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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

The latest info concerning the threat of strong to possibly severe storms tonight in the Tennessee Valley

Clouds are widespread across the Tennessee Valley this Saturday afternoon, and rain is not too far away. Showers and storms are as close as northwest Mississippi, southwest Tennessee, and another batch in west Alabama that is moving northward with time. None of these are severe. What we’re watching is how this northward/northeastward moving afternoon rain […]

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Mostly quiet and mild for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Track Santa along with us!

Weather looks pretty decent for your Christmas here in the Tennessee Valley. After highs in the mid to upper 50s and plenty of sunshine today, we expect mostly clear skies tonight for Santa’s visit. Temperatures by the evening will drop into the 40s, and then head slowly down toward the mid 30s by daybreak on

Mostly quiet and mild for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Track Santa along with us! Read More »

More rain and storms for Wednesday. Let’s talk about why we DON’T think there’s much to worry about concerning strong storms.

As you may have seen on the internet from the local National Weather Service or Nashville media outlets, yes, there is a low-end Level 1 of 5 risk of severe storms for late tonight (after 3-4am) across west Tennessee and then that expands across a large part of middle Tennessee for the rest of the

More rain and storms for Wednesday. Let’s talk about why we DON’T think there’s much to worry about concerning strong storms. Read More »

COLD this morning, but milder weather is ahead. Rain returns to end the weekend.

It is disrespectfully cold out there this morning! Check out morning lows across our part of the Tennessee Valley… most all of us were down into the teens this morning, with several spots in southern middle Tennessee in the low to mid teens. Lewisburg, TN was all the way down to 10 degrees for a

COLD this morning, but milder weather is ahead. Rain returns to end the weekend. Read More »

Chilly today. Warming temps ahead. Rainy at times next week. Stormy Thanksgiving?

Another chilly day is in store across the area on this Friday. We’ll have a few clouds this morning, but still plenty of sunshine through the day. Daytime highs look to only make the upper 40s to lower 50s across the area. Winds will still be gusty out of the northwest, but not quite as

Chilly today. Warming temps ahead. Rainy at times next week. Stormy Thanksgiving? Read More »

The latest concerning the drought and whether there may be any rain ahead.

It comes as a shock to absolutely nobody that drought conditions remain across a large part of the viewing area. If anything, it’s a little bit of a surprise that much of our region isn’t ranked in slightly worse drought conditions than what are shown on the latest Drought Monitor update from the NWS Climate

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Fall severe weather season is right around the corner. Time to think about preparedness.

Now that the jet stream is making its migration south and strong cold fronts are reaching our area, we are shifting back toward severe weather season here in the Tennessee Valley. Our tornado season here runs from November through May, although we can sometimes see activity pick up a few weeks early in October some

Fall severe weather season is right around the corner. Time to think about preparedness. Read More »

Beautiful October weather across the Tennessee Valley this week. All eyes on powerful Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico.

Right on cue, classic October weather is in place across the Tennessee Valley. Clear, cobalt skies with a northerly breeze, low humidity, and daytime temperatures in the 70s. That’s exactly what we have on the docket for today. Highs look to top out into the mid to upper 70s across the area, but one or

Beautiful October weather across the Tennessee Valley this week. All eyes on powerful Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More »

We close the door to September and head into October tomorrow. What does this usually mean in terms of weather?

It’s almost hard to believe the year has flown by as it has, but here we are making our way out of September and we begin October tomorrow! We are now firmly within the early portion of fall, and our weather here in the Tennessee Valley typically responds accordingly. Our average temperatures change pretty quickly

We close the door to September and head into October tomorrow. What does this usually mean in terms of weather? Read More »