Here Comes a Lot of Rain

It’s hot.

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

Today’s high is 95°. Mid/Upper 60°s dewpoints are sending the heat index to 98°, in the shade.

Rain is on the way, to relieve official “abnormally dry” conditions in N Davidson Co: read more

“Looks like it’s gonna clabber up . . .”

Before we even look at the current temp, I need to clear something up, via run-on-sentence (look away, Mrs. Rich, my 7th grade grammar teacher). Has to do with weather and the south.

I was watching a video titled *cough* “Things” Southern Women Say (made by Southern Boyz Outdoors via Facebook), which I shall not link herein because this is a family show, but anyway, at the 0:51 mark, a southern lady suspicious of gathering clouds and a pending rainstorm said: read more

Frizzy Hair Alert!

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

Hot (high 93°) and dry today. If you’re planning to go to the fair . . .

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. . . do it Tuesday night! Because Wednesday. . .

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Hot Now, Rain Later This Week, & Awful Jokes. Truly Awful.

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

Monday & Tuesday

We will be hot, but unseasonably not-too-humid under mostly sunny skies with highs topping out in the lower 90’s. read more

When You Should Go To The Fair

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

From Sunday through Wednesday morning:

  • there’s a 0% chance of rain.
  • high temps will be in the low 90s.
  • it’ll be hot, but humidity won’t be terrible.

Starting Wednesday afternoon, the humidity will worsen, and continue to worsen into Friday and Saturday. As this happens, the chance of an afternoon shower/thunderstorm will return. Typical August. read more

The 90s Return

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

Water vapor imagery shows Saturday afternoon rain and storms firing up over SE Middle TN and N Alabama:

Those are drifting ESE. We should remain dry, although it’s possible we’ll see another shower today (we saw one around noon in SE Williamson Co.; it slowly dissipated). Here’s the HRRR loop from 3 PM until Midnight Saturday: read more

Will It Rain This Weekend?

Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)

Current Radar Loop

Today – Mostly Sunny – High 88

Another cooler-and-drier-than-normal day is on tap. Even though there’s a trough of low pressure sitting on top of us, it lacks moisture. The most we will see is a sprinkle or two. read more