Wx Summary
An unsettled pattern is with us from now through Sunday night, offering scattered showers and storms through this time period. If you have outdoor plans through the weekend, make sure you have an indoor back-up plan. Drier air begins moving in on Monday, reducing rain chances. By Tuesday and Wednesday a typical summer-like pattern returns, with warm afternoons that could feature an isolated shower or storm.
This Week’s Hazards
MM’s Wx Vlog
Five-Day Outlook
Weather Forecast
Saurday: Scattered showers and t-storms are likely, especially in the afternoon. South wind at 5 mph.
Sunday: Rain and storms are likely. Some of the rainfall could be heavy and a few storms could be severe. Southwest wind at 5 mph.
Monday: A chance for showers and thunderstorms. West wind at 5 mph.
Tuesday & Wednesday: Partly cloudy, with only a slight risk for an afternoon shower or storm. Northwest wind at 5 mph.
MM’s Severe Wx Concerns
HRRR Radar Model
This radar simulation runs from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. this evening. Note the scattered nature of today’s storms, but don’t focus on specific locations of storms on this simulation. It’s good, but it’s not that good. ha
On This Day
1886 – The town of Indianola, Texas, was completely destroyed by a hurricane, and never rebuilt.
1910 – The big blow up of forest fires finally came to an end in Idaho. A record dry August fueled 1,736 fires which burned three million acres destroying six billion board feet of timber. The fires claimed the lives of 85 persons, 78 of which were fire fighters, and consumed the entire town of Wallace. The smoke spread a third of the way around the world producing some dark days in the U.S. and Canada. The forest fires prompted federal fire protection laws.
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Today’s High Temps & Departure from Average
Today’s high temps are shown below. The coloration indicates departure from average, with redder colors indicating above-average high temps and bluer colors indicating below-average high temps. White coloration indicates average temps.
Highest temp expected today: 117 degrees (red star)
Coolest high temp expected today: 41 degrees (blue star)
Tomorrow Morning’s Low Temps & Departure from Average
omorrow morning’s low temps are shown below. The coloration indicates departure from average, with redder colors indicating above-average low temps and bluer colors indicating below-average temps. White coloration indicates average temps expected.
Warmest overnight low expected: 92 degrees (red star)
Coolest overnight low expected: 33 degrees (blue star)
Past 24-Hour Precip Totals
Most of our rain yesterday stayed just outside the border of Cumberland County. It’s cool to see how that worked out. (ha) Some areas of Fentress County, especially in the souhwest part of the county (near Monterey to Wilder), had some rainfall.
Drought Outlook
The latest drought map was released on Thursday and shows improving conditions across the state of Tennessee. Rainfall over the past week has helped improve soil moisture conditions across much of the state. For more drought info, please visit my link at https://meteorologistmark.com/drought-info/.
Hurricane Forecast
An area of low pressure may become “Danielle” before making landfall somewhere near the Mexico/Texas this evening. These same areas were hit by another tropical system about a week ago. That system dropped 5-10 inches of rain on that area.
Yet another tropical wave will be monitored over the coming week as it moves off the coast of Africa.
Other important information will be shared when needed. This includes additional severe weather information, model data, drought info, hurricane info, and more. Many of these can be found as tabs to this page at any time.
You all have a great day and keep lookin’ up!
