Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)
From Sunday through Wednesday morning:
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.
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:
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.
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.
Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)
Current Radar Loop
Today – Hot & Humid – High 95, Heat Index 99
With moisture continuing to stream in, we can’t rule out a few afternoon/early evening showers or thunderstorms. The HRRR thinks we’ll see just a few, but the Hi-Res NAM predicts a lot of rain around 6 PM tonight (see below).
