Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Oak Ridge, TN

LONG TERM
(Saturday through Thursday)
Issued at 302 AM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024

Key Messages:

1. Mostly dry during the extended forecast. Above average temperatures for the weekend. A weak front will pass through Sunday evening. Only slight chance for showers northeast half of the area Sunday evening.

2. Much colder behind cold front Monday. Frost possible southwest Virginia Tuesday morning. Widespread frost Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

3. Warming trend beginning Thursday.

Discussion:

Saturday, a weak trough will lie over the Eastern U.S. and high pressure will be over the Southeast states. Sunday, the trough deepens with a strong low pressure area over the Great Lakes and Southeast Canada. A significant shortwave moves through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Sunday night ahead of a cold front with the bulk of that energy to the north. Just a few showers possible south of the KY and VA state line Sunday night. The trough deepens Monday and Tuesday bringing strong northwesterly flow to the region and a much colder air mass behind Sunday nights front. Highs will only be in the 50s to the lower 60s Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows will be the coldest of the fall season in the 30s Wednesday and Thursday morning with areas of frost. Thursday the upper trough shifts east and ridging builds from west to east aloft. Also the surface high pressure to the west begins to shift east with a warming trend.

AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 709 PM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024

VFR conditions at all TAF sites throughout the forecast period.
Surface ridging and dry airmass will produce clear conditions with light winds.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Chattanooga Airport, TN 78 49 80 53 / 0 0 0 0 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 75 45 76 51 / 0 0 0 0 Oak Ridge, TN 76 44 76 50 / 0 0 0 0 Tri Cities Airport, TN 73 41 72 45 / 0 0 0 0

MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.