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National Weather Service Morristown TN
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

TNZ017-120800-
Tri Cities Airport-Sullivan TN
36.50N  82.41W Elev. 1536 ft
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      36          49          29          61          36
Temp          78 72 66 61 47 38 38 46 48 42 36 32 31 30 45 59 61 55 47 43 39 37
Dewpt         57 56 56 58 45 36 32 26 21 21 23 24 22 21 27 31 34 34 35 35 35 34
RH            48 57 70 90 93 92 79 45 34 43 59 72 69 69 49 34 36 45 63 73 85 89
Wind Dir      SW SW  W  W  N  N NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SE
Wind Spd      16 11 12 12 12 10 10 12 11  3  2  2  2  2  6 14 16  9  5  3  2  1
Wind Gust     26 21 23                                     26
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          50           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.82        0.07           0           0           0
Rain shwrs           C  D  D  C
Tstms                S
Wind chill                   31 31
Min chill                    31    29          32    28    31                35


Date           03/14  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          66      43    71      40    52      22    41      24    49
Temp          61 59   46 45 69 65   55 46 45 41   29 23 38 36   26 26 46 43
Dewpt         38 40   40 39 49 49   51 43 30 20   16 12 10 10   15 16 21 27
PWind Dir        NW      SE     S       S     W       W     W      NE    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B2 OV B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      70    60      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                           C  L  L  C
Snowshwrs                                     C    S

$$

TNZ071-120800-
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport-Blount TN
35.80N  83.98W Elev. 979 ft
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      39          53          34          64          40
Temp          77 73 67 59 48 40 41 50 52 46 41 37 36 35 49 61 64 58 51 47 43 41
Dewpt         60 59 60 56 45 38 34 29 24 26 28 28 27 26 32 34 35 36 37 37 37 37
RH            56 62 78 90 89 92 76 44 33 45 59 70 69 69 52 36 34 44 59 68 79 85
Wind Dir      SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  E
Wind Spd      19 13 13 13 12 13 13 12  9  3  2  2  3  5 11 18 16  8  5  3  2  2
Wind Gust        24 27 24 23
Clouds        B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.28        0.02           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        S  D  D  D  C
Tstms             S  C
Wind chill                   32 33
Min chill                    32    31          37    30    34


Date           03/14  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          70      47    75      40    51      25    45      29    53
Temp          66 63   51 49 73 69   58 46 45 43   31 25 41 40   32 30 51 47
Dewpt         41 44   43 43 52 53   55 42 28 22   17 14 12 15   18 19 25 30
PWind Dir        NE      SE     S      SW     W      NW    NW      NE    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC B2   B2 OV B2 B1   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      80    40      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                           C  D  C  S
Tstms                                S  S

$$

TNZ036-120800-
Oak Ridge-Anderson TN
36.00N  84.24W Elev. 913 ft
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      39          54          34          63          40
Temp          78 73 65 55 46 40 43 51 54 47 40 37 36 35 49 60 63 57 50 46 43 41
Dewpt         62 60 61 51 43 36 33 27 24 25 27 28 27 27 31 35 36 36 38 38 37 37
RH            58 64 87 86 89 85 67 39 31 42 59 70 69 72 50 39 36 45 63 73 79 85
Wind Dir      SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N
Wind Spd      14 11 10 11 10 10 10 10  6  2  2  2  2  5 11 14 12  5  3  2  2  2
Wind Gust     26 24 24 25 23 20                         23 26 23
Clouds        B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.03           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  C  D  D  D
Tstms          S  C  S
Wind chill                   33 37
Min chill                    33    32          37    30    33


Date           03/14  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          69      47    75      39    50      24    45      29    53
Temp          65 62   50 48 72 69   57 45 45 41   31 25 42 40   32 30 49 46
Dewpt         41 44   43 43 54 53   55 40 27 20   16 13 11 14   17 19 25 29
PWind Dir        SE       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       N     S
Wind Char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    FW FW   FW FW B1 B2   B2 OV B2 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      80    40      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                           C  D  C  S
Tstms                                S  S

$$

TNZ099-120800-
Chattanooga Airport-Hamilton TN
35.03N  85.22W Elev. 688 ft
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      42          57          37          66          41
Temp          80 75 67 58 48 43 45 54 56 50 43 40 38 38 50 62 66 60 51 47 44 42
Dewpt         62 62 62 55 45 39 36 31 27 29 32 31 31 29 34 36 37 40 41 40 40 39
RH            54 64 84 90 89 86 70 41 32 44 65 70 76 70 54 38 34 47 68 76 86 89
Wind Dir      SW  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW NW NE
Wind Spd      12  9  9 10 13 14 14 13 11  4  2  1  2  5 10 11 10  4  2  1  1  1
Wind Gust           19 20 25 27 26
Clouds        B2 B2 OV OV OV OV SC CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.17        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs        L  D  D  D  S
Tstms             C  C
Wind chill                   36 38
Min chill                    36    34                33    36


Date           03/14  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          74      51    76      41    53      27    49      31    57
Temp          69 67   53 52 72 71   58 46 47 45   33 27 45 44   35 32 54 51
Dewpt         44 48   47 48 57 57   56 40 29 22   18 15 13 17   20 21 26 32
PWind Dir        SE       S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW       N     S
Wind Char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC B2   B1 OV B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      80    30      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  S    C  D  C
Tstms                           S    S  S

$$

NCZ060-120800-
Tusquitee RAWS-Forestry-Cherokee NC
35.07N  84.12W Elev. 1600 ft
227 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      38          53          30          63          35
Temp          77 72 65 60 49 40 40 48 51 44 37 34 32 32 47 59 63 56 46 41 38 36
Dewpt         57 57 60 59 48 39 35 28 22 23 24 25 25 24 28 30 32 34 35 35 34 33
RH            50 59 84 96 96 96 82 46 32 43 59 69 75 72 47 33 31 43 65 79 85 89
Max/Min RH                  100          32          75          30          92
Wind Dir      SW  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  N  N  N
Wind Dir Deg  21 19 20 25 31 31 33 33 33 33  5 11 12 13 16 19 20 19 18  0  0  0
Wind Spd       9  5  5  5 10 11 12 13 10  2  1  1  2  2  5  8  8  2  1  0  0  0
Wind Gust     19 17 18 17 23 24 25 24
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
Clouds (%)    62 67 85 91 94 96 77 17  4  7  5  2  5  9  5  6  7  7  2  3 18  9
Vsby          10 10  6  6  5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PoP 12hr                    100          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.91        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs           L  D  D  C
Tstms                C  S
Wind chill                   33 33
Min chill                    33    31          34    31    33                35
ChanceThunder                30           0           0           0           0
Max Mix Hgt
AGL Mix Hgt                            4900                    4500
Max Vent Rt                          108100                   69500
T Wind Dir                                N                       S
T Wind Spd                               24                      13
ADI                                     108                      67
Max LVORI                                 4                       3
Stability         C     D     D     C     B     G     G     B     B     G     G
Ceiling        NONE  NONE  NONE  9700  NONE  NONE  NONE  NONE 24200 25000 25000
Sta Pres      27.84 27.71 27.82 27.97 28.00 28.00 27.96 27.89 27.91 27.93 27.96


Date           03/14  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          73      46    71      38    53      22    46      26    54
Temp          69 63   48 47 68 65   53 46 46 41   28 22 42 39   29 27 51 46
Dewpt         41 42   42 44 53 53   53 43 29 19   15 11  9 12   17 17 22 27
PWind Dir         S      SE    SE       S    NW      NW    NW       N    SW
Wind Char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg Clouds    SC SC   FW FW SC B2   B2 B2 OV B1   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      80    40      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  S    C  D  C
Tstms                                S  S

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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