This is Friday evening, July 24, 2026

Good evening, everyone! Thanks for joining me for the Friday night update!

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MM’s Wx Summary

The graphic below shows my confidence in the forecast, which is lower than normal. As more data comes in this weekend, my confidence will increase for next week’s forecast.

MM’s Wx Analysis

There are no substantial severe weather threats in sight, especially for this weekend. Some heavy downpours could be possible with stornger storms, but even that liklihood has decreased.

Saturday’s weather map shows most of the active weather located well to our southeast. Still, we have a stationary boundary in the region that will kick off some storms for our area.

And that front is still hanging around the South on Sunday.

This kind of jetstream pattern always makes my confidence lower in the forecast. This is the forecast jetstream pattern for Monday evening. That northwest flow aloft can steer thunderstorm complexes on the plains and in the Midwest toward our area. The risk for that is low next week, but not zero.

Patterns like the one above cause sprawling areas of surface high pressure to build across the central U.S. Within the high pressure area, air sinks. That either keeps storms from forming or keeps them very isolated. Around the edge of the high pressure, air begins to rise again. This can form a belt of lower pressure around the periferiphery of the high, leading to more abundant showers and storms. Sometimes those storms develop into a cluster of storms that can even cause wind damage (sometimes widespread wind damage). Those storms are called “ridge riders” because they ride around the ridge of high pressure.

This would be like pushing a plate down in a pool. The water under the plate goes down, while the water around the edges shoots upward. That’s what happens around these big areas of high pressure in the summer.

MM News

On Thursday we celebrated the 28th birthday of WeatherTAP! Our local favorite radar app is located right here in Crossville, TN, as it has been since it was developed in 1998. WeatherTAP was the first company in the U.S. to provide national radar online! That’s very impressive! We’re thankful for ALL the hard work Rob Parsons put into the development of the company. We’re sorry that he’s no longer with us to celebrate this wonderful occassion.

Current and former employees of WeatherTAP gathered on Thursday for a cookout of hamburgers and hotdogs and all the fixins. We all had a wonderful time of celebration and reflection.

It was while working at WeatherTAP as their meteorologist that I created MeteorologistMark.com! The app hit the 400,000 views benchmark last night! That was the number of views I had in all of 2024. Not too shabby for a localized weather coverage area! Bigger and better each year! Thank you for trusting me with your weather and for even letting me teach ya something every once in a while. 🙂

Check out this little bittty tornado captured this week in Wisconsin. It just came swirling across a field straight for some storm chasers. It literally looked like it might just a few feet wide! It was very bizarre.

We’re so thankful that drought conditions continue to improve, with Thursday’s update showing lots of improving conditions across the region. Last week, 55% of the state was in drougth. This week that percentage is down to 45%, which is a remarkable recovery! Three months ago, 100% of the state was in drought, with 86% of the state in severe to extreme drought. Today, only 4% of the state is in severe drought. A remarkable recovery, indeed.

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Today is Friday, July 24, 2026

In this evening’s update I’ll discuss what I’m looking out for over the next five days! We’ll also look at some cool stuff that’s weekend in the past week!

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MM’s Hourly Forecast

5-Day Forecast

MM says…Don’t cancel outdoor plans, just have a back-up rain plan in case a shr or storm pops up!

6-10 Day Temp & Precip Outlook

MM’s Weather Worries

MM’s Wx Analysis

We’re sandwiched between high pressure and a very active stationary front. That will give us clouds and a chance for rain.

Flash flooding threatens areas from Missouri to the Carolinas as storms repeat along a stalled front. Monsoonal storms may trigger flooding in the Southwest. Severe storms threaten North Dakota and northern Minnesota (hopefully refief for some of those wildfires). Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley and Southern Tier. Critical fire weather for interior Pacific Northwest. Cooler, drier air brings brief relief to the Great Lakes and Northeast.

On This Day

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Farmer’s Almanac Gardening

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MM’s Pollen Forecast

Yesterday’s Local Weather Stats

The Crossville Airport is the official reporting station for the plateau.

Yesterday’s Storm Reports

Radar-Estimated Precip from Yesterday

Drought Conditions

This graphic is released to the public every Thursday.

Drought conditions continue to slowly improve! Also, keep in mind that Tuesday and Wednesday’s rain is not included in this analysis but it will be included in next week’s update. Last week, 55% of the state was in drougth. This week that percentage is down to 45%, which is a remarkable recovery! Three months ago, 100% of the state was in drought, with 86% of the state in severe to extreme drought. Today, only 4% of the state is in severe drought. A remarkable recovery, indeed.

last week’s map can be seen below, for reference.

Space Stuff

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Today is Thursday, July 23, 2026

Be sure and check out the drought update below!

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MM’s Hourly Forecast

5-Day Forecast

MM says…A cooler and less humid day! Scattered shrs & storms return Friday night & Saturday areawide.

6-10 Day Temp & Precip Outlook

MM’s Weather Worries

MM’s Wx Analysis

The heavier showers have pushed just to our south, putting us on the cooler and less humid side of the cold front. Still, a shower may sneak into areas south of I-40 today but that risk is very low.

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week’s end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northwestern Gulf Coast from south central Louisiana to the upper Texas coast today.

On This Day

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Farmer’s Almanac Gardening

MM’s Aches-n-Pains Forecast

MM’s Pollen Forecast

Yesterday’s Local Weather Stats

The Crossville Airport is the official reporting station for the plateau.

Yesterday’s Storm Reports

Radar-Estimated Precip from Yesterday

Drought Conditions

This graphic is released to the public every Thursday.

Drought conditions continue to slowly improve! Also, keep in mind that Tuesday and Wednesday’s rain is not included in this analysis but it will be included in next week’s update. Last week, 55% of the state was in drougth. This week that percentage is down to 45%, which is a remarkable recovery! Three months ago, 100% of the state was in drought, with 86% of the state in severe to extreme drought. Today, only 4% of the state is in severe drought. A remarkable recovery, indeed.

last week’s map can be seen below, for reference.

Space Stuff

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This is Wednesday evening, July 22, 2026

We had a close call with severe storms and flash flooding last night and we should be thankful that it missed most of us here on the plateau. I ended up with close to 1.5″ of rain for today here in Rinnie. I know many of you had good totals today. We’ll see another chance for showers tonight before a beautiful Thursday arrives.

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5-Day Forecast

MM says…We have a nice Thursday, before rain chances return in earnest Friday night and Saturday.

My confidence is really good in the 5-Day forecast, but I don have some uncertainties, as seen below. The placement of the front will determine who gets the most rain Friday night and Saturday. Details will be worked out over the next 24 hours.

MM’s Weather Worries

Even though we have higher rain and storm chances coming Friday night and Saturday, there doesn’t appear to be much, if any, severe threat (aside from a possible flooding threat).

MM’s Wx Analysis

Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on the Lousiana coastline this afternoon with winds of 45 mph. That system will continue tracking westward as a weak tropical storm.

An active jetstream pattern continues this weekend, helping bring increased rain chances once again.

Additional Analysis

Yesterday’s storms were rough in Kentucky and to our west around Nashville. We were fortunate to miss out on the tornado warnings and flash flooding.

These are storm reports so far this month. More will be added as more reports are filed from yesterday’s storms.

We’re racking up storm reports nationally too! Each blue dot is a wind damage report.

I’m testing a new radar product for WeatherTAP using 3D radar. How cool is that?! I was playing around with one of the storms in West TN last night. Look how much better you can analyze the storm with 3D!

The imagery is so impressive! I’ll be able to share this stuff with you all during times of severe weather around here. If there’s a tornado, you can often see the tube extending down on 3D radar. Cool stuff!

I was even able to see some weak rotation with the storm, something I’ll be able to show you all with storms here on the plateau when severe weather occurs again.

You all have a wonderful rest of your week! I’ll see you in the mornign with a fresh new daily forecast!

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