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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

Showers and a few thunderstorms tonight into Thursday morning. Turning warmer from Friday into next week.

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

Showers and a few thunderstorms tonight into Thursday morning. Turning warmer from Friday into next week. Read More »

Spring severe weather season is approaching in the Tennessee Valley. The time to prepare is now, while the weather is quiet!

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.

Spring severe weather season is approaching in the Tennessee Valley. The time to prepare is now, while the weather is quiet! Read More »

Warm temps this week. Shower and storm chances along the way. Turning colder again heading into early next week.

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

Warm temps this week. Shower and storm chances along the way. Turning colder again heading into early next week. Read More »

Still cold but not as harshly so next couple of days. Flurries and a return to bitter cold Friday and the weekend.

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

Still cold but not as harshly so next couple of days. Flurries and a return to bitter cold Friday and the weekend. Read More »

The latest information concerning the winter storm threat for the Tennessee Valley at the end of this week!

 HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM LIKELY late Friday night through much of Sunday Confidence continues to lock in on the winter storm we have been talking about for the weekend. There is still time for small-scale, specific details to wobble around and change, but this storm has kind of driven past the off ramp exit for

The latest information concerning the winter storm threat for the Tennessee Valley at the end of this week! Read More »

An early week update on drought conditions across the Tennessee Valley

Drought conditions continue across the Tennessee Valley, despite the rainfall at the end of the past week. All of the Tennessee Valley is officially ranked in “Moderate” drought conditions. It is possible that some of the areas with rain totals over 1.5″ from the event last week could step down to “Abnormally Dry” on the

An early week update on drought conditions across the Tennessee Valley Read More »

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Friday and Friday night. There is the potential for both flash flooding and severe storms in the Tennessee Valley. Let’s talk about it!

Since the late weekend and the start of the work week, we have been starting to outline the potential for heavy rain and stronger thunderstorms being possible in our area Friday and Friday night. While exact specific details on the evolution of the threat, the specific timing, etc., are still murky because of how small

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Friday and Friday night. There is the potential for both flash flooding and severe storms in the Tennessee Valley. Let’s talk about it! Read More »