Author name: Fred Gossage

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 […]

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

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

After becoming a hurricane early last evening, Francine has continued to intensify overnight with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as of the 4am advisory this morning. A little additional strengthening is expected before wind shear and dry air entrainment increase this afternoon before the system makes landfall, and Francine is officially forecast to become

All eyes in the weather center continue to be on the tropical disturbance in the Bay of Campeche and western Gulf of Mexico. This is actually the same system that we’ve been tracking across the Atlantic and through the Caribbean for over a week now! Now that it has moved over into the southwestern Gulf

Not everybody got rain yesterday, but several locations did, and it actually overperformed a little bit compared to forecast expectations. Here are Doppler Radar dual-pol estimated rainfall totals from the past 24 hours. Areas in green are estimated to have seen as much as a half inch or more! Where the rain happened yesterday, it

We continue to wake up to comfortable morning temperatures across the Tennessee Valley. We’re hanging out in the 60s across the area as of the 5:00am hour. High pressure is in firm control of the weather across our region, both at the surface, and aloft, and this means quiet weather is ahead for now. Don’t