FNUS74 KMRX 241059 FWSMRX SPOT FORECAST FOR BOYD GAP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 659 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ONE MORE DRY DAY. AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION BY MID WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS WILL BRING SEVERAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68 TO 73. MIN HUMIDITY........39 TO 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT MSL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 22 MPH. DISPERSION..........63. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....5O TO 55. MAX HUMIDITY........89 TO 94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE. MIXING WINDS........DECREASING TO NEAR SURFACE WINDS. DISPERSION..........DECREASING TO AROUND 1. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 TO 65. MIN HUMIDITY........62 TO 67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT MSL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 32 MPH. DISPERSION..........27. $$ FORECASTER...LYLE WILSON REQUESTED BY...D MARTIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090324.BOYDG.01/MRX