A couple of showers and t’showers have popped up near the Alabama state line south of US Highway 64. Davis and I will keep tabs on it through the afternoon with Storm Tracker. Check it out on the NWS Radar Loop at the top of the blog.

Hot and humid the next several days. Highs near 90 degrees with dewpoints in the 60s. I don’t pick it, I just predict it. Small storm chance this afternoon but the majority of folks stay dry. A slightly better chance for areas in southern Middle Tennessee but still just hit and miss. The visible satellite loop shows a few more clouds (therefore upward motion) across that part of the mid-state with some fair weather cumulus for the rest of us. Off to lunch but I’ll be back in a bit; we’ll keep an eye on Storm Tracker this afternoon but won’t expect too much to happen.

If you watch the video forecast through early/middle afternoon…it turns out that awoken is a word, but awokened won’t cut the mustard. Now I know.

Thanks to Todd Palmer from Middle Tennessee Electric for sending in pictures from Lascassas (near Rhodes Road) where spotty outages were reported after yesterday’s mid-morning storms.
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The title says it all; we are going to be under the same air mass over the three-day holiday. Expect daytime highs around 90 and isolated storms by afternoon and early evening. Some of the storms could produce severe weather, we’ll watch them with Storm Tracker as they develop to keep you posted. We expect the first 90 degree day of the season today!

Amazing lightning cluster heading into Hardin County, next county over from Wayne County on the Alabama state line. We don’t cover that county (there is an ABC affiliate in Jackson, Tn) so I won’t be going on air when Memphis warns on it. Strongest storm in our viewing area just leaving Van Buren on the eastern fringe of our viewing area headed north of Chattanooga. Looks like some quiet time ahead, everyone get back to sleep. If any county gets a warning next hour it’ll be Wayne or the southern tip of Decatur.

Several warnings last hour for the southern counties fo Marshall, Lincoln, Moore, and Franklin counties. The line has lost some of its punch as we approach 3am. Very strong storms diving out of West Tennessee headed for Decatur and Wayne Counties, perhaps our next set of warnings. Under a watch until 5am for the southern half of our area.