Forecast issued Thursday, February 23, 2023

Severe Weather Awareness Week

Today’s topic is severe thunderstorms. A severe thunderstorm is defined as having winds greater than 58 mph and/or hail that is at least one inch in diameter. Keep in mind that the straight-line winds of severe thunderstorms can exceed 100 mph and do the damage that a weak tornado would do. Please take all severe thunderstorms seriously and treat them like tornado warnings, especially since severe storms can produce tornadoes with little or no warning.

Twister

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!

More than 140 tickets have now sold!

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 

The chance for rain showers for tonight was increased to 30%. In the vlog, the chance is set at 10%. The latest data shows more scattered showers than the earlier data showed.

MM’s Wx Vlog

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MM’s 24-Hour Temp & Precip Forecast

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

Weather Summary

Today will be the warmest day of the week, with highs reaching into the mid to upper 70s. Once the morning showers move out, warm southerly breezes will help get temps into the 70s. A mix of sun and clouds is expected today (similar to yesterday).

The next best chance for rain comes Saturday, when much of the plateau should pick up some rainfall. Those rain chances fall off for Sunday, before picking back up Monday with a more powerful storm system.

The storm system that will bring us rain and storms on Monday will likely produce significant severe weather across the southern plains. This is a bit early for them, but their peak severe weather season, like ours, begins in March. Those big storms will weaken as they move east, but we may still have a risk for a strong or even severe storm from that system. We are not currently highlighted in any threat by the Storm Prediction Center, but I’ll keep ya posted!

There continues to be no significant 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

Weather Statistics

For the period of midnight to midnight.

On This Day

1990 – A fast moving storm produced near blizzard conditions in Michigan. Snowfall totals ranged up to 9.5 inches in Allegan County, wind gusts reached 74 mph at Ann Arbor, and five foot snow drifts were reported around Saginaw. The Michigan AAA records showed more than 5000 traffic accidents reported, a near record for one day. There were several chain reaction collisions. One near Pontiac involved a hundred cars. 

1997 – Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly”.

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