Current Radar

This Evening – 84° by 7 PM 

Sunset: 7:05 PM 

As we approach sunset, any showers left in our neck of the woods will quickly end, and we’ll stay dry through the overnight hours:

Overnight lows will fall to the low 70°s under partly cloudy skies. read more

Current Radar

This Evening – 85° by 7 PM 

Sunset: 7:06 PM 

Once the sun sets and things begin to cool off, any shower activity will dissipate:

While it may not be a crisp September evening, it won’t be too bad. Maybe a bit sticky, but skies should be mostly clear. read more

Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

Tonight – Isolated Storms Ongoing

More outflow boundaries are arriving late this afternoon, and may set off more showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Most showers that have initiated so far today have encountered high pressure, and have died off pretty quickly. read more

Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

Tonight – Isolated Storms Ongoing

Just like yesterday, Horizontal Convective Rolls are streaming west this afternoon, Crazy Ivan Style, and setting of a few isolated showers.

After dark these should start to die off, yielding to a hot and muggy night. read more

Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

Tonight – Pop Up Rain?

Horizontal Convective Rolls are streaming west this afternoon, Crazy Ivan Style, and setting of a few isolated showers. As I write, one’s already making rain in Bellevue. read more

Current Radar

We are going to continue in this summer-like pattern today. Friday looks mostly sunny with the same high temperature as yesterday of 95°.

An upper level weak trough left some energy behind over us and the 700 mb has vertical velocity potential overhead. What this means is there will be a chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm this afternoon. Non severe nor will it be a washout, but some could pop-up briefly. When looking at the HRRR model below you can really see the clockwise flow of the surface high pressure overhead. read more

Current Radar

Thursday is starting off warm and muggy, but with plenty of sunshine. This will be the case for much of the day, as high pressure to our northeast keeps us in a generally pleasant, but summer-like pattern. Up in the jet stream, we have been dominated by a ridge, or just an extra extra large high pressure over the eastern U.S. Ridges aloft generally keep our weather on the hot and dry side. This has and will continue to be the case for the short term. But, there are a few small dips in the jet stream, despite the ridging pattern we have in place. These are called shortwaves, or more commonly here, disturbances. A shortwave is kind of like a mini low pressure system. They usually carry enough energy to produce rain and thunderstorms at the surface, even if there is not a surface low pressure in place. When a shortwave passes near us, that bumps up our chances for rain a bit. That’ll be the case today, as a one of these disturbances passes to our south and east: 

This could bring us some isolated showers and maybe a weak storm this afternoon and early this evening. Our high will be 93° today, so the extra heat of the afternoon could help to get some of those showers going. However, chances don’t look overly impressive, with the position of that disturbance being a bit too far east and south. The HRRR is picking up on some rain throughout the afternoon in our area, but more to the southeast of Nashville: 

As of 5 PM, there are a few showers and storms to our north on radar. They’re tiny, but you may get wet briefly if you’re out and about this evening. 

Tonight, temperatures will drop to 71° under mostly clear skies and muggy conditions. As we begin the holiday weekend on Friday, we’ll see a very similar situation to today. The morning hours will be warm & muggy, with the afternoon being plain ol’ hot. Friday’s high is also 93° and we’ll keep another small rain chance in for the afternoon hours. Another disturbance will be passing more to our south. Again, it looks like the bulk of the activity will miss us, but there is chance a lone shower drifts our way. 

We’ll keep the hot and muggy with a small chance of rain pattern for the weekend, as well. Highs will be in the low to mid 90°s, with overnight lows near 70°. 

Extended….

Really Extended….

We could see our first potent cold front of the season by late next week. Stay tuned. 

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This morning, the HRRR predicted a few showers this afternoon. We’ve seen a few of those, but only west of 65. Current radar:

So, not ruling out a stray shower as the sun goes down. No rain is expected overnight. read more

Current Radar

THIS EVENING: 86° by 7 PM 

SUNSET: 7:15 PM

It’ll be a warm, somewhat muggy evening.

Any showers that pop-up during the heat of the afternoon should fizzle as we approach sunset:

Overnight lows will only drop to near 70°, under mostly clear skies. read more

Current Radar

Tuesday – Warming Up High: 92°

(I don’t know why I cannot stop laughing at this gif of Tina Fey.)

Can’t rule out a stray shower during the afternoon hours mainly between 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

It will not be a washout so stick with your plans for the afternoon and evening! read more