We’re catching a bit of a break from the rain in Nashville (typing at 11:30 am) but there’s more on the way. Showers, some heavy, are pushing north from Mississippi and Alabama right now. There’s plenty of them: the slug of rain extends from the Tennessee state line down to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Regional radar loop is here and tells the story quite well. The main surface low pressure is currently in Iowa, sitting directly underneath the upper level low pressure responsible for all of this lovely weather. Being “vertically stacked” is the tell-tale sign of maturity, as far as weather systems go. Usually our weather moves from west to east in a timely fashion; not so with this pattern. That area of upper level low pressure will slowly drift north over the next few days, but upper air support on the low’s southern edge will continue to pass over Tennessee (shortwaves). In combination with decent moisture at the surface and aloft, those “shorties” will mean showers and thundershowers possible Monday as well as Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center has us in a slight risk of severe weather both days, so we’ll watch it closely. This set-up does not look like a big severe weather outbreak to me. I’ll be interested to see what the rest of the weather crew has to say on the news tonight and tomorrow morning.

I think I’ll use today’s weather as an excuse to catch up on some Netflix (Capote, anyone?) and watch the Preds beat the Sharks later tonight. The golfing weather yesterday was pretty decent down in Spring Hill. Windy, but the rain held off until the last few four or five holes and my scramble group was right in the middle of the pack. Thanks to the folks at King’s Creek Golf Club and a number of generous corporate sponsorships, the event was a big success and raised lots of money for the Spring Hill High School Band. You couldn’t pay me to be out on the course today!

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