Author name: Fred Gossage

Despite some of the recent rounds of rain and storms the past few weeks, drought conditions not only continue across the Tennessee Valley, but have actually worsened a bit. The most recent update to the Drought Monitor shows “Moderate” drought conditions covering just about all of our viewing area across southern middle Tennessee, north Alabama, […]

After starting out with clouds and showers this morning, we have returned to partly cloudy skies late this afternoon. We still have a couple of isolated showers over parts of the area, but they are now shifting off to the east. With the return to partial sunshine this Wednesday afternoon, temperatures have been able to

After storms back on Saturday and storms on Monday, we look to be facing more strong storms as we head into Wednesday. The NWS Storm Prediction Center maintains a Level 2 of 5 risk outlook across the entire area for Wednesday. The main timeframe for our region is from the mid afternoon through the mid-late

Clouds hung around for a large part of the day, but they have broken up enough this afternoon to allow most of the area to warm nicely. We’ve been into the low to even middle 70s most everywhere along and west of I-65. Areas east of I-65 have been dealing with a wedge of cooler

Clouds are locked in across the area on this Wednesday. Despite that, temperatures have still managed to climb into the mid to upper 50s along and north of the Tennessee River and into the lower 60s south of there. We have a few light sprinkles on radar across southern Tennessee this afternoon. This is near

It’s no secret that the spring months are often an active time in terms of weather here in the Tennessee Valley. We are right in middle of the change of seasons as the jet stream is still nearby from its southerly winter track, but an increasing sun angle gives us warmer temperatures and higher instability.

Clouds locked in firmly across the area on this Tuesday, keeping us in the 60s today despite a gusty southerly wind. Those clouds and southerly wind will be what keeps us on the warm side for February the next few overnights. We only drop down to the mid 50s tonight for overnight lows. With clouds

As is often the case after a big weather event, we have gained many new followers on our social media accounts and website. That is no different after the big winter storm in our area a few weeks ago. We would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to Tennessee Valley Weather and just

After a run at milder temperatures and some rain yesterday, we have been back to chilly weather on this Wednesday as clouds have stuck around. That will continue into tonight with clouds only gradually beginning to break up. Overnight lows will be colder, into the low to mid 20s. We return to partial sunshine on

It is a sad state of affairs when mid 30s to lower 40s is considered “warmer” around here, but here we are! We are “warmer” today and tomorrow before another big push of arctic air in time for the weekend. After a few clouds this morning, we are mostly sunny for a large part of