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The day has finally arrived. Not only do we have rain moving into the Tennessee Valley, we have a good amount of showers and maybe even a few thundershowers in store for us. It’s been a gloomy day so far, with a few light showers moving through. Heavier showers will fill in this afternoon and […]

Near record-breaking heat will not continue much longer, but it stays for today and tomorrow. Today will be a lot like yesterday, warm, dry, and mostly sunny. Highs will reach the upper 70s to lower 80s across the Tennessee Valley this afternoon. With a mostly clear sky tonight, lows will get down into the mid

It’s a beautiful, sunny day across the Tennessee Valley on this Monday. Temperatures have climbed into the upper 70s (and a few folks near the lower 80s), running 8 to 12 degrees above seasonal average for most of us. We have a few clouds out there, but nothing of consequence. High pressure is centered to

The last month or two has treated us to some nice weather across the Tennessee Valley – some would even say too nice, as a drought continues to build across the area. But it doesn’t take a veteran weather watcher to know just what this climatological region is capable of. Our summers are hot, humid,

As we often do at the beginning of a new month, we look back at some of the stats for the previous month. After having a wet first 2/3 or so of summer, drought conditions rapidly started developing as we made our way into September and then have significantly increased in seriousness as we progressed

The cold front we’ve been talking about all last week has finally arrived, and I’m sure you can tell by just looking outside. It’s a gloomy and dreary day, to perfectly depict what a Monday feels like. It’s also quite spooky, setting the tone for Halloween tomorrow. It’s two things we haven’t seen in a

The new weekly U.S Drought Monitor update is in, and the Tennessee Valley is only getting drier. Part of the area is now in an extreme drought, which is depicted in red. Tennessee’s seasonal burn ban began back on October 15th. Alabama is also under a statewide burn ban. Tishomingo County, MS is not currently

It’s another partly sunny and warm late October day across the Tennessee Valley on this Wednesday. An upper-level high pressure ridge is centered over the Southeast, and a surface high is off toward the North Carolina coast. This is allowing a persistent southerly wind and plenty of sunshine. Temperatures this afternoon are into the upper

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! While we don’t have rain on this Monday, it’s still giving very much gloomy vibes with a mostly cloudy sky. We’ve got a nice stretch of warm days ahead. Our average high temperature this time of year is in the lower 70s, and we’ll be in the upper

Some areas have already managed to see a little light rain so far today! We’ve had a batch of light showers work through mainly northwest Alabama during the late morning and midday, and several locations in the Shoals saw enough rain to wet the pavement nicely, with dual-pol radar estimates ranging from 0.05″ to 0.10″