Current weather · Oct 2, 3:44 AM EDT

36.4430, -82.1200

61°

Mostly ClearFeels like 61° · Humidity 75%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Morristown, TN · grid 133,78
High
72°
Low
62°
Rain today
17%
Sunrise
7:25 AM
Sunset
7:10 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Fri 3 AM61°61°53°75%0%S8 mph12 mph8%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 4 AM60°60°53°78%0%S7 mph10 mph12%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 5 AM60°60°53°78%0%SW7 mph10 mph25%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 6 AM60°60°53°78%0%S6 mph8 mph22%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 7 AM60°60°53°78%0%SSW5 mph7 mph46%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 8 AM60°60°53°78%0%SW5 mph7 mph51%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 9 AM63°63°56°78%0%SSW5 mph8 mph31%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 10 AM65°65°55°70%0%WSW3 mph8 mph35%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 11 AM67°67°55°65%1%W5 mph9 mph54%1%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 12 PM68°68°56°65%1%W7 mph12 mph49%1%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 1 PM69°69°56°63%1%W9 mph14 mph60%1%0.01 inHg—25,000 ft
Fri 2 PM70°70°57°63%1%W9 mph15 mph49%1%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 3 PM72°72°58°61%0%W9 mph14 mph45%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 4 PM72°72°58°61%0%W8 mph13 mph42%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 5 PM71°71°57°61%1%W7 mph12 mph33%1%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 6 PM70°70°58°66%2%W5 mph10 mph52%2%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 7 PM69°69°58°68%4%W3 mph7 mph55%4%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 8 PMSlight chance of thunderstorms and slight chance of light rain showers66°66°59°78%17%W2 mph6 mph64%15%0.01 inHg—9,500 ft
Fri 9 PM66°66°61°84%12%WSW2 mph6 mph52%12%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Fri 10 PM65°65°60°84%9%N2 mph6 mph62%9%0.01 inHg—8,500 ft
Fri 11 PM65°65°60°84%7%WNW2 mph6 mph52%7%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Sat 12 AM65°65°60°84%10%E2 mph5 mph47%10%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Sat 1 AMSlight chance of light rain showers64°64°60°87%17%ESE2 mph5 mph51%11%0.01 inHg—-100 ft
Sat 2 AMSlight chance of light rain showers64°64°59°84%20%0.01 inSW2 mph5 mph60%10%0.01 inHg—900 ft
Sat 3 AMSlight chance of light rain showers64°64°60°87%23%0.01 inENE2 mph5 mph65%10%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 4 AMChance of light rain showers64°64°60°87%26%0.01 inESE2 mph5 mph65%10%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 5 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°60°90%29%0.01 inSW2 mph6 mph78%11%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 6 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°59°87%34%0.01 inSE2 mph6 mph89%11%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 7 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°60°90%39%0.01 inESE3 mph6 mph87%11%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 8 AMLight rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms62°62°60°93%76%0.02 inSSW2 mph6 mph84%16%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 9 AMLight rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms64°64°61°90%78%0.02 inNE2 mph6 mph78%16%0.01 inHg—100 ft
Sat 10 AMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°61°93%54%0.02 inNNE2 mph6 mph85%16%0.01 inHg—500 ft
Sat 11 AMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms62°62°61°97%49%0.02 inNNE2 mph6 mph89%24%0.01 inHg—700 ft
Sat 12 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms62°62°61°97%38%0.02 inN2 mph6 mph89%24%0.01 inHg—
Sat 1 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°62°97%39%0.02 inN3 mph6 mph92%24%0.01 inHg—
Sat 2 PMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms63°63°61°93%68%0.01 inN2 mph6 mph91%31%0.01 inHg—
Sat 3 PMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms65°65°62°90%65%0.01 inN3 mph6 mph88%31%0.01 inHg—
Sat 4 PMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms63°63°62°97%74%0.01 inNNE2 mph6 mph85%31%0.01 inHg—
Sat 5 PMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms63°63°61°93%66%0.01 inNE2 mph6 mph77%30%0.01 inHg—
Sat 6 PMChance of thunderstorms and chance of light rain showers63°63°61°93%52%0.01 inNE2 mph7 mph80%30%0.01 inHg—
Sat 7 PM63°63°60°90%14%0.01 inE2 mph7 mph82%14%0.01 inHg—
Sat 8 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°60°90%35%0.00 inE5 mph9 mph80%19%0.01 inHg—
Sat 9 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°61°93%35%0.00 inESE6 mph9 mph94%19%0.01 inHg—
Sat 10 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°60°90%35%0.00 inESE7 mph9 mph93%19%0.01 inHg—
Sat 11 PMChance of light rain showers63°63°59°87%35%0.00 inESE8 mph10 mph92%14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 12 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°58°84%35%0.00 inESE9 mph12 mph92%14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 1 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°58°84%35%0.00 inESE10 mph13 mph92%14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 2 AMLight rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°58°84%76%0.02 inESE10 mph13 mph92%17%0.01 inHg—

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Oct 2, 2:26 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF AI, ECMWF to day 16
  1. TodayOct 272°62°Mostly Sunny17%wind 9 mph · gusts 15 mph
  2. SatOct 365°58°Showers And Thunderstorms78%0.24 inwind 8 mph
  3. SunOct 462°56°Showers And Thunderstorms85%0.80 inwind 10 mph
  4. MonOct 561°48°Partly Sunny19%wind 9 mph
  5. TueOct 660°44°Sunny0%wind 10 mph
  6. WedOct 761°46°Sunny1%wind 10 mph
  7. ThuOct 864°49°Sunny2%wind 6 mph
  8. FriOct 965°50°6%wind 5 mph
  9. SatOct 1063°51°National Blend17%0.01 inwind 8 mph
  10. SunOct 1163°53°National Blend23%0.12 inwind 9 mph
  11. MonOct 12~70°57°Model mean0.27 in
  12. TueOct 13~74°57°Model mean0.05 in
  13. WedOct 14~74°51°Model mean
  14. ThuOct 15~72°54°Model mean0.03 in
  15. FriOct 16~72°51°Model mean
  16. SatOct 17~75°53°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like61°
  • WindS 8 mphgusts 12 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity75%
  • Dew point53°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility—
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise11:31 PMMoonset 2:09 PM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous64% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Oct 1, 8:00 PM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodayOct 272°62°NWS grid 72° / 62°rain 38%thunder 20%0.14 inwind 9 mph
  2. SatOct 366°58°NWS grid 65° / 58°rain 87%thunder 29%0.20 inwind 7 mph
  3. SunOct 462°55°NWS grid 62° / 56°rain 93%thunder 17%1.01 inwind 9 mph
  4. MonOct 560°48°NWS grid 61° / 48°rain 5%wind 9 mph
  5. TueOct 660°44°NWS grid 60° / 44°rain 0%wind 10 mph
  6. WedOct 760°47°NWS grid 61° / 46°rain 1%wind 10 mph
  7. ThuOct 862°49°NWS grid 64° / 49°rain 3%wind 7 mph
  8. FriOct 963°49°NWS grid 65° / 50°rain 4%wind 6 mph
  9. SatOct 1063°51°Beyond the NWS gridrain 17%0.01 inwind 8 mph
  10. SunOct 1163°53°Beyond the NWS gridrain 23%0.12 inwind 9 mph
  11. MonOct 1261°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 26%wind 7 mph
41°59°77°SatSunMonTueWedThuFri

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Oct 1, 8:00 PM EDT · GFS Oct 1, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Oct 1, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Oct 1, 8:00 AM EDT · ECMWF AI Oct 1, 8:00 PM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°64°86°SatSunMonTueWedThuFri

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 272° 62°74° 59°79° 56°80° 57°0.02 in78° 58°0.04 in~79° 61°0.02 in
Sat Oct 365° 58°0.24 in65° 61°0.50 in72° 61°0.45 in74° 62°0.46 in68° 62°0.60 in~70° 65°0.39 in
Sun Oct 462° 56°0.80 in—65° 60°0.78 in65° 61°0.93 in65° 58°0.09 in~67° 62°0.32 in
Mon Oct 561° 48°—73° 51°0.02 in71° 49°0.02 in66° 51°~71° 56°
Tue Oct 660° 44°—72° 48°70° 45°~67° 44°~71° 46°
Wed Oct 761° 46°—72° 46°71° 44°~69° 44°~72° 48°
Thu Oct 864° 49°—76° 49°74° 47°~71° 47°~74° 51°
Fri Oct 965° 50°—79° 54°75° 51°~73° 53°~77° 55°
Sat Oct 10——82° 56°74° 52°~73° 50°~80° 56°
Sun Oct 11——77° 55°71° 52°0.09 in~61° 58°1.32 in~80° 56°
Mon Oct 12——~62° 60°0.54 in—~— —0.52 in~78° 53°
Tue Oct 13——~74° 61°0.16 in—~71° 58°~78° 53°
Wed Oct 14——~67° 43°—~77° 56°~77° 54°
Thu Oct 15——~73° 45°—~74° 59°0.10 in~67° 58°
Fri Oct 16——~73° 47°—~60° 60°~71° 56°
Sat Oct 17——~75° 53°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Elizabethton (0A9) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sat Oct 17, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean33%equal chances33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayNov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Oct 276° / 51°92° (2019)29° (1987)equal chances · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 972° / 49°89° (1897)25° (1906)33% chance above normal · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1667° / 43°90° (1904)22° (1987)equal chances · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 2367° / 43°84° (2020)22° (1903)equal chances · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct 2026
Oct 3064° / 39°84° (2004)20° (1906)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 661° / 36°87° (1895)18° (1996)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1358° / 32°84° (1895)10° (2014)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2056° / 32°87° (1902)10° (2014)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2756° / 30°78° (2001)6° (1903)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 447° / 29°75° (1982)6° (1995)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1150° / 31°75° (2021)-0° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1847° / 29°80° (1895)-12° (1901)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2549° / 29°76° (1895)-9° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
FridayPoor8:36 PM to 6:00 AM0 of 9None60%1 h2 mph
SaturdayPoor8:34 PM to 6:01 AM0 of 9None50%3 h10 mph
SundayPoor8:33 PM to 6:01 AM0 of 9None39%3 h3 mph
MondayGood8:31 PM to 6:02 AM9 of 96 h from 9:00 PM29%Fair9 mph
TuesdayGood8:30 PM to 6:03 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM20%Fair10 mph
WednesdayGood8:29 PM to 6:04 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM12%Fair6 mph
ThursdayGood8:27 PM to 6:05 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM6%Fair3 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Fri6:59 AM to 7:09 AM7:09 AM to 7:59 AM6:36 PM to 7:26 PM7:26 PM to 7:36 PM
Sat7:00 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:00 AM6:35 PM to 7:25 PM7:25 PM to 7:35 PM
Sun7:00 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:01 AM6:33 PM to 7:23 PM7:23 PM to 7:33 PM
Mon7:01 AM to 7:11 AM7:11 AM to 8:01 AM6:32 PM to 7:22 PM7:22 PM to 7:32 PM
Tue7:02 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:02 AM6:30 PM to 7:20 PM7:20 PM to 7:30 PM
Wed7:03 AM to 7:13 AM7:13 AM to 8:03 AM6:29 PM to 7:19 PM7:19 PM to 7:29 PM
Thu7:04 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:04 AM6:27 PM to 7:18 PM7:18 PM to 7:28 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:25 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 7:10 PM, 266° W
  • MR Moonrise 11:31 PM, 55° NE
  • MS Moonset 2:09 PM, 306° NW
  • Waning gibbous, 64% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). No stretch of two good hours in the next three days.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:55 AM to sunrise 7:25 AM, and sunset 7:10 PM to 7:40 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Fri6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Fri 3 AMNo-fly819230%up to 0 ft61°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 4 AMNo-fly717200%up to 0 ft60°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 5 AMNo-fly717200%up to 0 ft60°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 6 AMNo-fly623250%up to 0 ft60°gusts near or over your limit, low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 7 AMNo-fly5680%up to 0 ft60°low cloud limits height (107.51), civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Fri 8 AMNo-fly5680%up to 0 ft60°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 9 AMNo-fly5690%up to 0 ft63°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 10 AMNo-fly3490%up to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 11 AMNo-fly56111%up to 0 ft67°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 12 PMNo-fly78131%up to 0 ft68°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 1 PMGood912161%400 ft69°nothing against it
Fri 2 PMNo-fly911171%up to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 3 PMNo-fly911160%up to 0 ft72°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 4 PMNo-fly810150%up to 0 ft72°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 5 PMNo-fly79131%up to 0 ft71°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 6 PMNo-fly56122%up to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Fri 7 PMNo-fly38124%up to 0 ft69°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 8 PMCaution26917%400 ft66°thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 9 PMNo-fly26912%up to 0 ft66°low cloud limits height (107.51), thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 10 PMCaution2699%400 ft65°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 11 PMNo-fly2697%up to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 12 AMNo-fly291110%up to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51), thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 1 AMNo-fly26817%up to 0 ft64°low cloud limits height (107.51), thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 2 AMCaution26820%400 ft64°thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Fri 3 AM to 8 PM 17 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 1 PM to Tue 5 AM 16 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 7 AM to 11 PM 16 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 7 AM to 4 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 9 PM to Thu 10 AM 13 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 12 PM to 7 PM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 1 AM to 5 PM 16 hours, every hour within the rules
Fri6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
FridayDry4%0.00 in61%9 mph1 d
SaturdayWet78%0.24 in90%3 mph
SundayWet85%0.80 in93%6 mph
MondayDry2%0.00 in60%8 mph5 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in51%9 mph4 d
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in50%8 mph3 dGood
ThursdayDry2%0.00 in46%5 mph2 d
FridayDry2%0.00 in45%5 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Thursday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Fri Fair5:18 AM to 7:18 AM5:49 PM to 7:49 PM1:39 PM to 2:39 PM11:01 PM to 12:01 AM 64%7:25 AM, 7:10 PM
Sat Fair6:20 AM to 8:20 AM6:51 PM to 8:51 PM2:34 PM to 3:34 PM 54%7:25 AM, 7:09 PM
Sun Fair7:20 AM to 9:20 AM7:49 PM to 9:49 PM12:11 AM to 1:11 AM3:20 PM to 4:20 PM 43%7:26 AM, 7:07 PM
Mon Fair8:16 AM to 10:16 AM8:43 PM to 10:43 PM1:23 AM to 2:23 AM3:58 PM to 4:58 PM 33%7:27 AM, 7:06 PM
Tue Poor9:08 AM to 11:08 AM9:33 PM to 11:33 PM2:35 AM to 3:35 AM4:30 PM to 5:30 PM 23%7:28 AM, 7:05 PM
Wed Fair9:56 AM to 11:56 AM10:20 PM to 12:20 AM3:44 AM to 4:44 AM4:58 PM to 5:58 PM 15%7:29 AM, 7:03 PM
Thu Good10:42 AM to 12:42 PM4:51 AM to 5:51 AM5:24 PM to 6:24 PM 8%7:30 AM, 7:02 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight60° · S 5–10 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

  2. Friday72° · 1% · SW 5–10 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

  3. Friday Night62° · 29% · SW 0–5 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  4. Saturday65° · 78% · NE 0–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 8am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  5. Saturday Night58° · 76% · E 0–10 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind 0 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  6. Sunday62° · 85% · S 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 62. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

  7. Sunday Night56° · 58% · NW 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  8. Monday61° · 4% · N 5–10 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

  9. Monday Night48° · 2% · NE 10 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

  10. Tuesday60° · E 5–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 60.

  11. Tuesday Night44° · E 5–10 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

  12. Wednesday61° · S 0–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 61.

  13. Wednesday Night46° · 1% · S 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

  14. Thursday64° · 2% · SW 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 64.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Morristown, TN · issued Oct 2, 2:47 AM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Updated at 245 AM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Chances for showers and isolated storms will increase later today and through the weekend with locally heavy rainfall possible.

Drier and cooler conditions will return next week.

Discussion

245 AM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026

A front currently arcs through the Ohio Valley crossing the Mississippi and southern Plains and southward through central Texas. Upper level ridging is being compressed as the shortwave associated with the front moves eastward towards our area. Surface high pressure remains nearly anchored just off of the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Yesterday was our last dry day area-wide at least until next week. Later this morning, the portion of the front arcing through the Ohio Valley will cross into western Tennessee. The morning will start dry, abnormally warm/humid. Chances for precipitation then begin to increase as we get into the afternoon hours. The frontal system does cross the area sometime later tonight into early tomorrow, however, it will become stationary just to our south and not totally clear the area until possibly late Sunday into early Monday. What this means will be periods of wet weather for the entire area this weekend. So far, a marginal risk for flash flooding is in place except for a majority of southwest Virginia. With the highest FFG across our southern areas, some places could have the capacity to take a good amount of rainfall and not have much of a threat unless training occurs with consecutive heavy showers/storms. Sunday still appears will have the heaviest rainfall amounts as the low center moves overhead as the system finally pushes out. Forecast PWATs for Sunday at this time do show values nearing or edging above 2 inches, which would be conducive for heavy rain makers.

As far as any storms, there isn't a severe threat, but there could be some embedded storms. Instability overall will be lacking with poor lapse rates and shear. The greatest threat this weekend will be periods of heavy rain with the possibility of localized flash flooding. Grand total QPF amounts, though being fine tuned with each new forecast, show the entire forecast area seeing at least 1 inch of rain. Amounts of over 2 inches has been cut down as we've gotten closer to the weekend, as well as any values above 3 inches. Greatest amounts are forecast south of I-40 and along the higher terrain of the Southern Appalachians.

Rain clears the region as we enter a new work week next week. A secondary front will send everything out of here replacing it with dry weather, northerly flow, and temperatures typically recorded in early October. Surface high pressure sinks in from the north and frontal systems until the end of the period are forecast to remain well to our south and to the north, for now. However, there's some uncertainty with regard to the southern extent of moisture and if it may bring light precipitation to our southern areas.

Aviation

130 AM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026

(06Z TAFS)

Predominant VFR conditions are expected for the period. Latest HREF does show a brief period around 10-16z this morning where probabilities of MVFR cigs is around 40 percent at KCHA. Not confident enough to include MVFR mentions at this time, but have introduced a low SCT deck and will monitor trends into the morning. Chance for showers will be increasing Friday night, however, it looks like the greatest opportunity will come near or just shortly after 6Z.

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

Chattanooga Airport, TN 91 69 87 68 / 40 20 60 60 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 88 67 82 67 / 20 50 50 60 Oak Ridge, TN 87 66 80 65 / 30 50 50 60 Tri Cities Airport, TN 84 64 77 63 / 10 50 70 70

MRX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook Oct 2, 12:04 AM EDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS44 KMRX 020404
HWOMRX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1204 AM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026

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005-006-008-030415-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-
Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-
Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-
Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-Northwest Blount-
Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains-
Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-Northwest Monroe-
Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee-
Wise-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA-
1204 AM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026 /1104 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Fri Oct 2General Thunderstorms Risk
  2. Day 2 · Sat Oct 3General Thunderstorms Risk
  3. Day 3 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Tue Oct 6No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Wed Oct 7No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Thu Oct 8No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Fri Oct 9No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Fri Oct 20.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sat Oct 30.25 in
  3. Day 3 · Sun Oct 40.50 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 5–Oct 6Under 0.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 7–Oct 8Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 7–Oct 11
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 7–Oct 11
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature33% chance above normalOct 9–Oct 15
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 9–Oct 15

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 29D0 Abnormally dry

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Elizabethton

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 19 and the first fall freeze around October 24: a growing season of about 187 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 10; one spring in ten still has one after May 7.

Climate of 36.44, -82.12: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 26 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max68°65°61°60°57°57°59°60°
Heat index max72°
Wind chill min44°38°45°49°
Chance of thunder max15%31%19%4%0%1%2%2%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft-100 ft
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max4,800 ft1,500 ft1,400 ft3,900 ft3,800 ft3,400 ft3,600 ft3,700 ft
Transport wind max12 mph8 mph10 mph9 mph10 mph10 mph7 mph7 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max48573119171822
Low visibility risk max591085446

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Elizabethton (0A9) · 5.8 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Fri Oct 272° / 62°76° / 49°92° (2019)33° (1895)
Sat Oct 365° / 58°75° / 50°92° (2019)36° (1908)
Sun Oct 462° / 56°75° / 50°92° (1898)29° (1987)
Mon Oct 561° / 48°76° / 51°89° (1941)32° (1901)
Tue Oct 660° / 44°75° / 49°91° (1941)31° (2001)
Wed Oct 761° / 46°74° / 48°90° (2007)30° (2000)
Thu Oct 864° / 49°74° / 49°89° (2007)30° (1988)
Fri Oct 965° / 50°74° / 51°88° (1941)27° (2000)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Fri6:59 AM7:25 AM7:10 PM7:36 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:00 AM7:25 AM7:09 PM7:35 PM11 h 44 min Last quarter · 54% lit
Sun7:00 AM7:26 AM7:07 PM7:33 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon7:01 AM7:27 AM7:06 PM7:32 PM11 h 39 min Waning crescent · 33% lit
Tue7:02 AM7:28 AM7:05 PM7:30 PM11 h 37 min Waning crescent · 23% lit
Wed7:03 AM7:29 AM7:03 PM7:29 PM11 h 34 min Waning crescent · 15% lit
Thu7:04 AM7:30 AM7:02 PM7:28 PM11 h 32 min Waning crescent · 8% lit
Fri7:05 AM7:30 AM7:00 PM7:26 PM11 h 30 min Waning crescent · 3% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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