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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

FINALLY! We take a break from the rain chances for a couple of days. They’re not too far away in the forecast though…

Ding dong, the rain is gone! Well, for the next couple of days it is anyway… After a little morning fog, we’re expecting partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies for your Tuesday. Daytime highs today will climb into the mid to upper 80s, and the humidity will be a touch lower than it has been […]

FINALLY! We take a break from the rain chances for a couple of days. They’re not too far away in the forecast though… Read More »

More showers and storms today. A few of those could be strong from the late morning through the afternoon.

Another day, more rain and thunderstorms in the forecast. The NWS Storm Prediction Center maintains a Level 2 of 5 risk of severe storms across the entire area for today, with the main timeframe we’re watching being the late morning through the afternoon. Overall, this is a very low-end risk. Showers and storms will be

More showers and storms today. A few of those could be strong from the late morning through the afternoon. Read More »

Isolated thundershowers today and Thursday. Bigger rain and storm chances for Friday and the weekend.

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Apparently, we’re not allowed to have quiet weather around here for too long this year! For today (Wednesday) and again on Thursday, it’s no big deal here locally. The weather will be similar to the past few days… warm temperatures, partly cloudy and hazy conditions. We’re just

Isolated thundershowers today and Thursday. Bigger rain and storm chances for Friday and the weekend. Read More »

Mostly sunny and warm for now. Rain chances creep back before more widespread rain and storms by the weekend.

Another mostly sunny day across the Tennessee Valley, except for the continued hazy conditions from the Canadian wildfire smoke. We continue to take a break from rain chances. Daytime highs today will once again be in the mid to upper 80s, although a couple of locations in north Alabama may briefly make a run for

Mostly sunny and warm for now. Rain chances creep back before more widespread rain and storms by the weekend. Read More »

Thunderstorm complex arrives during the overnight hours tonight. Some storms may be strong to severe. Here are the latest details!

The NWS Storm Prediction Center maintains a Level 3 of 5 risk of severe storms for late this evening and overnight for about all of southern middle Tennessee and now clipping northern parts of Tishomingo County, MS and northern parts of Lauderdale County, AL. South of that, a standard Level 2 of 5 risk of

Thunderstorm complex arrives during the overnight hours tonight. Some storms may be strong to severe. Here are the latest details! Read More »

It’s been a rainy week around the Tennessee Valley. Here’s a look at where we stand with estimated totals.

Today has been yet another wet day across our part of the Tennessee Valley, with a large part of southern middle Tennessee and northwest Alabama seeing an estimated 1 to 2″ soaking just in the morning and midday hours, although some parts of southern Lawrence County TN are estimated by radar to have gotten as

It’s been a rainy week around the Tennessee Valley. Here’s a look at where we stand with estimated totals. Read More »

One more final round of strong to severe storms late today and especially tonight. Here are all the details!

I know it feels like we’ve been a broken record this week with multiple rounds and multiple days of strong to severe storms either across parts of our viewing area or very close by. We have one more final round of storms to get through over the next 24-30 hours, and then we shift into

One more final round of strong to severe storms late today and especially tonight. Here are all the details! Read More »

Wednesday and Wednesday Night Storm Threat: Most of the area still missed, but it’s a CLOSE call for some in our viewing area!

Wednesday early morning update: There’s a lot to read here, but please take the time to read it so that you have a full understanding… I’ve attached two maps here. The first one is the new outlook update from the NWS Storm Prediction Center valid for Wednesday and Wednesday night. This isn’t our forecast. This

Wednesday and Wednesday Night Storm Threat: Most of the area still missed, but it’s a CLOSE call for some in our viewing area! Read More »

Warm weather sticks around. We add rain chances by the weekend, and that may include strong storms by Sunday night.

It’s been a beautiful Wednesday across the Tennessee Valley! Skies have been mostly clear, and temperatures have been very comfortable today, with daytime highs in the lower 70s with low humidity. There have been more widespread clouds and showers off to our south over central Mississippi to south-central Alabama, but these are staying to our

Warm weather sticks around. We add rain chances by the weekend, and that may include strong storms by Sunday night. Read More »

Low impact risk of a few storms with gusty winds or small hail today. Severe storms still possible Friday night although some question marks. High-impact severe weather threat Saturday!

Radar is a little active on this Thursday morning with scattered showers and thunderstorms spinning around a weak upper-level disturbance crossing the area. These storms aren’t too much in the way of trouble, but there is a low-end Level 1 of 5 risk of severe storms for the late morning to early afternoon that clips

Low impact risk of a few storms with gusty winds or small hail today. Severe storms still possible Friday night although some question marks. High-impact severe weather threat Saturday! Read More »