Author name: Fred Gossage

November arrives on Saturday. It’s hard to believe we’re flying this quickly toward the end of the year, but here we are! As we head into November, we are heading into home stretch for meteorological fall here in the Tennessee Valley. Typically, the main storm track comes southward and gets more active. We shift out […]

The latest Drought Monitor update issued this morning by the NWS Climate Prediction Center shows that some portions of our area still remain in “Abnormally Dry” or in drought classifications, but that there have been no major changes. In fact, if anything, areas of western Colbert and Franklin Counties in Alabama back into southern Tishomingo

As we head into the cooler months of the year, the jet stream becomes more active as it comes back southward toward our area… bringing with it more frequent weather systems and a return to severe weather “season” in the Tennessee Valley. Severe storms and even tornadoes can happen at any time of the year,

As of the latest drought monitor that was issued this past Thursday, we’ve been able to hold off major drought conditions across our part of the Tennessee Valley. As a matter of fact, there has actually been significant short-term improvement across the Highway 412 corridor of southern Tennessee in what was red on this map

Skies will continue to gradually but steadily clear as we head into the overnight. Breezy north to northeast winds will continue as well, sustained around 10 mph and gusting as high as 15 to 20 mph at times. That will bring in cooler and drier air, with overnight lows down into the low to mid

If you’re any kind of weather enthusiast at all, you’ve likely heard that the Enderlin, North Dakota from the late evening of June 20, 2025 was officially upgraded to an EF5 rating as of this Monday morning. That information was released from the Grand Forks, ND local office of the National Weather Service and was

We’ve made it to October! That means we have a new month to look at weather stats and records for here in the Tennessee Valley. Keep in mind the way we do this… we use climate reporting stats from Muscle Shoals, Alabama at the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport. That is the most centrally located NWS

If you enjoyed the weather on Monday, we expect more of the same for today. Mostly sunny skies, warm temperatures, and a light north to northeasterly wind. Daytime highs this afternoon will be in the mid to upper 80s. There’s a 10% or lower chance of a spotty stray sprinkle or shower today over north

It’s been an active past few days across the Tennessee Valley with multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms, leading to flash flooding in some areas. Just since early last evening, a large part of southern middle Tennessee has seen near or over 2 inches of rain, with a large swath of 4 to 6

After some active storms across parts of the area, especially in north Alabama, on Wednesday… we are back to quiet weather for our Thursday. Drier air has at least temporarily filtered into the area. Expect mostly sunny skies and that drier air that heats more efficiently to allow daytime highs to climb into the lower