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Weather Headlines
Hot & Steamy Days Ahead
Rain Chances Pick Up By Friday & Weekend
Relief From Heat & Humidity Could Come Monday!
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Vlog
Seven-Day Forecast
Daily Forecast
Tuesday: Partly to mostly cloudy, with a few scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon/evening.
Wednesday – Thursday: Hot & humid! Be safe outside.
Friday: Partly to mostly cloudy, with scattered mainly afternoon/evening showers & storms.
Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a chance for showers & storms all day.
Sunday: Partly to mostly cloudy, with scattered mainly afternoon/evening showers & storms.
Monday: Partly to mostly sunny. Lower humidity!
Hay Weather Forecast
Farmer’s Almanac Fishing Forecast (New!)
- Jul 27 Best in the Evening (Just watch out for any storms that may be around)
- Jul 28 Poor
- Jul 29 Poor
- Jul 30 Fair, but best in the Evening (Just watch out for any storms that may be around)
- Jul 31 Fair, but best in the Morning
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Concerns
Almanac for Yesterday
Tropics
Sun & Moon
Planting by the Moon
27th Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for vine crops.
28th – 29th A barren period.
30th – 31st Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
August
1st Good day for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
2nd – 3rd Any seed planted now will tend to rot.
4th – 6th Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops.
On This Day in Wx History
1943 – On a whim, and flying a single engine AT-6, Lieutenant Ralph O’Hair and Colonel Duckworth were the first to fly into a hurricane. It started regular Air Force flights into hurricanes.
Yesterday’s National Temperature Extremes
High: 109° at Rio Grande Village, Texas
Low: 26° at Peter Sinks, Utah
Twister Tuesday
This is the damage report from the NWS after the Smithville, Mississippi EF-5 tornado on April 27, 2011.
18 HOMES DESTROYED...2 BUSINESSES /POST OFFICE AND POLICE STATION/ DESTROYED...8 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...7 BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...44 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...AND WATER SYSTEM DESTROYED. MOST TREES EITHER SNAPPED OR TWISTED AND DEBARKED. MOST OF THE HOMES DESTROYED WERE WELL BUILT...TWO STORIES...LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD AND BOLTED DOWN TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS. A 1965 CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT ONE OF THE DESTROYED HOMES HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. ALL APPLIANCES AND PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THE MOST EXTREME DAMAGE PATH WERE SHREDDED OR MISSING.
Past 24-Hour Earthquake Activity (New!)
Today’s Tennessee Weather
It’s a hot and humid Tuesday in Tennessee! Look for afternoon highs to top out around 90 degrees statewide. A few of us will dodge a shower or storm today, as there is about a 30% chance for a heat-of-the-day shower or thunderstorm.
Tonight’s Tennessee Weather
Skies should be clear to partly cloudy overnight. Muggy overnight lows will range from the mid 70s across the western end of the date, to the mid 60s across the eastern end of the state.
Tomorrow’s Tennessee Weather
We’re in for a scorcher on Wednesday and this time any relief from a shower or storm looks very unlikely. Be safe in that heat! Afternoon highs will top out in the low to mid 90s, with our cities likely reaching 95 degrees.
Drought Monitor
The drought monitor is updated each Thursday.
Weather SnapShots
Rob Hoff (@robhoffimagery) took this incredible photo at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado. Rob commented, “I’ve been trying to get a bolt here all summer, with many of the storms lacking any lightning at all and others just putting down at the wrong time or place. Today, I finally got the shot.” You sure did, Rob, and we sure are glad you did!
NASA Nerdology
Apollo 15 launched during this week in 1971 from Kennedy Space Center, carrying David Scott, James Irwin, and Alfred Worden towards the Moon. Apollo 15 was the first of the Apollo “J” missions, which were capable of a longer stay and more mobility on the lunar surface.
