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A look at August climatology for our part of the Tennessee Valley, and a quick update on rainfall stats and drought conditions.

We come bearing good news! After struggling to see much of any rain for the month of June and into the first part of July, we’ve turned the corner over the past few weeks in the rainfall department. Over the last 30 days, many locations across the Tennessee Valley have seen a cumulative 4 to […]

A look at August climatology for our part of the Tennessee Valley, and a quick update on rainfall stats and drought conditions. Read More »

Tropics may awaken with another system soon; however, early indications are it might turn north before the Gulf.

As we began talking about as early as the first half of last week in my evening weathercasts, we would need to begin watching the tropics going deeper into this week for the potential for a system to possibly develop in the Atlantic basin. The latest outlook from the National Hurricane Center now gives this

Tropics may awaken with another system soon; however, early indications are it might turn north before the Gulf. Read More »

Multiple rain and storm chances this week. Gradual temperature warm-up by the weekend.

We’ve got quite the gloomy start to the week, but that means more chances for much-needed rain in the Tennessee Valley. Plus, the cloud cover helps us stay out of the 90s. Hit or miss storms will be with us this afternoon and early evening, and I do think coverage will be a little more

Multiple rain and storm chances this week. Gradual temperature warm-up by the weekend. Read More »

Drought Update – Where we are so far and could there be some relief in sight?

It should surprise absolutely no one at all, but drought conditions continue across the Tennessee Valley, and the latest update to the Drought Monitor from the NWS Climate Prediction Center has ramped up the conditions again. “Extreme” drought conditions, the next from highest level, now cover parts of Lawrence and Giles Counties in Tennessee and

Drought Update – Where we are so far and could there be some relief in sight? Read More »

Rain & storms likely this week. Hot and humid with a slight cool-down soon.

After a hot weekend, you are probably excited about the ‘slight cool-down’ part of the headline for the Tennessee Valley. I’ll talk more about that later on. First we can focus on today and much needed rain that’s coming our way this week. Chances not all that great today, maybe a pop-up thundershower or two.

Rain & storms likely this week. Hot and humid with a slight cool-down soon. Read More »

Tropical remnants bring storm chances this week. Second half of the week looking dry.

I hope you enjoyed the 4th of July weekend! It was hot, it was humid, but hopefully you had some fun and saw some spectacular fireworks. It’s been a gloomy start to Monday so far, with a mostly cloudy sky and a few rain showers. Expect mostly cloudy conditions to continue. Those of you who

Tropical remnants bring storm chances this week. Second half of the week looking dry. Read More »

Comfortable today. Heat, humidity and storms return mid-week. 4th of July looking questionable.

Don’t you just love when a new month starts on a Monday? It’s got me motivated to tackle whatever may come this week. Today’s weather is quite nice and it feels quite refreshing outside! Low humidity and seasonable temperatures – can’t complain much! Enjoy the day outdoors, because humidity will build back up throughout the

Comfortable today. Heat, humidity and storms return mid-week. 4th of July looking questionable. Read More »

The latest information on now Tropical Storm Beryl. We’ll talk about why you should pay attention, but why there’s no reason to be worried at this point.

Tropical Storm Beryl was officially declared by the National Hurricane Center at 10:00pm Central Time Friday night, and the system has strengthened a little overnight. The 4:00am Central Time advisory has Beryl’s wind speeds up to 50 mph now and pressure down to 1000mb. Tropical Storm Beryl is moving generally westward at 21 mph but

The latest information on now Tropical Storm Beryl. We’ll talk about why you should pay attention, but why there’s no reason to be worried at this point. Read More »