Today will be a beautiful day (if you like temps around 90°).
Winds will be around 15 MPH with gusts as high as 25 MPH, offering some relief.
There is the potential for a pop up shower or two. The HRRR model shows a couple scattered showers this evening:
They’re adjusting to their summer schedules and I’m filling in the cracks.
Our interns are not at home playing Fortnite all summer. They have paying jobs! A work ethic. There is hope for this generation, gramps. It’s not all smartphones and side-eyes.
May 20.
A horrible anniversary.
Six years ago on May 20 an EF5 tornado hit Moore OK, near OKC. Seven kids were killed at Plaza Tower Elementary School. In all, this tornado caused about 25 fatalities, depending on how you count them (“direct vs indirect” casualties). Over 1,000 homes destroyed. Flattened.
We will see some scattered showers and thunderstorms today as an upper-level low and front move eastward.
The HRRR model shows the main cluster of rain this afternoon has now passed us, with scattered showers during the evening and nighttime hours. None of the rain really gets heavy. It’s scattered and pretty weak.
Our Saturday afternoon is going to be a very warm one! We’re going to climb up to 90° this afternoon as the sun beats down on us with partly cloudy skies. Along with the heat comes, you guessed it, humidity. Dew point values are going to be in the low 60s this afternoon when we hit our high. We’re going to see a greater chance for some scattered showers and storms after 4pm this afternoon. The HRRR is showing a few of these storms moving Northeast through our area, but not washing us out by any means:
Boy oh boy are we looking at a beautiful Friday afternoon! A perfect day for some Friday afternoon and Friday night plans, with bright sunny skies and warmer than normal temperatures. We could see Middle Tennessee hit 90° for the first time this year, topping out at around 91° this afternoon. We’ll only drop down to a low of 67° overnight, with clear skies. However, along with all that heat, comes humidity. Dewpoint values will be a little high in the mid 60s this afternoon so keep the hairspray and sunscreen handy!
Turning hot and increasingly humid with dew points rising into the mid and upper 60s…Yuck! A few isolated showers or non severe thunderstorms are possible but nothing widespread is expected.
This morning’s round of rain has exited our two counties. HRRR (below) shows the possibility of a couple of leftover showers behind this morning’s main rain blob. At noon, these are weakening on radar as they approach from the NW, but they could still give us some light rain in the afternoon hours.
Look for increasing clouds tonight and warmer with lows in the lower 50s.
Rain expected Wednesday by late morning, continuing through the lunch hour, ending by mid afternoon. High temperatures will reach into the mid 70s.
Last year we went from winter to summer. I think we had a half afternoon of spring.
Not this year.
For example, over the past 24 hours the temp was 7° below average. Here’s where we’ve been:
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