Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Low Breaks 132 Year-Old Record

**Internet down for a 4th day & ISP promises to be out today**

Another chilly morning across Tennessee. Many locations are breaking records including one that stood for 132 years in Nashville. More on that later.

A weather friend of mine in Chattanooga, Brian Smith @ WDEF television, reports he observed a 46 degree reading near us.

Expect rain to move in tonight...48-hour forecast below:

.TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.

Finally, the detail of the record event report is below.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
705 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

...RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET TODAY FOR NASHVILLE...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING IN NASHVILLE WAS 58 DEGREES.
THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET WAY BACK IN 1877.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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