TIME (EDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
Sky (%).........29  38  29  20  18  17  15  18  22  25  24  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  66  65  64  64  63  63  63  63  63  63  63
Dewpoint........65  64  63  62  61  61  61  61  62  62  62  62
RH..............90  93  93  93  90  93  93  93  97  97  97  97
Surface wnd dir.NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9

$$
Forecaster...Andrew Moulton
Requested by...424
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2520114.0/MRX
.DELDT 08/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL grsm_dispatch@nps.gov