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FXUS64 KMRX 160554
AFDMRX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
154 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 145 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
- RAIN CHANCES RETURN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHERN AREAS, AS A FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE WEST.
- MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH THE FIRST
FROST OF THE SEASON LIKELY FOR THE PLATEAU, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA,
AND THE TENNESSEE/NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. A
WARMING TREND WILL FOLLOW.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 145 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
THE RIDGE AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST BREAK DOWN AS A
DEEP TROUGH MOVES INTO THE MIDWEST AND THEN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
BY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
AND INTO NEW ENGLAND BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS WILL BE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
ALONG THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE, SHOWERS, IF ANY, WILL BE ISOLATED.
THUNDER CHANCES WILL BE LOW WITH LOW INSTABILITY EXPECTED. A
CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS WITH LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
THIS WEEKEND WILL BE DRY AND MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND
LOWER 60S SATURDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE BREEZY AS WELL WITH GUSTS UP TO
25 MPH LIKELY AT TIMES. ONLY SLIGHTLY WARMER ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN
THE MID 60S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR FROST ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHTS MAINLY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
EARLY AND MID NEXT WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH HIGHS WARMING INTO THE 70S
BY TUESDAY AS RIDGING AND HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATE THE SOUTHEAST.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 145 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN ANY FOG AT KTRI EARLY THIS MORNING. LEFT IT
OUT FOR THE TAF CYCLE. TIMING CONTINUES TO LOOK CONSISTENT FOR
STRONG FROPA LATER TODAY, LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LOOK TO PREDOMINANTLY
EXIST NORTH OF KNOXVILLE LATE IN THE DAY. TRI MAY SEE A FEW HOURS
OF LIGHT RAIN, MAINLY AFTER 00Z. BACKSIDE FLOW WILL BE QUITE
STOUT, YIELDING BREEZY NORTHWESTERN FLOW.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 83 50 62 42 / 10 10 0 0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 82 49 59 40 / 30 40 0 0
OAK RIDGE, TN 81 48 59 39 / 10 20 0 0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 80 45 55 34 / 50 70 10 0
MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
DISCUSSION...MCD
AVIATION...WELLINGTON
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