Update on Rain Tonight, Tomorrow, & Saturday

Rain is still expected tonight.

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

Current Radar Loop

Obviously, rain is approaching. You can see the main rain blob pretty clearly, but showers developing ahead of the blob are possible before dark. read more

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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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

“Unbelievably Comfortable for July”

Current Official Temp (taken at :53 every hour)

Early this morning we hit 58°, tying the record low daily temp for July 30, set back in 1965.

Celebrate!

Today’s temps will cruise into the mid 80°s, alongside humidity levels the NWS calls “unbelievably comfortable for July.” Temps will slide back into the low 60°s, maybe even the upper 50°s. read more

Record Low Possible, Weekend Rain?

Current Official Temp (updated at :53 on the hour)

Cool, dry air is pouring into Middle TN from the N.

We may see a record low temp early Tuesday morning, 58° set in 1925.

This dry, cool pattern has staying power. We aren’t expected to make it out of the 80s all week. read more

Hot Day, Possibly Stormy Night, Cool Tomorrow

Current Temp (auto updates hourly at :53 on the hour)

Lots to review.

Current Radar

Yet, there is reason to think we might see a few strong or severe storms tonight. A cold front will arrive tonight. Storms are expected to form just ahead of that front. read more

Heat, Storms (Maybe), then Cool

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

The Intern will be in-and-out over the next few weeks. A great time to experiment with different formats!

Those storms strafing Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana Saturday night …. read more