Fantastic Weather Through Saturday

We're started in the mid 50's this morning and at 7 am temperatures have moderated to the mid 60's. I expect we'll see highs from 83-85° by later this afternoon with a light easterly wind at around 5 mph. Overnight, we'll fall back into the upper 50's by Saturday morning.

Saturday's forecast should be a repeat of today but with a couple of degrees added to it. Highs will range from 85-87° with a south wind 5-10 mph.

Storm chances enter our forecast very late on Saturday into Sunday and will last into the middle of next week. Our best chances for rainfall appear to be later on Sunday night and into Monday.

An Air Quality Alert is in effect for today around the Nashville area. The cities on the list include Springfield, Gallatin, Lafayette, Dickson, Ashland City, Nashville, Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Hartsville, Carthage, Centerville, Franklin, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, and Woodbury just to name a few.

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Pushing 90

The headline certainly doesn't refer to my age. We'll be HOT across the Cookeville and middle Tennessee area. I don't expect any chance for a shower or thunderstorm today. Those chances increase over the next several days.

Some forecasting models are indicating a possible shift about the middle of next week to most seasonal temperatures and a good chance for rain. We'll see. Temperatures until then will stay very warm with highs mainly in the 80's.

Do you remember the May 2010 flood in Nashville? Here is a great link detailing some of that information from the Nashville office of the National Weather Service.

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April 30 to May 4 is National Air Quality Awareness Week

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Heat Continues

NICE:
We're waking to the coolest morning in a week. This morning's temps bottomed out at 60.7° here in Cookeville. Yesterday was the first day in a week that we didn't hit 90° (our high was 89°). We've now gone 8 days without any rainfall. The heat, however, is returning and will be robust for the next week. Below are some alerts and advisories here in Tennessee.

AIR QUALITY ALERT:
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has issued an AIR QUALITY ALERT for each of the major metro areas across the state. This is a 'Code Orange' Health Advisory. The general public is likely to not be affected, but active children and adults along with people with respiratory problems shuch as asthma should limit their outdoor exposure and limit exertion.

HEAT ADVISORY:
All of west Tennessee is under a heat advisory for Saturday where heat index readings will range from 105° to 109°. These conditions are expected to persist through 10 pm Saturday night. Prolonged exposure without taking the proper precautions in this kind of heat is dangerous. Frequent rest breaks in shade or an air-conditioned environment are recommended.

HEAT CONTINUES:
Temperatures will remain hot throughout the next 7-10 days with highs mainly in the 90's and lows mainly in the middle to upper 60's. Any chances for rain will be slight and very much isolated as a strong ridge of high pressure is firmly in charge across the southeastern United States.

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Cookeville's Daily Almanac
June 4, 2011
Saturday morning's low: 60.7°
Friday's high: 88.9°
Friday's low: 64.9°

Last Year: 86° and 67°

Normal High: 82°

Normal Low: 58°

Records: 97° in 1925 and 40° in 1924

24-hour precip total: 0.00
2.42" of rain fell on this date in 1983

TENNESSEE WEATHER HISTORY:

On June 4, 1985...
Softball-sized hail is reported in Davidson County. This is the largest known hail ever to fall in Tennessee's history.

On June 4, 1998...
Lightning strikes the 108-year-old St. Patrick Catholic Church on Second Avenue South in Nashville. The resulting fire significantly damages the roof and steeple.

On June 4, 2002...
Storms sweep through East Tennessee producing quarter-sized hail and $200,000 in property damage. 


WEATHER HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA:

1825 - East Coast - Early season hurricane from Cuba to New England. Great shipping losses on the coast. Much damage at Charleston on the 3rd and New York Harbor on the 4th.

1885 - Pittsburgh, PA & Cleveland, OH - Heavy rains (about 10 inches) caused serious floods.

1982 - Major 4 day storm in New England brings 14 inches of rainfall to southern Connecticut. 23 dams were breached and 2 failed. $276 million in damage resulted from the flooding.

1985 - Southeast - The heat wave continues. Lakeland, FL sets an all-time record high of 102 degrees.

1998 - The temperature at Williston ND dropped to 26 degrees to establish a monthly record for June. The mercury dropped to 24 in Tower MN as winter made one last curtain call across the northern Plains. 2-3 inches of snow fell in South Dakota and 7 inches fell in Wyoming.

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Nice Weekend Ahead

**HOT WEEKEND**
Some areas are dealing with fog this morning. That should burn off early and expect a sunny, hot day. Highs will be near 90° in Cookeville. Mostly clear overnight with lows in the lower 60's. On Saturday, much of the same with highs around 90° once again..only a very slight chance for showers and they will be scattered. Make it the same forecast for Sunday. Enjoy your weekend!

Increasing rain chances by Monday....I'm still not convinced at this point, but worth mentioning since it is in the forecast.

If you're planning a trip to Nashville or Knoxville today, TDEC (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation) has issued an AIR QUALITY ALERT for both metro areas and their surrounding counties.

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Weather History for This Date
1930-3.98" of rain is recorded in Nashville on this date.
1812-Major hurricane strikes New Orleans, killing around 100 people
1996-At an airport north of Phoenix, AZ, a thunderstorm produces a record wind-gust of 114 mph


Cookeville's Daily Almanac
Yesterday's high: 86° low: 64°
Normal High: 87°
(Record: 96° in 1943)
Normal Low: 64°
(Record: 48° in 2004)
Last Year: 85° and 59°
1.26" of rain fell on this date in 1977

Dry Today...

Humidity levels along with dewpoints will be lower today across Tennessee. At 6 am, several reporting stations were in the middle 50's.

Our latest, local forecast calls for highs in the middle 80's and dry today...rain chances increase as we head toward the weekend.

Both Nashville and Knoxville are under a Code Orange Alert for unhealthy Air Quality today. Risk groups such as the children and elderly along with those who have asthma should limit their time and activity outdoors today.


Interesting tornado information for 2008...we usually get around 12 tornadoes annually. So far in 2008, we had 17 in February, 0 in March, 8 in April, and 6 in May for a total of 31.


On this date in 1988, Crossville (just 30 miles to my east) hits 99°, which sets a new record for the month of June.

Hot 7-day Forecast!

Here's a 7-day forecast for Nashville. As you can see, the 'coolest' high temperature is 96 on Friday. For us here in the higher elevations of the Cumberland Plateau region, our forecast highs are about 4-5 degrees cooler.

Another Air Quality Alert has been issued for the Nashville area. Also, going back to the hot temperatures again, Nashville hit 100 degrees 4-days in a row. See this story from the NWS-Nashville.

The last time any location in Tennessee saw rain was on Thursday and that was minor amounts in Southern portions of Middle Tennessee. Pulaski had .33 and Lynchburg had .20...this information is courtesy of the CoCoRaHS observers.

Lastly, my family took a short trip to Chicago for a cousin's wedding. I'll post some great pictures from that trip later.

Nashville Code Orange Alert

Another Code Orange Air Alert for Nashville on Sunday

Highs over the next week should reach into the upper 90's to near 100.

That is hot any way you slice it!

Here in the Upper Cumberland, our forecast is about 5-8 degrees cooler.

Lots Of Fireworks

Quite of bit of lightning and thunder late Wednesday afternoon. While I was finishing up at work, it rattled our windows! When I got home a bit later, the thunder rattled our windows at home...then at church last night, the same thing happened! Some areas received alot of rain, however, all I got in my handy-dandy COCORAHS rain gauge was .05...

oh well, maybe today...as the forecast shows we could get some rain....

Nashville has another Air Quality Alert again today....

Nashville Air Quality Alert

An Air Quality Index Statement has been issued by the National Weather Service in Nashville, TN for Wednesday.

Also, from the NWS, back on this date in 1916, Nashville records 2.58" of rain. Now that would be nice! :-)

Our forecast up here on the Plateau doesn't include an air quality alert, however we will still have widespread haze.

Check out our Cookeville/Putnam County Emergency Management Agency's SpotterCam to see the haze

Hurricane Predictions and More

This morning's topic includes Hurricane Predictions and more.

Here is a link that'll give you GREAT information for this year's Atlantic Hurricane Season. It has a wealth of information. Click here or click on the title to check it out!

Nashville's air quality will be in the 'orange' category today. For more information on what that means, I provided this link.

The dry weather continues....highs in the 80's today...another gorgeous one!


Today's Other Links:

Great Story from the Weather Channel about this season's hurricane outlook

Our Weather Forecast in Cookeville