FNUS74 KMRX 231139 FWSMRX SPOT FORECAST FOR LOW GAP BRANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 739 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT MSL...4600 FT MSL. BOTTOM MIX HGT AGL..2350 FT AGL. TOP MIX HGT AGL.....300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH. DISPERSION..........7. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT MSL...3700 FT MSL. BOTTOM MIX HGT AGL..1450 FT AGL. TOP MIX HGT AGL.....-600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. DISPERSION.......... $$ FORECASTER...DOUG SCHNEIDER REQUESTED BY...M KETRON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120323.LOWGA.01/MRX