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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

Heavy rain and flooding last night into today. Showers and storms still around but becoming more scattered with time.

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 […]

Heavy rain and flooding last night into today. Showers and storms still around but becoming more scattered with time. Read More »

Warm and dry for Thursday. Rain chances begin to creep in Friday and the weekend before a more established unsettled pattern next week.

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

Warm and dry for Thursday. Rain chances begin to creep in Friday and the weekend before a more established unsettled pattern next week. Read More »

Warming temperatures, and little to no rain. Pretty standard for September, but drought conditions are a concern.

Another beautiful weather day on Wednesday, but a little bit warmer than what we were earlier today. Daytime highs will climb into the upper 80s for most folks, and there may certainly be a few lower 90s peppered in here and there. Expect mostly clear skies to continue for Wednesday night with overnight lows mainly

Warming temperatures, and little to no rain. Pretty standard for September, but drought conditions are a concern. Read More »

With the exception of a few stormy days, the Tennessee Valley has been fairly dry the past few weeks. Here’s the latest on where we stand in terms of rainfall and any potential drought conditions…

Outside of a few stormy days here and there, we’ve been starting to lean in a drier direction for the past several weeks. Rainfall estimates for the past two weeks do have a widespread 1.5″ to 3″ range across a large part of the area, and a few communities with instances of training storms have

With the exception of a few stormy days, the Tennessee Valley has been fairly dry the past few weeks. Here’s the latest on where we stand in terms of rainfall and any potential drought conditions… Read More »

Showers and storms likely again for Wednesday. Then, rain chances go town and temps tick up a little. Also a look at Tropical Storm Erin…

After the showers and thunderstorms we have had across the area this afternoon and evening, more are on the way for Wednesday. There could be a few isolated thundershowers around as early as the morning hours, but the main activity is most likely from the midday through the afternoon and early/mid evening. Not every single

Showers and storms likely again for Wednesday. Then, rain chances go town and temps tick up a little. Also a look at Tropical Storm Erin… Read More »

Warming temps, but still running just below average, the next few days. Only isolated rain and storm chances.

We’re still stuck heavily in the cloud cover and cooler temperatures again on this Tuesday. The thickest cloud cover is along and east of U.S. 43, and these areas of north Alabama into southern Tennessee remains in the mid to upper 70s. We have a little more in the way of sun west of that

Warming temps, but still running just below average, the next few days. Only isolated rain and storm chances. Read More »

Heat relief is on the way! Meanwhile, rain chances are about to climb too.

After the downright disrespectfully and, at times dangerous, heat that we have had lately, relief is on the way! We just have one more day to go. Expect highs back into the low to mid 90s again for your Thursday with partly sunny skies. The advertised cool front will be approaching from the northwest though,

Heat relief is on the way! Meanwhile, rain chances are about to climb too. Read More »

♫ The heat goes on. Yeah, the heat goes on… ♫ or whatever Sonny and Cher said.

It’s late July, we expect hot weather, and we are certainly getting it. We’ll be back up into the mid 90s for our Thursday here across the Tennessee Valley. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies again, but a few isolated and very spotty afternoon and early evening thunderstorms are possible. With a bit more

♫ The heat goes on. Yeah, the heat goes on… ♫ or whatever Sonny and Cher said. Read More »

Hot temperatures continue, although they relax a little by the end of the week for a couple of days. Rain chances go up at the same time.

The hot weather continues across the Tennessee Valley. After a hot Monday and Tuesday, we will be toasty once again for our Wednesday as daytime highs climb into the mid 90s after temps starting off in the mid to upper 70s during the morning. We will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy, but a few

Hot temperatures continue, although they relax a little by the end of the week for a couple of days. Rain chances go up at the same time. Read More »