Today – Typical Summer Pattern – High 92
Today will be much like yesterday. We will be hot and humid, with a slight chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. The bulk of the activity will stay east of I-65, but a few brief garden variety thunderstorms are possible.
Today – Typical Summer Pattern – High 93
It’ll be hot today, with another “maybe but probably not” chance of afternoon rain/thunderstorms.
A bad hair day warning has been issued.
August 2014 in Review
For the month, we were 0.9 degrees warmer than normal. We were over 90 for 19 days. We got as high as 97 (August 6) and as low as 59 (August 14).
We got 5.47″ of rain, which is 2.3″ more than normal.
Current Radar
Current Official Temp (taken at :53 every hour)
Today – Afternoon Thunderstorms Likely– High 89
A (shortwave) disturbance is quickly advancing towards Middle Tennessee from the Great Plains. The National Weather Service has its ETA at or just after 1 PM. The HRRR is also putting the showers and thunderstorms in Nashville around noon.
Current Official Temp (taken at :53 every hour)
Current Radar
Tuesday
A shortwave will increase our chance for showers and thunderstorms late tonight and early Tuesday. Scattered/numerous afternoon thunderstorms are expected across Middle Tennessee, which will be more likely N of I-40 than S of I-40.
Labor Day is expected to be rain free. One model (HRRR) predicts a mid-afternoon shower, but don’t let that dissuade you from your outdoor plans.
Enjoy your day off from the US Dept of Defense, or possibly the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
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Water vapor imagery (dark means dry, white means wet) depicts the rainmaker messing up our weekend:
This morning, light rain was working itself into Middle TN from the SW. The heaviest rain will pass to our West, but we should still see a few light showers before noon. Morning activities shouldn’t be ruined. As of 9 AM, I didn’t see any lightning in the approaching morning showers.
Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)
Today – A Day of Dry Air – High 95
No rain today. Just heat. The NAM’s Dew Point Map shows the area of drier air over us at 1 PM.
Current Official Hourly Observation (taken at :53 on the hour)
Today – Humid, Chance of Rain Later – High 93
Heat indices will be in the upper 90’s.
There’s a small chance a shower will pop up later this afternoon or early tonight. At 5 PM tonight, the HRRR has a few showers wandering around N of I-40. It’s possible one will stray over us, but it shouldn’t be enough to wash us out (NOTE: we’ve been very wrong about that before):