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FXUS64 KMRX 201726  
AFDMRX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
126 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 118 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
- DRY WEATHER DOMINATES THE FORECAST PERIOD, WITH COOL MORNINGS  
AND PLEASANT AFTERNOONS EACH DAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
WILL REMAIN ON THE LOWER SIDE AS WELL.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 118 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
MORNING FOG ALONG RIVERS AND LAKES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE  
TONIGHT AS COLD AIR MOVES OVER WARM WATERS. THIS WILL PROBABLY  
REPEAT EACH MORNING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OTHERWISE, WE WILL  
HAVE DRY AND SUNNY WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS A  
LARGE MID/UPPER RIDGE BUILDS TO OUR WEST IN A BLOCKING PATTERN,  
AND GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST.  
 
ONE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FORECAST GRIDS WILL BE TO LOWER DEWPOINTS,  
WHICH HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH IN THE NBM TODAY. WENT WITH NBM 10TH  
PRECENTILE FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 118 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
NO AVIATION IMPACTS ARE FORECAST THIS PERIOD. THERE MAY BE SOME  
FOG NEAR THE AREA RIVERS AND LAKES, BUT THE CHANCE OF FOG AT THE  
TERMINALS APPEARS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 49 76 49 75 / 0 0 0 0  
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 46 76 45 74 / 0 0 0 0  
OAK RIDGE, TN 47 76 46 75 / 0 0 0 0  
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 40 74 40 72 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NC...NONE.  
TN...NONE.  
VA...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...DGS  
AVIATION...DGS  
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