Current Temps and Radar
Today – Marginal/Slight Risk of Severe T-storms – High: 79°
The Storm Prediction Center has placed Nashville right on the border of a Slight Risk and Marginal Risk for severe weather today. Here is a look at what the SPC Categorical Outlooks for severe thunderstorms actually mean.
Portions of northern Nashville metro are in the yellow Slight Risk category.
The main threats will be hail and strong winds. What this really means is that Davidson and Williamson Counties have between a 5% – 15% chance that severe weather develops and produces greater than 50 MPH wind gusts and hail that is one inch or greater happening within 25 miles of us.
We will have the chance for hit and miss showers all day, but after noon the National Weather Service believes that we could see thunderstorms.
The HRRR Model shows thunder storms firing up aroud 3 PM.
The NAM 4KM is keeping us mostly dry… Here is a look at 3 PM.
Conditions are are ripe for thunderstorms to develop, so we are leaning towards the HRRR Model. Additionally, the National Weather Service believes that our best chance thunderstorms will be between 4 PM and 7 PM.
Overnight we will hang onto a chance for showers and thunderstorms as a cold front creeps closer to Middle Tennessee.
Rain totals look to be between 0.1″ and 0.5″ here in Nashville.
The heaver rain will stay north of the Tennessee/Kentucky border.
Friday – Enhanced Risk of Severe Weather – Wake Up: 61°, High: 74°
The cold front will reach Middle Tennessee on Friday and be the catalyst for severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has given Middle Tennessee an Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms.
This means That Davidson and Williamson Counties have a 30% chance for severe thunderstorms producing straight line winds greater than 55 MPH and hail greater than an inch within 25 miles of us. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also possible.
The National Weather Service believes that Nashville’s best chance for Thunderstorms will be during the afternoon and early evening hours.
The NAM 4 KM Model shows thunderstorms developing ahead of the main line of showers and thunderstorms (squall line) at 2 PM.
This Model Indicates that the squall line will move overhead around the evening commute.
The GFS is in agreement with the NAM 4 KM and shows the most intense rainfall occurring between 1 PM and 7 PM.
After 7 PM any showers that stick around will lose intensity, and will likely not be severe in nature. The line of showers and thunderstorms will out of out hair and to the southeast by midnight.
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center believes that rain totals will be between 0.25″ and 1″ of rain from 7 AM Friday through 7 AM Saturday.
Between 7 AM Thursday – 7 AM Saturday we are expecting between 0.5″ – 1.5″ of rain.
Saturday – The Sun – Wake Up: 42°, High: 60°
Cooler temps and sunny skies will be in store for us on Saturday!
Overnight lows will be in the upper 30’s.
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Enjoy Saturday and the nice weather during the day on Easter because showers and thunderstorms return to start the week.
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