177  
FNUS73 KSGF 081310  
FWSSGF  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WKT SOUTH PRESCRIBED FIRE...GATLINBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
810 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MARCH 08.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 1-800-762-4363, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING: SW WINDS UP TO 10-15 MPH, GUSTING UP  
TO 20-25 MPH. CLEAR SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S AND  
MINRH VALUES AROUND 40%.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........1 1 1 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0  
TEMP............62 64 65 66  
RH..............46 43 41 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 12 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 3.2 3.9 3.1  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 1.0 1.2 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 18 17  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..43 52 62 47  
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR GD FR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............64 61 58 53 52 52 52 51 50 49 50 49  
RH..............46 51 54 61 63 61 61 61 66 68 66 73  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 15 16 17 18 20 21 21 22 22 22 24  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 16 17 17 18 18 20 22 22 22 23  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 17 16 15 12 15 16 17 20 22 24 25  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY
 
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............50 51 52 56 61 66 71 74 76 78 78 78  
RH..............71 71 74 72 70 63 58 56 52 49 50 51  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 18 18 18 16  
20 FT WIND GUST.25 26 28 29 32 32 32 32 31 30 29 26  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.7  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 25 29 32 33 33 33 32 31 30 28  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).10 10 11 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 13 13  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..25 27 42 54 65 75 85 94 103 108 106 90  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD  
 

 
FORECASTER...TITUS  
REQUESTED BY...LT ANDREW QUILLIAMS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605037.2/SGF  
.DELDT 03/08/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ANDREWQ@GATLINBURGTN.GOV  
 
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