Forecast issued Sunday, February 19, 2023

Severe Weather Awareness Week

Today begins SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK! Each day features a new topic. Sunday’s topic is the importance of storm spotters. Trained storm spotters are our eyes on the skies and help us confirm what storms are really doing. For more info on being a spotter and what a spotter is, please visit https://www.weather.gov/skywarn/

Severe Weather Awareness Week ends with the showing of Twister on the big screen at the Palace Theatre. Come out and join us on Saturday, February 25th at 7:00 pm. Tickets are only $5 per person and food and drink specials are available, including the F-5 special that gets you candy+popcorn+drink for only $5!

Money raised from tickets sales and sponsorships goes to help low-income folks purchase a weather radio. Get your tickets on the Palace Theatre website at https://crossvilletn.gov/department/palace-theatre/ or purchase them at the door that evening. Tickets are selling fast! We’ll see ya there!

Five-Day Outlook 

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MM’s 24-Hour Temp & Precip Forecast

24-Hour forecast beginning at 9:00 a.m. today

Weather Summary

A nice Sunday is in store for us, though it will be a bit breezy. Mild temps begin today and stay with us through this 5-day forecast period.

There will be off and on shower chances this week, with Wednesday night offering the greatest risk for rain. There will also be a chance for thunderstorms and at least a low risk for a strong to severe storm. I’ll monitor that threat closely.

Thursday looks to be the warmest day of the week, with highs reaching at least the mid 70s. A cool front brings a chance for showers and some cooler air Thursday night and Friday. That cooler air will still bring highs in the 50s on Friday, which is still above normal. Normal highs for this time of year are about 50 degrees.

There continues to be no cold air in sight.

MM’s 24-Hour Wind Forecast

24-Hour forecast beginning at 9:00 a.m. today

5-Day Total Precip Forecast

Total rainfall totals for the week are expected to stay around the one-inch mark.

Weather Statistics

For the period of midnight to midnight.

On This Day

1960- Sparta receives 10″ of snowfall — its greatest one-day snowfall ever.

1884 – Severe thunderstorms spawned sixty tornadoes in the southeastern U.S., killing more than 420 persons and causing three million dollars damage. Georgia and the Carolinas hardest were hit in the tornado outbreak. 

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