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Spot Forecast for Whitetop RX...USFS
National Weather Service Morristown TN
458 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 EDT on April 14.

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.DISCUSSION...

...Strong Winds Tonight through Monday with Frequent Gusts Near 40
mph...

Strong westerly winds are expected tonight through Monday with
frequent gusts to near 40 mph. A few showers and storms are
possible by Monday afternoon and evening, but coverage will be
very limited. Outside of any shower or storm, RH`s will drop to
below 50 percent during the day. Tuesday will be less breezy.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 21 to 23 mph with gusts to around 43
                    mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 26 to 31 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
Sky (%).........2   0   1   0   8   10  22  20  32  13  23  34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  56  55  54  53  52  52  51  50  50  50  50
RH..............53  57  61  64  64  63  66  68  71  71  68  68
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..21  22  22  23  23  23  22  22  22  21  21  21
20 FT wind gust.40  41  43  43  43  43  43  41  41  40  39  38
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.31  31  31  31  31  31  31  26  26  26  26  26

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 15 to 21 mph with gusts to around 38
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 to 26 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.08 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........45  41  38  34  31  28  26  28  29  31  45  60
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Temp............51  53  55  57  59  61  63  64  64  65  63  63
RH..............63  59  57  55  53  52  54  56  58  56  60  60
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..20  21  21  17  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  15
20 FT wind gust.37  38  38  33  31  31  31  30  31  31  30  28
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.3 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.3 2.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.26  26  25  23  21  20  21  20  21  21  21  18

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.22 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
Sky (%).........51  51  52  51  53  50  47  47  49  53  58  62
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............60  57  56  55  55  54  53  52  52  52  52  53
RH..............69  75  77  77  77  80  83  83  83  83  80  77
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..12  10  10  9   9   8   8   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.21  20  18  17  17  15  15  14  13  13  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.16  14  13  12  10  10  10  9   9   8   8   8

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the morning, then slight chance
                    of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance
                    of rain showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph shifting to the south
                    around 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........66  68  69  70  73  84  88  88  85  82  79  75
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH
Temp............54  57  59  62  63  64  64  65  65  65  64  63
RH..............77  72  72  67  65  63  63  58  58  58  60  62
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   7   7   8   10  10  9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  15  16  18  18  17  17  18  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.7 2.7 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.1 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   10  10  12  12  12  13  13  13  14

$$
Forecaster...Brandon Wasilewski
Requested by...Todd Caudill
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410756.0/MRX
.DELDT 04/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL todd.caudill@usda.gov


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