The Weather Guy: extended forecast

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Heat Has Returned

We have to go all the way back to last year to see a run of hot days like we've had the past two days and expect to have the next 7 days.

I believe we'll top 88° (and even into the 90's) during the next 7-day period. We did have a 7-day period in July where that was the case, but this appears to be at least 9-10 days in length. Expect hot weather all the way through next weekend with only a limited chance for rain.

Sunday - 88°
Monday - 89°
Tuesday - 90°
Wednesday - 91°
Thursday - 90°
Friday - 90°
Saturday - 90°
Sunday - 90°

I expect a slight chance for showers on Thursday - Sunday.

The summer that wasn't has returned!

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Quiet Sunday Evening But Busy Monday

Expect a fairly quiet Sunday night as temperatures will drop to around 70° by morning. It'll be fairly muggy as dew points are still in the lower 70's. Thunderstorms are likely on Monday (about a 60% chance) with a high of 84° and light WNW winds. A 50% chance of thunderstorms for Monday night and a low of 69°.

BEYOND MONDAY:
Expect another great chance for showers and thunderstorms on both Tuesday and Tuesday night with high of 84° and a low of 64°. Once we get past Tuesday I do believe we'll see much more settled and more comfortable weather. Lower 80's for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with lows in the lower 60's for those nights. Looks like a fairly comfortable weekend ahead.

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Sunday, August 11th Facts and Figures:

Hottest Temperature (worldwide): 113.0° in Najaf, Iraq
Coldest Temperature (worldwide): -63° in Amundsen-Scott, Antarctica

Corona, California: 48° breaking their old record of 54° set in 2009.
Corona is about 1 hour east-southeast of Los Angeles.

Dallas, GA in Paulding County recorded 3.74" to claim the wettest spot in America today.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Thunderstorms Likely - Sharknado - Baseball's All-Star Game

All sorts of interesting weather information today. We'll get into why the popular TV movie Sharknado is made-up science fiction and look at the deadly heatwave from 1995 that claimed nearly 600 lives in Chicago. First, our Sunday forecast for Cookeville, TN.

SUNDAY FORECAST:
Showers and thunderstorms are a possibility after noon today with partly sunny skies and a high of around 83°. We hit 87° on Saturday before thunderstorms and heavy hits parts of our area. My weather station recorded .81" bringing our monthly total to 7.52". Typical July rainfall is under 5".

We'll have a slight chance for rainfall all next week with temperatures heating up into the upper 80's to lower 90's ranges. Expect heat index ("feels like") readings to top 100°.

FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL:

WeatherWhys^®

The Midwest was in the midst of an intense and deadly heat wave on this date in 1995. The heat wave claimed nearly 600 lives in Chicago, where temperatures soared to 104 degrees on the 13th. High dew points made the air feel dangerously hotter.

WEATHER NEWS (various sources):
Wolf Point, Montana sets a record low of 46°
Vicksburg, Mississippi seta a low of 63°
6 year-old child swallowed by sinkhole
Hot and humid weather for baseball's All-Star game
Popular TV movie Sharknado Debunked: Ridiculous Plotpoints Exposed

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Rest of Sunday and Start of Next Week

Scattered showers and thunderstorms showing up on radar at 4:30 pm across sections of middle TN. Here is Cookeville, we are in a dry slot for the time being but I do expect showers and thunderstorms to return for tonight and Monday.

Precipitation chances overnight at set at 70% and 50% on Monday with a low tonight of a balmy 66° and the high on Monday of 82°. Showers end on Monday evening with sunny skies for Tuesday and Wednesday with rapidly increasing heat. We'll hit 90°+ on Wednesday.

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Cool Nights, Warm Days

NICE NIGHT:
Look for lows tonight (Monday night into Tuesday morning) to be in the 50's by sunrise on Tuesday morning. We're already down to 62.2° at 10:45 pm.

SUNNY TUESDAY:
Tuesday's daytime high is expected to reach 82° with mostly sunny skies. A east northeast wind in the afternoon at only around 5 mph. Another clear and cool night on Tuesday evening with a low by Wednesday morning of 61°.

HERE COMES THE RAIN:
The forecast begins to change as the air will moisten. A slight chance (20%) of thunderstorms on Wednesday with a high of 85° increasing on Wednesday night (40%) with a low of 69°. Thunderstorms are likely (70%) Thursday (and we'll watch for a possibility of some strong weather) and a high of 82°. Showers are likely (60%) on Thursday night with a low of 65° and thunderstorms are likely once again on Friday (70%) with a high of 79°.

GREAT WEEKEND:
We'll get a break this weekend with a nice day on Saturday and a high of 80° with a high of 81° on Sunday and only a slight chance for showers on Sunday. Lows mainly in the upper 50's and lower 60's.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Updated Severe Potential This Weekend

Welcome to the first week of June.

The month of May was quite exciting with a bunch of rainfall (with 5-6" amounts common in the area and 3+ inches during May 4-5), warm weather (high of May 20-21), and chilly weather (lows in the mid 30's on the 13th) . Just another typical month of Tennessee weather in the spring time of the year.

We are watching a potentially developing situation for later tonight and early Sunday across the Upper Cumberland. There is the potential for strong to severe storms with large, damaging hail, strong winds, and heavy rainfall with frequent lightning in the region. The main threat will be from damaging straight-line winds. Localized flooding will be possible in the areas that receive the heaviest rainfall.

The greatest potential for storms today (Saturday) will be back to our west near the Tennessee River area.

Our main threat will be during the overnight hours of Saturday night and sunrise on Sunday although we may see some heavier showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon during the heat of the day and continue after the strongest line comes through on Sunday morning.

The upcoming week will feature a variety of weather including sunshine, a chance for storms and highs mainly in the 80's.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Cold Start To Monday

A significant frost in the Cookeville area this morning as lows bottomed out at 34.9° at 5:47 am which was about 10 minutes after sunrise.

Expect temperatures to rise quickly (already 44.8° at 7:11 am) this morning and we'll top out at 66° later this afternoon with 70+ temps to our west around the Nashville area.

The rest of the week promises a quick warm-up with a high in the upper 70's on Tuesday and mid 80's on Wednesday. A slight chance for thunderstorms on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Peeks of Sun This Morning With Good Rain Chances Today

You may be waking up to a some sunshine this morning. While most of us wish it would stick around, it doesn't appear this will be the case. A pesky low pressure system is causing us to keep showers and possibly a thunderstorm in the forecast today.

Speaking of rain, we picked up 3.79" over the weekend. Add that to the 3.11" we had last weekend and you can bet all of us are ready for some sunny weather.

Today - rain, high near 61°
Tonight - slight rain chances, low of 43°
Tuesday - slight rain chances and warmer, high of 69°
Tuesday night - Foggy by morning, low 51°
Wednesday - partly sunny with a slight risk of a thunderstorm, high 73°

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Sunday Weather Update - WET

We wake up to a wet Sunday morning across much of the Upper Cumberland.

Here in Cookeville, we tacked on another .84" of rain since midnight to go with the 2.20" on Saturday making for a combined total of 3.04" in the past two days since this weather event began.

HOW MUCH RAIN:
Studying the CoCoRaHS rainfall maps and station listings, I've found the most rain (as of 7 am) in Tennessee fell over the southeast section of the state.
Ooltewah 4.42"
Graysville 3.95"
Chattanooga 3.90"
Pikeville 3.78"
Dunalp 3.75"

THE WEEK AHEAD:
Looking ahead we see a good chance for rain on Sunday night, Monday, and parts of Tuesday. While skies will clear late Tuesday into Wednesday, we'll deal with fog developing during those overnight hours. Wednesday and Thursday will feature the garden variety and isolated pop-up showers and thunderstorms.

CAN WE GET A SUNNY & WARM WEEKEND:
By next weekend, we're looking at an increasing chance for rain. Can you say THREE weekends in a row? Forecasting computer models also show a rather chilly pattern developing as well.

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