
308 
FNUS54 KMRX 181954
FWFMRX

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND COLDER AIR WILL PUSH 
IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN 
CONTROL FOR FRIDAY...THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN 
DURING THE WEEKEND. 


VAZ001-002-005-006-008-192100-
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST/VIRGINIA DISTRICT 6-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        MCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      30-35 (-6)   34-39 (-14)  14-19        32-37        
RH % (24H TREND)      92-97 (+24)  35-40 (-21)  69-74        31-36        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  W 13 G23                  W 10 G19     
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 13 G26     NW 15 G26    NW 13 G22    W 10 G20     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      SNOW SHOWERS NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           30           0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1            1                                      
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM         CONTINUING                             
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING                             
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.05         0.02         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               3                         4            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5700                      5400         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                W 30                      W 23         
DISPERSION                         97                        66           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE
20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TO MID 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. COLDER.
LOWS 14 TO 25. NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 20S
TO MID 30S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 19 TO 24. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TO
MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS
LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
20S TO UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-192100-
NORTHERN CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           CLOUDY       MCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      30-35 (-6)   35-40 (-11)  13-18        32-37        
RH % (24H TREND)      93-98 (+24)  33-38 (-24)  68-73        30-35        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  W 16 G30                  W 13 G24     
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 15 G31     NW 18 G31    NW 15 G28    W 12 G23     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      SNOW SHOWERS NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     60           40           0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       2            1                                      
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM         CONTINUING                             
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING                             
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.02         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               3                         4            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5800                      5400         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                W 35                      NW 26        
DISPERSION                         89                        59           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 17 TO 27. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TO MID 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS
17 TO 27. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 30S TO MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO UPPER 40S.
SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE 20S TO UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO
LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ072-074-192100-
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      31-36 (-6)   36-41 (-16)  13-18        34-39        
RH % (24H TREND)      85-90 (+10)  31-36 (-27)  71-76        27-32        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  NW 13 G24                 W  7 G16     
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 14 G34     NW 15 G26    NW 12 G23    W  9 G17     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      SNOW SHOWERS NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     60           30           0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       2            1                                      
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM         CONTINUING                             
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING                             
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.02         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               3                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5700                      5500         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 26                     NW 20        
DISPERSION                         58                        38           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 14 TO 29. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND
SHOWERS. LOWS 17 TO 28. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 20S
TO LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 20S TO MID 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO UPPER
40S. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO
MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ087-102-192100-
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      35-40 (-3)   41-46 (-17)  17-22        39-44        
RH % (24H TREND)      77-82 (-4)   27-32 (-30)  69-74        25-30        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  NW 11 G20                 NW  5        
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 11 G25     NW 13 G22    NW 10 G20    W  8 G15     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      NONE         NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           0            0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1                                                   
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM                                                
PRECIP END            CONTINUING                                          
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               4                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5600                      5500         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 24                     NW 17        
DISPERSION                         75                        49           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 18 TO 29. SOUTH WINDS UP TO
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 40S.
NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WINDS
LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
20S TO UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 

$$

NCZ060-061-192100-
NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      37-42 (0)    41-46 (-14)  17-22        40-45        
RH % (24H TREND)      76-81 (-9)   26-31 (-32)  72-77        24-29        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  NW 13 G22                 NW  7 G15    
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 11 G22     NW 14 G25    NW 12 G22    W  9 G17     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      NONE         NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           0            0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1                                                   
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM                                                
PRECIP END            7 AM                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               4                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5600                      5500         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 30                     NW 21        
DISPERSION                         85                        58           
MAX LVORI                          3                         3            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 19 TO 27. SOUTH WINDS LESS
THAN 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE 30S TO UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS LESS THAN
10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH
WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 30S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN
10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
20S TO UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
LESS THAN 10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ015>017-038>040-042-044-046-070-192100-
TENNESSEE FORESTRY DISTRICT 1-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      33-38 (-4)   40-45 (-12)  16-21        36-41        
RH % (24H TREND)      84-89 (+12)  31-36 (-27)  68-73        28-33        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  W 13 G24                  W  9 G19     
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 12 G25     NW 15 G25    NW 11 G19    W 10 G19     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           20           0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1            1                                      
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM         CONTINUING                             
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   7 PM                                   
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.04         0.01         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               4                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5700                      5400         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                W 29                      W 21         
DISPERSION                         104                       69           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TO MID 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND
SHOWERS. LOWS 19 TO 27. NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 19 TO 25. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO MID
40S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO UPPER 40S. SOUTH
WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN
10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ012>014-035>037-067>069-071-073-086-192100-
TENNESSEE FORESTRY DISTRICT 2-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      32-37 (-7)   41-46 (-18)  18-23        39-44        
RH % (24H TREND)      83-88 (+11)  26-31 (-29)  62-67        25-30        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  NW 11 G20                 W  6         
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W 10 G21     NW 12 G22    NW  9 G17    W  9 G16     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           0            0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1                                                   
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM                                                
PRECIP END            CONTINUING                                          
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               4                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5600                      5500         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 24                     W 17         
DISPERSION                         93                        62           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE
20S. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE 30S TO UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE 20S. NORTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH WINDS LESS THAN
10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 20S. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO
UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S.
SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN
10 MPH. 

$$

TNZ076-077-079>085-097>101-192100-
TENNESSEE FORESTRY DISTRICT 3-
254 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 /154 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009/

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR       
TEMP (24H TREND)      33-38 (-8)   44-49 (-18)  20-25        41-46        
RH % (24H TREND)      80-85 (+3)   25-30 (-32)  59-64        26-31        
20FT WIND-AM(MPH)                  NW 11 G22                 NW  5        
20FT WIND-PM(MPH)     W  9 G20     NW 12 G21    NW  9 G18    W  8 G16     
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      NONE         NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     40           0            0            0            
PRECIP DURATION       1                                                   
PRECIP BEGIN          7 PM                                                
PRECIP END            4 AM                                                
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.00         0.00         0.00         
LASI                               4                         5            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 5500                      5500         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 26                     NW 17        
DISPERSION                         99                        64           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE
MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE 30S TO UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. NORTH
WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH
WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN
THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO
LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO
10 MPH. 

$$









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