Month: July 2019

As you can see on weatherTAP’s RadarLab, the “cold” front has moved into the Nashville area. This is kicking off the storms we’re seeing along and west of the plateau at this hour. The storms remain below severe limits, though any storm could become briefly severe. Be aware of that lightning, because there’s a lot of it! The storms appear to be slowing down, which would increase the flood threat underneath them.  All activity should be east of the plateau by midnight.

I just noticed the Storm Prediction Center has dropped us out of the marginal risk for severe storms and placed us in the “general thunderstorm” threat. That’s good news!

We have some storms developing to our west, just ahead of our “cold” front. These are not severe at this moment, but they could be strong. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a warning issued from time to time with these storms, as well. Damaging straight-line wind gusts would be the main threat. As always, be mindful of that dangerous lightning. I’ve been seeing an increase in strikes over the past half hour.

Below is the current radar, with all activity moving east, southeast.

I also wanted to say that the latest update (issued at 7:00) on Barry has him growing a little bit stronger. Maximum sustained winds have now increased to 45 mph. Further strengthening is expected overnight and through the day tomorrow. Barry should be a hurricane at landfall near New Orleans on Saturday. Parts of Louisiana can expect over two feet of rain (I’ll have more on that in the morning blog).

We’re seeing some scattered storms out there this afternoon, and some of them are strong. A severe t-storm just pushed through Oneida. Most of the storms are behaving themselves but we can’t rule a storm (or even a strong storm) until that cold front passes through later this evening.

The latest update from the National Hurricane Center, issued at 4:00, has Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds remain at 40 mph, with strengthening expected overnight. Hurricane warnings have now been issued for portions of the Louisiana coastline.

You all have a great evening! I’ll keep you posted on the weather!

The National Hurricane Center has determined that the system in the Gulf now has a closed circulation and winds of 40 mph. This now designates the storm as Tropical Storm Barry.

Barry is expected to make landfall along the coast of Louisiana on Saturday and then track northward toward Memphis. This puts us on the right-hand side of the storm, which would give us a good chance for scattered showers and storms from Sunday to Tuesday. I’ll keep an eye on that.

Barry is expected to produce significant flooding for eastern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. More than a foot of rain may fall on the city.

Below is forecast total rainfall amounts for the next seven days.