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MM’s Fri Wx Blog for July 2

Friday Funny

Weather Headlines 

An absolutely beautiful holiday weekend coming!

Next rain chance comes Tuesday

Watching Hurricane Elsa move toward the Gulf of Mexico

Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Vlog 

Seven-Day Forecast

Daily Forecast 

Today: Skies gradually clear. Low humidity.

Saturday: Mostly sunny & very pleasant.

Sunday & Monday: Warmer, but with continued low humidity.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy, with just a chance for a mainly afternoon/evening shower or storms.

Wednesday & Thursday: Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.

Hay Weather Forecast

Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Concerns

Almanac for Yesterday

Tropics 

Elsa has now become the first hurricane of the 2021 hurricane season. Hurricane hunters are investigating the storm now and they will be back this afternoon. Their findings could cause adjustments to both the intensity and forecast path of Elsa, so stay tuned. Keep in mind that errors in the track path average about 200 miles by the end of the forecast period. In other words, the forecast landfall of Elsa at 2AM Wed could be east or west of that point by at least 200 miles. The hurricane center emphasizes that uncertainty in the track is higher than usual.

Anyone with travel plans to Florida or the Gulf Coast next week should pay close attention to this.

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Sun & The Moon

Planting by the Moon 

On This Day in Wx History

1833 – An unusually large New England tornado, one half to three quarters of a mile wide, went from Salem Pond to Norton Pond, Vermont, and then into Canada. It prostrated nearly everything in its path.

Yesterday’s National Temperature Extremes

High:  117° at Death Valley, California

Low:   35° at Peter Sinks, Utah 

Today’s Tennessee Weather 

A cold front pushing southward will allow skies to clear from north to south today, leaving us all with a partly to mostly sunny afternoon and evening. Lower humidity will make for a nice feel to the air, so get outside if you can! Afternoon high temperatures will reach the low to mid 80s statewide.

Tonight’s Tennessee Weather 

A pleasant July night is in store for us! Low humidity and mostly clear skies will allow temperatures to drop into the 50s for much of the state.

Tomorrow’s Tennessee Weather 

Saturday is looking absolutely fantastic! What great weather for an Independence Day weekend! Look for lots of sunshine, low humidity, northerly breezes, and highs around 80 degrees. You just can’t beat that for a July weekend in Tennessee!

Drought Monitor

The drought monitor is updated each Thursday.

Weather SnapShots

Lytton, British Columbia is home to the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. That occurred Tuesday, when the official weather station there reached an astonishing 121 degrees. Now, wildfires have erupted across the parched landscape and much of Lytton has now burned. This is an aerial shot of the once beautiful landscape.

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NASA Nerdology 

The National Air and Space Museum (an absolutely super cool place, by the way) opened 45 years ago this week. Astronaut Michael Collins was invited to speak. Someone caught this picture of him, catching a moment of reflection, just before going on stage.

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You all have a great day and keep lookin’ up!

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