Author name: Fred Gossage

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. […]

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

As is often the case after a big weather event, we have gained many new followers on our social media accounts and website. That is no different after the big winter storm in our area a few weeks ago. We would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to Tennessee Valley Weather and just

After a run at milder temperatures and some rain yesterday, we have been back to chilly weather on this Wednesday as clouds have stuck around. That will continue into tonight with clouds only gradually beginning to break up. Overnight lows will be colder, into the low to mid 20s. We return to partial sunshine on

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

 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

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

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

As we briefly mentioned in our year in review post yesterday, drought conditions have officially returned to the Tennessee Valley. The latest Drought Monitor update from the NWS Climate Prediction Center has almost all of our viewing area in Moderate level drought conditions now. While we have seen a few occasional rain events recently, they

The year 2025 got off to an active start in terms of weather in the Tennessee Valley. For the first couple of months of the year, it was mostly cold weather and off and on wintry conditions. A major winter storm affected a large part of the Tennessee Valley and adjacent areas from the overnight