Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

So, y’all, this is terribly familiar:

Catastrophic #flooding is impacting much of South Carolina today; up to 25" of rain has fallen since 10/1! #SCFlood pic.twitter.com/Zqd1LwtxEW

— NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) October 4, 2015 read more

Current Radar

The men and women at NWS-Nashville are forecasting professionals with hundreds of years of experience. Here’s how NWS-Nashville started off the morning forecast discussion:

Today – Clearing Out? Probably – High 76°

The upper level low that made it rain for three days has finally moved east over southern Georgia. read more

Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

Saturday – Watching Rain Approach from the East

Refresh your browser to update the radar, above. As you can see, rain is coming Crazy Ivan style, east to west.

The rain reason is the upper level low, which has been sitting to our S/SE since Thursday: read more

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Tonight – Radar Watching

See above. It appears the heavier/steadier rain will turn to lighter/off-and-on rain tonight.

The HRRR model shows decreasing showers tonight and overnight:

Saturday – Rainout Alert? Not So Fast – High 61°

The last frame of the HRRR (above) shows more rain coming from E Tennessee at 6 AM.  If that trend continues (I’ll update the HRRR model on Twitter @NashSevereWx later tonight), it’ll completely wash away all Saturday outdoor activities. read more

Current Radar

The current weathermaker is not Hurricane Joaquin. Our weather is due to an upper level low that has set up camp in the southeast, spinning counterclockwise.

Another dreary day is in store for us. Expect an overcast sky with a high temperature only reaching 64°. read more

Current Radar

Heavy rain and flooding issues near southern Williamson County. Take it easy out there.

Showers and even some storms will continue as we progress into the evening hours:

Umbrella/rain jacket a good idea for evening plans. Outdoor events look shaky.

Elsewhere in the realm of our weather…it will continue to be cloudy this evening. And cooler. AND drier (in terms of humidity). read more

Current Observations and Radar (refresh to update)

Dreary, Overcast, Drizzly Few Days Ahead

Because an area of low pressure way up in the air will become a “closed low.”   That means dreary days ahead.

Thursday night, the closed low emerges! Here’s the GFS model: read more

Current Radar

Our temperature will climb to 72° this afternoon under a cloudy sky. Dew points will continue to stay in the muggy 60s throughout the day.

Some isolated showers will be passing through later this afternoon. read more

Current Radar

This Evening – 74° by 7 PM 

Sunset: 6:34 PM 

‘Humid & cloudy & kinda warm, but kinda cool’ will be the scenario as we head into the evening.

Models keep just a few showers around this evening:

Judging by current radar, I’d say rain chances are pretty low. read more

Current Radar

If you looped the radar at 304 PM, you saw one batch of showers move NE, the other NW, because why not.

As Meagan wrote this morning, rain is coming tonight. Moisture from an upper low and a surface low in the Gulf is surging north. read more