Friday = Awesome

No rain, high around 90, tolerable humidity.

Fire up the grill, head to the golf course/lake, do literally anything outside today.

Weekend

NWS Nashville mentions ridging will build starting Saturday. That with a surface high over the Gulf will help increase moisture return, thus better rain chances next week. read more

The Intern who was supposed to write this is rescuing a family of kittens from a tree. A ladder, something about a standoff, and tuna is involved. So far no one is blaming the tree, but before I could get details, the intern had to go. read more

The beautiful weather that you woke up to will continue throughout the day today.

We can thank an upper level trough that’s decided to sit above the eastern US this week. Moisture will continue to stay to our south, causing the dew point map to look like this: read more

To start off this lovely Tuesday, we are looking at overcast skies with temps in the low 70s.

That’s right, low 70s! We are finally getting a break from the heat thanks to a short wave trough passing through this morning carrying some cool air. read more

Monday

That cold front that came through this weekend is doing us some good.

Even better news? There’s another one that’s coming through tonight into early Tuesday morning.

Is it really the 2nd day of August? With this weather?

A surface cold front swept through the area yesterday and completely wiped out that hot and superhumid airmass.

Dewpoint temperatures have backed off significantly, and will remain manageable for the rest of the week. read more

Saturday

Some areas have already gotten wet today and scattered showers and storms will continue throughout the afternoon and evening hours as a cold front moves through the area. They should be heading out before midnight. read more

Friday Afternoon Rain Raises Localized Flooding Concerns

More showers will move through our area this afternoon, bringing an additional half inch to inch of rain. Localized flooding is the biggest concern today. Take a look at the amount of rain that has fallen in the past day in Davidson and Williamson counties, through 7am this morning: read more

At 10 AM a heavy rainstorm was moving across Nashville south of I-40 and all of Will Co. This morning’s weather balloon showed over 2″ of precipitable water content, setting us up for Day 1 of what should be a soggy trio of days ahead. read more

Showers and storms will start to dot the radar this afternoon.

HRRR Model fires up storms just after noon and keeps them around a few hours after sunset.

Temperatures will still be in the low 90s but where showers do form, expect a brief cool off. read more