Author name: Fred Gossage

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

Despite the widespread showers and thunderstorms we had over the weekend, drought conditions continue across the Tennessee Valley, and they are gradually getting worse. All of the viewing area continues in “Moderate” drought conditions, but we are now starting to see “Severe” drought conditions begin to show up in portions of Hardin and Wayne Counties

The grass is turning green again. Bees are buzzing. Trees and flowers are blooming. It is spring in the Tennessee Valley! And with today starting a new month, it’s time to look at climatology for our local area to get a basic idea of how weather here can behave in the month of April. With

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