About a week ago the dewpoint was in the low 70°s, which is very humid, as in borderline oppressive humidity.
Then we had that cool front arrive Thursday. North winds at the surface scoured away the gross and dropped our dewpoints into the glorious mid 50°s.
Current Radar
Still have a few clouds around the area. These will linger into the evening hours, but eventually these clouds will begin to clear out leaving us with mostly clear skies overnight. Current satellite imagery shows these scattered clouds beginning to clear over Middle TN.
Current Radar
Rain-free, cloud free, and that will allow us to bottom out in the lower 60s for morning lows. I would not be surprised if some spots dip down into the upper 50s overnight! Tonight’s weather will be great for spending outdoors and sure will give you a taste of fall…you might even want a jacket.
Current Radar
Meteorological summer, aka fake summer, ends tonight. As weather nerds even we agree fall does start until Sept 22, 2016 at 9:21 A.M. CDT.
— NashSevereWx (@NashSevereWx) September 1, 2016
Current Radar
Scattered showers and storms currently sit to our North and are drifting down into our area.
Storm still moving very slowly. Wind fields look weak. I think it'll come down 24, mostly as a nuisance. When thunder roars, go indoors.
Current Radar
Update: One small shower developed over Brentwood this afternoon. Other than that, we don’t expect much in the way of rainfall this evening. Temperatures will fall through the low 80s later this evening, with humidity holding strong (dew points in the 70s). Tonight will be great for an evening at the Sounds Ballpark.
Current Radar
We’ve been able to dodge the shower activity so far today. Still could get some small showers and thunderstorms to develop right over us, but expecting the majority to stay to our South.
We are in nowcast mode @NashSevereWx on Twitter as storms pop up and work their way in from the east.
We will may see a few weak microbursts. Microbursts happen when winds come screaming down from a storm, slam into the ground, then spread out in all directions. Here is an example.
This gif expresses how I feel about the heat:
Here we have the Biebs representing HEAT, sticking out in the crowd, and being obnoxious about it with the gold watch, two gold chains, red hot hat brim, indoor sunglasses, and that unnecessarily cool way he grips the water bottle. I like that he’s hydrating (although, why two tiny sips, Biebs?), but I can’t think that leather (?) garbage-bag-styled shirt is the loose, lightweight clothing that makes more sense during a heat wave. And worst part about it, is the gif never moves on. It’s stuck in an interminable loop.
Current Radar
Update: Showers and storms, some severe, are moving across the area. If you have any storm reports, please tweet #tSpotter with your messages and pictures.
What’s new besides that? Not too much. Keeping it simple with temperatures falling through the 80s by mid-evening. The rain valve *should* shut off by 7 or 8pm at the very latest.