Today, the Storm Prediction Center outlooked us for severe weather for Monday:

Let’s first review Sunday’s weather.

Overnight/Sunday – Frost Advisory – Wake up 37°, High 71° read more

Current Official Temp

Watch the cold front’s arrival on last night’s hourly observations:

Saturday – Much Colder, Sunny, Frost Advisory Overnight – High 62°

A west/northwest wind at 14-16 MPH will be blowing, tossing more cold air at us. Winds will die down after the sun goes down. You need a jacket today. read more

The line of thunderstorms that moved through last night produced a handful of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings (winds 58+ mph) in both Davidson & Williamson Counties.

We finally got some rain:

Davidson County: read more

As I write this at 8:15 PM, a robust squall line stretches from Austin TX to Indianapolis IN, prompting Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings along the way. Again, the below image is from 8:15 PM: read more

The 20z (that is nerd for 3 PM) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) severe weather outlook has been issued!

For the period beginning now and extending through 7 AM Friday, the Storm Prediction Center’s opinion remains basically the same. read more

The lunchtime Storm Prediction Center (SPC) severe weather outlook has been issued, and through 7 AM Friday, little has changed:

As you can see, we remain included in the “Slight” Risk for severe weather. read more

This morning, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued its severe weather outlook through 7 AM Friday:

As you can see, we are included in the “Slight” Risk for severe weather. We’re in this category because the SPC thinks there is a 15% probability of a 58+ mph damaging wind gust within 25 miles of you, illustrated here on this map: read more

Hot Wednesday & Thursday — Rain & Storms Very Late Thursday Into Friday — Clearing Late Friday — Chilly Saturday

Today – Abnormally Hot – High 89°

Fresh off the 3rd driest September, also the 10th driest month ever (since records were being kept in 1871), today marks the first day of October. So how about 10° above the normal? The culprit is a ridge of high pressure sending in warm air on a southwesterly flow (“flow” means wind). The satellite water vapor image below shows the southwesterly flow (red arrow) and a trough of low pressure, coupled with a cold front (blue arrow) moving eastward. read more