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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

One more final round of strong to severe storms late today and especially tonight. Here are all the details!

I know it feels like we’ve been a broken record this week with multiple rounds and multiple days of strong to severe storms either across parts of our viewing area or very close by. We have one more final round of storms to get through over the next 24-30 hours, and then we shift into […]

One more final round of strong to severe storms late today and especially tonight. Here are all the details! Read More »

Wednesday and Wednesday Night Storm Threat: Most of the area still missed, but it’s a CLOSE call for some in our viewing area!

Wednesday early morning update: There’s a lot to read here, but please take the time to read it so that you have a full understanding… I’ve attached two maps here. The first one is the new outlook update from the NWS Storm Prediction Center valid for Wednesday and Wednesday night. This isn’t our forecast. This

Wednesday and Wednesday Night Storm Threat: Most of the area still missed, but it’s a CLOSE call for some in our viewing area! Read More »

Warm weather sticks around. We add rain chances by the weekend, and that may include strong storms by Sunday night.

It’s been a beautiful Wednesday across the Tennessee Valley! Skies have been mostly clear, and temperatures have been very comfortable today, with daytime highs in the lower 70s with low humidity. There have been more widespread clouds and showers off to our south over central Mississippi to south-central Alabama, but these are staying to our

Warm weather sticks around. We add rain chances by the weekend, and that may include strong storms by Sunday night. Read More »

Low impact risk of a few storms with gusty winds or small hail today. Severe storms still possible Friday night although some question marks. High-impact severe weather threat Saturday!

Radar is a little active on this Thursday morning with scattered showers and thunderstorms spinning around a weak upper-level disturbance crossing the area. These storms aren’t too much in the way of trouble, but there is a low-end Level 1 of 5 risk of severe storms for the late morning to early afternoon that clips

Low impact risk of a few storms with gusty winds or small hail today. Severe storms still possible Friday night although some question marks. High-impact severe weather threat Saturday! Read More »

Up and down temps next few days, weekend rain chances, and then warmer weather next week.

Sunshine returns to the Tennessee Valley today, but we are still firmly in the clutches of chilly air. It will continue to be breezy today with northwest winds of 7 to 13 mph that may gust as high as 20 mph at times. That might make the daytime highs of the upper 40s to lower

Up and down temps next few days, weekend rain chances, and then warmer weather next week. Read More »

February comes to a close. Here’s a look forward at March climatology in our part of the Tennessee Valley

Today is the last day of February, and while that also means we close the door on the month and head into March tomorrow, we also transition from meteorological winter to meteorological spring. We’ve already hit the low 80s in parts of the area for the first time this year just earlier this week, and

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Strong to severe storms possible in the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday night

The latest update this morning from the NWS Storm Prediction Center has placed all of our region in a risk for potential severe storms for Tuesday, March 4th. Locally speaking here in the Tennessee Valley, the latest data suggests our threat will be during the late evening and overnight hours of Tuesday night into the

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The drought is officially all but completely gone in the Tennessee Valley! The latest check of rain totals and outlooks going forward.

The latest update to the Drought Monitor issued yesterday finally accounted for the multiple days of rain we had last week, and drought conditions are all but officially removed across the viewing area! Now, I know you’re looking outside at your yard at the mud and damp soil and saying “What drought?!?”, but it’s much

The drought is officially all but completely gone in the Tennessee Valley! The latest check of rain totals and outlooks going forward. Read More »

Light snow in the Tennessee Valley late tonight into Wednesday morning. Not a major storm, but some travel impacts are possible.

The National Weather Service now has all of our viewing area counties across southern middle Tennessee, northwest Alabama, and northeast Mississippi in a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY valid from tonight through midday on Wednesday. We’re not expecting a major winter storm by any remote stretch of the imagination, but light snow accumulation is pretty likely over

Light snow in the Tennessee Valley late tonight into Wednesday morning. Not a major storm, but some travel impacts are possible. Read More »

Snow chances in the Tennessee Valley late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning!

This is just a very quick and dirty initial update on the wintry weather and snow potential for our area late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. We will have a full blog discussion this afternoon… Here is our first attempt at potential snowfall accumulations for late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Generally speaking, we expect

Snow chances in the Tennessee Valley late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning! Read More »