Would you believe it if I said a cold front moved through overnight? This is technically correct, however temperatures will remain in the 90s today. Humidity levels won’t feel *as bad* this afternoon. I’m officially calling this morning’s cold frontal passage a “Slightly Less Miserable Front” which I think we can agree on. That being […]

The title of this roundup is perhaps one of the more cruel cases of irony seen in this wild year of weather – but it’s exactly the situation out west. Over the last several days, the small town of Ruidoso, New Mexico has faced an onslaught wind, fire, and rain, unfortunately thus far culminating in

If you’ve noticed plants and the ground getting dry around our area the last week or two, you’re definitely not imagining things. While we aren’t officially outlined in drought conditions at this point, today’s Drought Monitor Update from the NWS Climate Prediction Center has placed much of the southern middle Tennessee portion of our viewing

I hope you were able to stay cool with weekend after the sweltering heat we had. Unfortunately highs in the 90s remain in our future. This afternoon you can expect highs in the lower 90s with a few showers & storms swirling in from south to north. Not everybody will see rain today, these will

The next generation of weather observation satellites continues on next week with the upcoming launch of GOES-U. For the last 50 years, NOAA has operated a family of Geostationary (that is, rotating once ever 24 hours, appearing to “hover” over one spot) satellites solely dedicated to monitoring the entire weather patterns across the entirety of

It’s been something of a busy severe weather season worldwide, and this week has certainly not bucked the trend. To kick things off, the dominant weather pattern in the US has been that of a broad, high pressure system across the central majority of CONUS, mostly relegating heat to the middle parts of the country,

After a stormy Sunday, we’ve got a very calm and quiet week ahead in the Tennessee Valley. Clouds have moved out from this morning and we will be sunny for the rest of today with temperatures in the low 80s. Tonight will feel quite refreshing, with falling dew points and temperatures getting down to the

New data coming in from today seems to suggest trends in favor of the possibility of some stronger thunderstorm activity as we wrap up our weekend. First things first, as of this afternoon the entire Tennessee Valley is under a level 1 out of 5 risk of severe weather as issued by the Storm Prediction

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Unfortunately, we start the week off with multiple storm chances, including today. A line of thunderstorms will approach the TN Valley from the SW. The good news? It looks to fall apart as it moves into our area. However, the chance for scattered thundershowers remains this afternoon/evening. Expect

Before we look ahead at June climatology for the area, we will take a look back at rainfall stats for the previous month to try to get an idea of where we are in the rainfall department. Those of you that have followed us for a while know that the main NWS climate reporting station