Plan for off and on light showers this afternoon into tonight.

Reasoning. This was the radar as of 2:02 PM:

Rain between Savannah – Hohenwald – Lawrenceburg will get to us later today and tonight according to the HRRR model: read more

The Intern is on Finals Haitus until 12/8 – so like Fortnite, you get the OG for a while –

Most of the morning rain is gone — below is the radar before 10 AM this morning – we may squeeze out a few more showers this afternoon which would be NBD: read more

I’m writing because the fearless intern bugged out claiming it’s a “test day/travel day for me” but I hacked his Life 360 and apparently he’s been at some lampshade and garden gnome emporium since 11 AM so yeah, we’ll have to take that up with him offline. read more

As I sit down to write, the dewpoint is up, now 63°, step outside you’ll feel the summertime quality humidity. High dewpoints are storm fuel.

The high temp today is 86°. South winds are running 10-13 MPH, gusting under 20 MPH. Things will be quiet this morning and early this afternoon, allowing our atmosphere to destabilize. That’s not great for us, y’all. read more

First, some noon and 1 PM housekeeping:

Weather models have been struggling lately. Behold this Very Good Meteorologist:

This means the models could have one idea now, then a totally different idea three hours later. read more

The National Weather Service calls our weekend weather “unsettled” which is exactly what it is — off and on showers moving in from the west, but exactly where and when no one is exactly sure. read more

Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?

Not yet.

We asked the higher res models about Friday and here’s what we got: read more

Windy today. Not as windy as yesterday though. Dry, too, dewpoints in the thirties /applies chapstick/. Wind + Low Relative Humidity often = 🔥🔥 Fire Danger 🔥🔥 warning against outdoor burning, tossing your nicotine heaters, or other fire dangery things, lest a fire burn out of control and spread, but this is a Serious Weather Blog so I must inform you that NWS will not issue a fire statement today because: read more

Oh No Not Another Editor’s Note! You get different bloggers today through like May 10, from We The OG bloggers. The Regular Blogger needs time off to prove to college professors what we already know which is that he is very smart. read more