375
FNUS74 KMRX 230945
FWSMRX
SPOT FORECAST FOR APPALACHIA FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
545 AM EDT THU APR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE,CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...AT 1-800-697-0075. IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK
FOR EVERY SPOT FORECAST REQUEST.
..LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. MINIMUM RH COULD GET
INTO THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE LATER TODAY, WITH SOME
IMPROVEMENT INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE TOMORROW. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE WEST TODAY WITH A CHANGE TO THE SOUTHWEST
TOMORROW. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH OUTSIDE OF
THIS FORECAST RANGE, INCREASING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION LATE
TOMORROW INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 7 3 1 2 3 4 12 30 30 35 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............51 50 52 57 66 74 76 78 80 80 81 82
RH..............74 77 74 64 50 38 34 31 27 26 25 24
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 10 10 10 10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........21 18 9 8 18 18 18 17 28 22 18 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............81 79 75 68 65 62 61 60 58 57 56 56
RH..............25 28 33 42 48 56 58 62 67 69 72 72
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 6 4 3 9 15 20 25 30 28 27 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............56 56 55 60 68 75 79 80 80 82 83 82
RH..............72 72 80 69 55 45 38 35 34 32 31 32
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 12 12 12 12
FORECASTER...KERRIE SIMMONS
REQUESTED BY...C. DANIELS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610549.7/MRX
.DELDT 04/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRIAN.MATOY@USDA.GOV,CHARLES.DANIELS@USDA.GOV,ROBERT.CULP@USDA.GOV,CHRISTOPHER.MCTAGGART@USDA.GOV
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