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FNUS74 KMRX 091744
FWSMRX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CADES COVE WEST RX 1/9/26...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1244 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 EST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE,CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...AT 1-800-697-0075. IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK
FOR EVERY SPOT FORECAST REQUEST.
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION
LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW RAIN CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS EAST
TENNESSEE, AND RAIN WILL BECOME MORE STEADY IN VICINITY OF CADES
COVE AS DOWNSLOPE DRYING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS
COMES TO AN END. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS
ENDS AT 1PM. PERIODS OF SHOWERS ARE EXECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2
INCHES GENERALLY EXPECTED. BREEZY WINDS WILL RETURN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT OBSERVED THE PAST 24
HOURS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.20 INCHES.
TIME (EST) 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........94 93 95
WEATHER COV.....DEF LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............61 58 59
RH..............90 96 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.0 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 9
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN
THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.66 INCHES.
TIME (EST) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
SKY (%).........95 96 96 94 94 94 95 95 95 95 96 93
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............59 59 60 59 59 59 59 58 58 58 57 58
RH..............93 93 90 93 90 93 90 93 93 93 100 96
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 12 10 9 12 10 10 9 8 7 6
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 17 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 6 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
TO THE WEST 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.87 INCHES.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........94 95 95 95 92 95 96 96 94 96 92 97
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 58 59 61 62 61 62 61 60 58 55 54
RH..............93 96 96 90 87 93 87 87 87 93 96 93
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW W SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW N N SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 12 10 14 13
FORECASTER...KYLE SNOWDIN
REQUESTED BY...SEAN WESTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528690.0/MRX
.DELDT 01/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SEAN_WESTON@NPS.GOV
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