Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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Spot Forecast for Appalachian 6...USFS
National Weather Service Morristown TN
750 AM EST Tue Nov 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EST on November 18.
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.DISCUSSION...
...Low Afternoon Relative Humidity Today...
Sustained south winds from 5 to 10 mph with some
higher gusts possible are expected during the
afternoon hours today. Relative humidities will dip into
the mid to upper 20s this afternoon.
A warming trend resumes today and it will be quite warm through at
least Friday. Rain chances will return tonight, especially north of
Interstate 40. Additional rain chances can be expected over the next
several days, especially Thursday night into Saturday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........Around 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 4 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky (%).........32 44 44 46 31 39 37 49 47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58 63 67 68 68 66 64 61 57
RH..............37 30 26 26 26 30 35 38 47
20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S S S SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 11
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SE SE
Transp wind spd.13 13 15 14 14 12 10 10 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain showers
likely and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the west 6 to
7 mph after 3 am.
Rainfall amount.....0.09 inches.
TIME (EST) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
Sky (%).........45 46 58 87 89 94 92 96 95 95 94 92
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............55 54 53 54 55 55 54 54 54 53 54 54
RH..............53 57 61 64 66 72 80 83 90 96 96 100
20 FT wind dir..SE E E E E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT wind spd..4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.11 10 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE S SE S SW S S SW W W
Transp wind spd.10 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 6
$$
Forecaster...Lyle Wilson
Requested by...Chad Cook
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526172.0/MRX
.DELDT 11/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL chad.cook@usda.gov