Author name: Fred Gossage

It is HOT in the Tennessee Valley this week, and that comes as no surprise as we are rolling into the heart of summer now. Tomorrow is the start of July, and July to the first half of August is typically the hottest part of the year here. Let’s look at some climatological stats from […]

The drought monitor continues to improve! The latest release from the NWS Climate Prediction Center now only has a tiny but of low-end drought classification in place north of Highway 412 in Maury County, TN and another small area south of the Tennessee River in northwest Alabama. These are driven by long-term rain deficits over

For all the new followers and viewers we have gotten since the start of spring, we would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to Tennessee Valley Weather and just say THANK YOU for trusting Tennessee Valley Weather for your weather information! We are a 24/7 ALL-LOCAL digital weather station originating from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee,

The past few weeks have brought major drought improvement to our local area! The latest official drought monitor update released back on Thursday has downgraded a large part of the viewing area to only “Abnormally Dry” conditions, with actual drought conditions only in place across the Shoals to Russellville and Moulton in north Alabama and

We’re getting a little more sunshine on this Wednesday afternoon, but scattered showers and thunderstorms are around. Where the rain has been most widespread so far today, temperatures are holding into the 70s. Elsewhere, where there is more sunshine, we are climbing toward the mid 80s. We’ll continue to see a few scattered showers and

We’ve had a bit of sunshine across the area so far on this Wednesday, but clouds are building, and so are the showers and thunderstorms. After the earlier round of rain activity, we’ve had temperatures climb into the 80s, and now more showers and thunderstorms are moving into the area from western Tennessee and north

Mostly clear skies stick around through the evening, but clouds increase a little bit overnight. With a light southerly wind, we will be milder than the past few nights, with overnight lows in the mid to upper 50s. As we head into Wednesday, mostly sunny skies and a westerly wind will allow most of us

Check it out! Look look LOOK! After all the dry weather we have had, we FINALLY got a good soaking of rain here across the Tennessee Valley. Over the past 7 days, almost everyone across the area has seen a solid 2 to 3 inches of rain, with some isolated areas seeing as much as

Our weather pattern will be getting more active as we head through the next several days. For our local area here in the Tennessee Valley, there are a couple/few periods where we are monitoring for the potential for strong to severe storms: 1. Friday evening/overnight – April 24th: This appears to be a very low-end

It’s another partly cloudy, breezy, and warm day across the Tennessee Valley on this Tuesday. We don’t have quite as much cloud cover as yesterday, but we still have a fair amount of cumulus cloud activity. All is quiet in terms of any precipitation though. Temperatures this afternoon are climbing into the lower 80s, and