Today — Temps soaring to 88° this afternoon should lift our sweaty, drippy air mass, producing a few pop up showers or weak storms somewhere in Middle Tennessee. The rain will probably be northwest of us, but we can’t rule out a shower. Without low instability, this will probably be a non-event, which will end as temps fall tonight.
No *concerning* rain is in the forecast, thanks to a well-established ridge of high pressure over the middle U.S. Middle to upper 80s for afternoon highs will carry us through the weekend into early next week.
Starting today we will finally transition back into a sunshine filled period. With this sunshine will also come a spike in our temps with highs expected to reach into the upper 80s. Our dew point temps will be in the mid-60s through the weekend. It could feel a bit sticky, but it won’t be too bad.
GOES 16 Visible Loop
A few showers continue this morning, but the good news is that we expect sunshine to return this afternoon! Temperatures will react appropriately, nearing 80°F for a high today. The remnant low pressure system over the Ohio Valley will take clouds and rain with it to the northeastern U.S. this weekend. Below is an image of GOES 16 water vapor, where the reds/oranges are high water vapor content and the gray areas are dry air.
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Our dreary day will continue into tonight with on and off showers. Luckily, showers from the remnants of Irma will clear out during the overnight hours into tomorrow morning.
Latest HRRR Loop – Updated 6:30 PM CDT
Irma’s remnant center of low pressure is expected to kick northeastward tomorrow, but bring in another swath of moisture and likely rainfall. Again, not a complete washout but definitely another dreary day on tap.
Irma is on the way and we will begin to feel the effects of Irma on our Middle Tennessee weather pattern. Irma, now a tropical storm, will continue to make its way north and westward through the remainder of today and into tomorrow.
Late Monday night, Irma’s center will pass to our south. See the red “L” below.
Irma is a large storm. Before Irma’s center crosses I-65 in Alabama, rain will approach from our southeast.
This morning, Irma is a Cat 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 MPH.
Sunrise revealed Irma’s eye striking Key West at 7:49 AM CDT:
Irma is a large storm. Although its center is in Key West, the moisture train extends to the North Carolina-Virginia border:
Northeasterly flow continues today and tomorrow with wind gusts as high as 25 mph. It’s the time of year for dual-wardrobes — shorts during the day and jackets during the evenings.
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