FNUS74 KMRX 242147 FWSMRX SPOT FORECAST FOR CADES COVE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 547 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .DISCUSSION... AN ACTIVE AND WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON WEDNESDAY...AND LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL FIRST BRING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CREATING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE. A WARM FRONT WILL THEN CREATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ON FRIDAY...WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS THAT AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STRONG SYSTEM ON SATURDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MIN 49. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT....... MIXING WINDS........ DISPERSION.......... TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........47 63 63 67 71 71 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............66 63 59 56 54 53 RH..............38 48 57 64 71 74 20 FT WIND......SW 9 S 12 S 15 S 16 S 16 S 16 20 FT WIND GUST.15 25 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....M M M M M M TRANSPORT WIND..M M M M M M .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59. RH..................MIN 67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT MSL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH. DISPERSION.......... $$ FORECASTER...TERRY GETZ REQUESTED BY...MARK TAYLOR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090324.CADES.03/MRX