FNUS74 KMRX 271852 FWSMRX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIGGS SAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 252 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF LOWER PRESSURE WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF COAST STATES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW....INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. .THIS AFTERNOON... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.....60S HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TO NEAR 80 LOWER ELEVATIONS. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55 HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO NEAR 65 LOWER. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WIND NEAR CALM FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60S HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TO UPPER 70S LOWER ELEVATIONS. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. $$ FORECASTER...LYLE WILSON REQUESTED BY...RANGER STEVE SPANYER TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20090827.BRIGG.01/MRX