July 2007 Weather Summary

For those of you who want to know:

July was overall another DRY month here in Tennessee. Across the Southeastern United States, the dry weather is having a huge effect on farmers. Many counties in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia are suffering greatly.

Here in Cookeville:
The high occurred on July 9th at 93.1 degrees
The low was on July 22 @ 57.1
We measured 3.40" of rain making July our wettest month since January.

For the year, we're at 22.00 inches of rain and we are currently 13.30 inches behind.

My Wonderful Daughter

Since we're in a hot pattern with no rain or 'excitement', I thought I'd post something different today. This picture is from our church. Our daughter was in a 'human video' today. It was very powerful and I am proud of her for participating in drama. :) As you can see, our congregation gave them a standing ovation. Sorry for the poor quality pictures. Our sanctuary is BIG and my digi camera isn't great.
The human video was to the song "Stained Glass Masquerade" from the CD "Lifesong" from Casting Crowns.

Tennessee Rain

Heavy rain overnight across areas of Tennessee, primarily east of Nashville, gave residents a much needed soaking. Yards, gardens, and farms will all benefit from amounts that vary from a 1/4 inch up to 2.50 inches.

Click on this link to see who got what! (courtesy of CoCoRaHS)

Serious Clouds

You've heard of the cirrus clouds...well check out these 'SERIOUS CLOUDS'....

Big, Nasty Storms To Our North

Current Radar indicates some large storms in Kentucky. There is an opportunity for them to move south into Middle Tennessee tonight. I'll link the radar sites below.

Nat'l Weather Service
Weather Underground
Accu-Weather

More later....have an interesting story about what happened in the billboard business today.

On This Date

In 1952, Nashville hits 107 degrees and Clarksville, TN (just to the NW of Nashville) hits 110.
*thanks to the Nashville NWS office for this info*

Upcoming Weekend Forecast

Looks like the rain will stay in our forecast through the weekend with a little less of a chance by Sunday.

For Friday, we'll be looking at a 30% chance of storms increasing to 50% chance by Friday night and on Saturday. By Sunday, chances decrease to 20% as a front will move through.

As we look into the future, the upcoming workweek could hold some HOT temperatures for us. 90's will be in our forecast.

On this date in 1952, Nashville hits 103 after a morning low of 63. A whopping 40-degree difference thanks to an unusually dry air mass. *thanks to the NWS for this info*

Tuesday Storm Reports

Storm Damage Reports from Tuesday afternoon

07/24/2007 0405 PM
5 miles W of Cookeville, Putnam County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter.
Trees down across western part of County

07/24/2007 0405 PM
6 miles W of Cookeville, Putnam County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by storm chaser.
Trees blown down near Bloomington Springs

I personally observed downed trees near Spring Street and Old Kentucky Road. Also, on 10th Street near Old Kentucky Road.

Tennessee Rainfall Amounts

You ask "How much rain fell?"

Well, the rainfall amounts are coming in: (more later)
(courtesy of our fellow CoCoRaHS observers)

Southern Middle TN:
Lewisburg 2.20
Hillsboro 1.44
Morrison 1.30
Shelbyville 1.27

Middle TN:
Byrdstown (near KY border) 2.75 WOW!
WNW Cookeville 2.15
Silver Point (near Cookeville) 1.73
NNW Cookeville 1.35
Sparta 1.35
Forest Hills (near Nashville) 1.31
Murfreesboro 1.17
Brentwood 1.12
ENE Cookeville-My Station .98

East TN:
Eastern Fentress Cty (Jamestown) 2.19
Maryville (near Knoxville) 1.30
Rockford 1.25
Allardt 1.10
Clarkrange 1.01
Pleasant Hill 1.00

Big Thunderstorm This Afternoon

The + sign you see in the center of red is our location

Around 4 pm, we were hit with quite a thunderstorm. Strong winds, frequent and dangerous lightning and heavy rain combined to make things quite interesting. I've seen one downed tree this evening. Rain is continuing to fall.

At 5:55 pm, we've had .70 and the latest radar look indicates some heavy rain showers to our north and they could make it into the Cookeville area in the next hour or so.

Storms Pop Up!

Most areas saw no rain, however I was able to capture these images just to the south of us. My rain gauge, though, is dry. We should see shower chances increase through the rest of the week.

Our forecast is listed here. Some weather history from the NWS...on this date in 1947, Nashville drops to a low of 51, the coolest reading ever for July.

Record Low Set

From the National Weather Service in Nashville. Click here (Crossville is one county to our east) to see the story.

CoCoRaHS Precipitation Reports

Interesting post about CoCoRaHS from Mark Rose over at the Nat'l Weather Service! They are using our reports. Thanks Mark.....

Beautiful Saturday

A picture of a friend of mine and his wife taking a ride on the Sea-Doo. The lake was just perfect on Saturday for our houseboat outing. We had about 20 people with us.

Our Saturday sunset was beyond words. The lake was smooth and peaceful.

Sunday's highs will make it into the lower 80's. Several of our towns saw lows this morning in the 50's. Some set record-lows and I'm waiting to see who they are. This is summertime weather that I like!

Southern Weather Brigade

The fine folks over the the SWB invited me to join their blog. They are a dedicated bunch of weather enthusiasts located in the Southeastern United States. The blog is very intersting. You can access it by clicking here.

Beautiful Day!

The cold front has definitely passed through our area. We are currently at 82 degrees and winds are mostly from the Northeast around 3-5 miles per hour. The humidity is just 53%. This is a big change from the last several days. We expect lows tonight to drop to near 60 and I believe outer-lying communities could see upper 50's. I love it!

The big rain that I spoke of late last evening fell apart as it approached us and I recorded nothing in the rain gauge last night, even though the thunder roared for a while late!

Our weekend forecast calls for highs in the mid 80's with lower humidity. Should be mainly clear and simply GORGEOUS!

Next chance for rain won't be until Wednesday.

Storms Moving South

A significant line of storms is moving toward us. Incredible views on radar..click below.

Radar Links

Wunderground
Nat'l Weather Service

WX Nation-Nashville

BIG Changes Coming

We'll see HOT temperatures here in Middle Tennessee on Thursday, but Friday and our weekend promise to be quite nice!

Click for Forecast!

Temperatures on Friday will struggle to break 80 after seeing heat index temps pushing 100 degrees in some locations of Middle Tennessee over the last couple days.

We need the rain and hopefully as this front passes, we'll get some.

Blog Of The Day Award

Received word on Tuesday evening this blog received the honor of being named Best Blog Of The Day. To make it complete, our babies blog was given the same award. You can see it by clicking here. Thank you to the fine folks who gave us the award. You can access their site by clicking on the award banner at the top right of our blog.

Venice, Florida Sunset

Does it really get any better than this?

The sunset shot was taken on Venice Beach near the South Jetty near our condo. I have many more of these great pictures!

Tennessee Crop Report

Interesting information from our latest crop report.

The Agricultural Summary show that scattered showers, thunderstorms, and cooler temperatures during the past week helped boost crop and pasture conditions in many areas of the State. A more general rain will be needed, however, for conditions to rebound from the prolonged hot, dry weather. Some areas received substantial amounts of precipitation last week, while others were relatively dry.

There were 6 days were considered suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture levels were rated 31 percent very short, 38 percent short, and 31 percent adequate. Subsoil moisture levels were rated 43 percent very short, 38 percent short, and 19 percent adequate.

Both temperatures and rainfall across the State averaged below normal last week. The only exception was in the southwest portion of the State, which averaged above normal rainfall.


Precipitation amounts versus normal show:

Cookeville at 18.46" (13.37" below normal)
Savannah at 17.95 (14.94" below normal)

The best showing in the state is Clarksville at 20.64 (7.69" below normal)

We'll need some significant and widespread rainfall to make the differences before year end.

Weather Toolbox

For all you weather fans......
A link that NONE of you should be without!

The Weather Toolbox

(thanks to James Spann over at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL for putting this together! )

Storms Developing

FINALLY, it is raining here!!!!! :)

Thunderstorms have developed just to our north. I can hear the thunder from inside of my home.

Radar Sites

1. Wunderground
2. Nat'l Weather Service
3. Accu-Weather

Click on radar to the right, if it's easier for you.

More later.

Venice, FL Weather Station

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center, this station is located on the beautiful Venice Fishing Pier. We had an opportunity to visit the location of the station and the city of Venice, FL. My wife, daughter, and I stayed at the Quarterdeck Resort. We highly recommend this property. The managers were just awesome. The facility was small and quiet. We enjoyed the condo, the pool, and the beach. If you desire accomodations that aren't of the high-rise (packed in like sardines) variety, then the Quarterdeck is your place! I'll post more pictures of the Quarterdeck and the beach later.

Back From Vacation!

We are back from VACATION in Venice, FL. I have some interesting weather stories to share with everyone and will begin posting those on Sunday!

Latest Forecast Here

Click here to get the forecast

We'll be out of pocket for several days attending to personal business.

Will blog more when I get back!

In the meantime, scroll down and click on the many links that I've provided....feel free to comment and to e-mail me and I'll answer them once I am able to.

Great Sunset Photo's!

WOW! Does it get any better than this?

Rain Overnight!

Thanks to Weather Underground for the Radar snap.

About 1:15 this morning, I was awoken by thunder! Then, a bit later, by the sweet sound of rain falling upon our roof. More thunder, then more rain. Checking the rain gauge, we received .59 inches here at home.

Other stations around TN:

Gray .79

Rockford .75

Oak Ridge .60

Cookeville .59 (.52 just around the corner)

Knoxville .57

Lebanon .37

Maryville .32

Lenior City .30

Carthage .15

Silver Point .01

Storms West of Cookeville, TN

While storms are rumbling in sections of northern Middle Tennessee, southern Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee, we continue to be dry here on the Cumberland Plateau. Most of these thunderstorms will fall apart after sunset.

Alabama has seen it's share once again of STRONG weather. Reports at this hour show strong storms in northwest sections of the neighbor to our south. (Thanks to AlabamaWx)

Our outlook over the next several days as we head into the weekend is for temperatures to be in the mid and upper 80's with no significant opportunites for rain.

I'll post some Independence Day photos in a little while

CoCoRaHS Article

In the magazine Weather Wise, there is an article about CoCoRaHS. Called 'Let It Rain', it's about How One Grassroot's Effort Brought Weather Into America's Back. Click here to read it

90 Day Outlook

The Climate Prediction Center has released it's 90-day outlook. Here in Tennessee, the outlook is not what most of us want to see. Above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation.

David Glenn in Chattanooga has posted an excellent synopsis on his blog. Check it out.

Storm Pictures (Part 4)

Pictures from a webcam that is high atop our Drama Center and Police Department. It can be reached by going here

Deerfield Beach, Florida

HOLY COW!!! What a picture! Taken on Monday evening, July 2nd

Storm Pictures (Part 3)

More storm damage from Friday, June 29th here in Cookeville. All of the damage was from an East South Easterly direction. This is very odd for our part of the country. You are looking south and this first picture. The damage is a roof of a Quizno Sub. Note Jack In The Box and Longhorn Steakhouse in the background.
This is a building right below the one you are viewing above. It has a Baskin Robbins in it along with a mattress store and several other things. Note the sheet metal wrapped around the satellite dish. Best Western is the motel in the background and in the far background, the Tennessee mountains!

Picture #3 is storm damage at Nick's Restaurant which is next door to the two buildings above. They sustained soffett damage and other roof damage (some of which is viewable). Nick's also lost one face of their on-premise sign (not pictured). Side note on Nicks. It has been a stable, wonderful restaurant in Cookeville for the past 36 years. Nick Philson and his family are excellent people. We love going there for a GREAT meal.

The 4th of July forecast is looking hot and dry!

Thanks Guys!

Thank you to Brian Smith down at WDEF-Channel 12 in Chattanooga, he placed a story about our storm damage on his blog.

Also to Justin Bruce at WKRN-Channel 2 in Nashville for their story on us. Click here

Lastly to Mark Rose at the Nat'l Weather Service in Nashville on their blog

Facing The Giants

Just watched the wonderful movie again for the second night in a row.

It is a must see for everyone.