At 1:34 pm, the Storm Prediction Center said there’s a 95% chance they’d issue us a Tornado Watch for us “within the hour.”

At 2:15 p.m., there was still no Tornado Watch. At 2:24 p.m., SPC decided to hold off on issuing a Tornado Watch at this time. Then, at 2:55 pm, SPC decided to issue the Tornado Watch for Kentucky, but excluding us: read more

Tornadoes with debris signatures on radar are cutting through Illinois right now (11:30 a.m.). The risk in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, northern Kentucky, and Ohio is much greater than ours, but you need to pay attention to our weather this afternoon and tonight. read more

This morning’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) headline reads “A Major Severe Weather Outbreak is Forecast Today and/or Tonight.”

SPC”s “High Risk” category of severe weather category is rarely used. It’s in effect over Eastern Illinois, all of Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio. Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati are a few of the major cities included. If you have friends and family in the “High Risk” area, urge them to monitor the weather. This is not an “ordinary severe weather day” for them. It does not get worse than a “High Risk.” read more

Two rounds of potentially severe weather will take a swing at us tomorrow.

Round 1: The Morning

There was debate this morning as to whether we’d see rain/storms tomorrow morning or afternoon.

Right now, we think there will be morning storms. read more

Today – Humid (“Almost Muggy”), Windy, Stray Drizzler – Mid 60s

A south wind (13 mph by this afternoon) is pumping in the humidity. It’s so humid that a stray light drizzler may drift by, but no measurable rain is expected. read more

Tonight – Drying Out – Low 50s/Upper 40s

Water vapor imagery shows dry air spilling back into middle Tennessee. Looks dry tonight for all you JT and H.S. Football fans.

Friday night’s temperatures will be the coolest we get all weekend. read more

This morning, the Storm Prediction Center issued its Day 3 Convective Outlook.

In increasing levels of threat, here are the five categories in a SPC Outlook (Parenthetical explanations are mine; certainly not official!): read more

First, terrible news. We were temporarily relocated this morning:

No word on where Memphis went. (This was later fixed. We all make mistakes. Let’s give The Weather Channel a break).

Tonight – 43 by 9 pm read more

Clear & Cold Tonight & Tomorrow Morning

It’ll be 32 at 9 p.m., diving into the upper 20s during the wee hours of Thursday morning.

Thursday – Fire Weather Watch – Morning Low 27, Afternoon High 55 read more

Tonight – Cold! – High 56

We saw winds this afternoon around 20 mph (sustained), gusting to 30 mph. Wind chills were stuck in the 20s most of the day.

Winds are dying down. The Wind Advisory will expire for all of Middle Tennessee at 6 pm. read more