Editor’s Note: It’s Memorial Day.
On Memorial Day, we honor those who died in military service. Longtime readers know that as long as we are doing the weather, we are going to remember Army Spc. Jason K. Edens, who died from wounds suffered April 15, 2012, in Laghman province, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked with small arms fire.
Current Radar
High pressure bossed the weather today. With nothing meaningful challenging high pressure, we got hot: 90°.
Tonight, we’ll be watching a weak trough swinging by from the northwest. It’s been setting off a few showers and thunderstorms:
Current Radar
Clouds won’t cover us today like they did yesterday. More sunshine will mean more heat.
The dewpoint should settle around the mid 60°s, which means high humidity. Affix hairdos accordingly.
Current Radar
Rain chances are expected to move further east very late tonight as an upper level ridge strengthens over our region. A few more showers could impact the region through evening, but otherwise will be mild and relatively uneventful.
Current Radar
Update: A few showers and isolated storms have sprouted up across Davidson County. A couple more are possible through early evening. Otherwise, expect quiet conditions and mild temperatures to continue.
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Update: Scattered storms, some severe, are in the area now, and could continue for the remainder of the evening. Damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding are the main concerns.
The HRRR doesn’t have a great handle on the situation, but it is shown below to indicate that we will dry out by about midnight. Expect temperatures to stay mild (70s) and the air to remain muggy.
Current Radar
Some areas have stayed fairly clear of most of the showers today, while other areas have seen a lot of rain. That pattern will continue as we head into the remainder of the afternoon into the evening.
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Clouds will be increasing through the remainder of the afternoon as we head into the evening hours. Temps will stay fairly warm and we will still have that frizzy-hair worthy humidity through the night.
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Fantastic night to follow the fantastic day.
*Update: Air quality is not going to be good tomorrow. We have been placed under an air quality alert stating:
“A code orange air quality alert for ozone has been issued. Ground level ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.”
Current Radar
The only thing keeping temps down is a nice north wind, thanks to some low pressure off to our east:
Our nice north wind leaves as a Bermuda High sets up. Here come south winds, which means more humidity, more heat. But, no rain.
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