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Spot Forecast for Burke Fields...National Park Service
National Weather Service Morristown TN
835 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on March 21.

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.DISCUSSION...

A mostly sunny day with lighter winds and low afternoon relative
humidity today. Winds are expected to be fairly light today with
no predominant high or low pressure system in the region. Winds
could be a bit variable at times, but should remain predominantly
out of the northeast. Rain and increasing winds returns to the
region Friday and lasts most of the day. The wet pattern continues
into Saturday. Skies clear again Saturday night with high
pressure building back in for a mostly clear and mild Sunday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph shifting to the north
                    around 6 mph early in the afternoon, then
                    shifting to the northeast 6 to 7 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........3   4   10  15  20  23  21  19  18  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40  46  52  55  58  61  62  63  61  60
RH..............44  35  29  25  23  21  21  22  25  26
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 1.7
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   6   7   6   6   6   7   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming southeast
                    around 5 mph after 3 am becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast
                    overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
Sky (%).........12  14  11  19  26  32  35  36  36  55  63  80
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55  51  48  46  45  44  43  43  43  43  42  42
RH..............32  36  39  40  43  43  47  49  51  53  57  62
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   3   3   5   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   7   7   7   6   6   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  9   8   8   8   9   8   8   9   10

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Rain
                    likely late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph decreasing to around 13 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.09 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........67  67  67  67  67  67  81  81  81  81  81  81
Weather cov.....                CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....                RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............44  45  47  51  55  57  60  62  63  64  63  62
RH..............65  68  65  61  55  55  51  50  50  48  52  54
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  9   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   12  14  16  17  18  20  18  17  16  15  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.7 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.0 1.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  13  16  18  21  23  24  24  22  20  16  13

$$
Forecaster...Andrew Moulton
Requested by...National Park Service
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408051.0/MRX
.DELDT 03/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL robert_vick@nps.gov


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