This came to the general weather email box:
Hey Justin,
Has anyone every told you you look a bit like Jonathan Rhys Meyers?
–Amy Allen
Now, I’m not hip enough to even know who this Meyers guy is but is Justin moonlighting as an actor??
I’m also not hip enough to figure out how post the Meyers guy’s photo here.. so cut and paste and see what you think?
http://www.vero89.altervista.org/chris/
I’m listening to thunder and watching the wind pick up at my house in southern Davidson County. Storms are moving north to south through Davidson and Cheatham counties and headed this way. Murfreesboro just dealt with a heavy thunderstorm , as is much of Rutherford County and northern Cannon County. Storms are moving through DeKalb County (close if not on top of the folks at the Fiddler’s Jamboree). Coffee, White and Van Buren counties are also in on the action. A few spotty storms are around Hohenwald in Lewis County and south of Columbia in southern Maury County. Nickel-sized hail will be the main threat underneath the heaviest storms (some areas will see gusty wind and of course…plenty of lightning). Join Lisa on the television side of things for the latest look at Storm Tracker.
Morning temperatures are in the 60s but we’ll hit 91 degrees this afternoon in Nashville and most other spots. A developing northwest breeze at 5 to 10 mph will keep the humidity at bay (for one final day) but it will still be hot. A few isolated thundershowers are possible later this afternoon as a weak disturbance arrives from Illinois…but most areas will remain dry. More heat and more humidity expected this weekend. Middle 90s with dewpoints in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees will combine to create heat indexes (indices, if you want) in the middle to upper 90s.
Join us on the tube for News 2 This Morning between now and 7:00 am. Big Joe and Jeff are live in Smithville for the upcoming Fiddler’s Jamboree!
Examine the 2:00 pm weather observations for Middle Tennessee. As the old Sesame Street song goes: “One of these things is not like the other, One of these things just doesn’t belong…” I’ve placed Livingston and Crossville on the bottom of the list due to their heightened elevation; that may or may not have anything to do with it. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Post your thoughts in the comments and I’ll update this entry with the right answer later in the afternoon.
CITY, SKY CONDITION, TEMPERATURE, DEWPOINT, REL. HUMIDITY, WIND, PRESSURE
NASHVILLE, MOSUNNY, 88, 56, 33, VRB7, 30.14F
CLARKSVILLE, MOSUNNY, 87, 58, 37, W13G20, 30.14S
LEBANON, SUNNY, 88, 55, 33, NW8, 30.12F
SMYRNA, MOSUNNY, 94, 58, 29, NW13, 30.13F
SHELBYVILLE, SUNNY, 88, 59, 37, NW6, 30.15F
LIVINGSTON, SUNNY, 82, 59, 44, NW7, 30.16F
CROSSVILLE, MOSUNNY, 81, 59, 47, NW9, 30.19F
Today’s sunshine and warmth haven’t attracted too many visitors to the Storm Center. No complaints here (and no offense to my co-workers). Looking at the radar makes me wonder if today’s storm chance should be downgraded from minimal to non-existent. Another weak upper air disturbance approaches Middle Tennessee from the northwest tomorrow. That will mean a small t’shower chance, but nothing to hang our hats on. There’s no doubt my yard could use a good drink but that seems unlikely in the near future. Other than the building heat and humidity, the weather stays pretty quiet into early next week.
I’ll post a few random weather links over the next several days to spice things up on the blog. Today’s tidbit: radar-detected sunsets from Minnesota to Tennessee. Hot stuff!
We’ve had some blogging issues today. My apologies! It turns out that trying to log in repeatedly will eventually work…just keep at it!
A weak front is crossing the mid-state today. The surface analysis from the HPC portrays a wishy-washy surface boundary without much of a temperature or dewpoint difference (subtract five hours from the time of analysis to get the valid CDT local time). An isolated thundershower is possible today but sunshine and dry weather weather will be the rule for most areas. Afternoon temperatures will approach 90 degrees through Friday with lower to middle 90s anticipated for the weekend. The forecast for July 4th looks warm (highs near 90) with a chance of afternoon t’showers. Enjoy your Thursday!
Remember last week when we were topping out at 95 degrees? Well, it’s still warm outside, but not unbearably hot thanks to the trough of low pressure that settled in over the Ohio Valley extending southward to Tennessee.
For those wanting to learn more about the science of meteorology, the general rule of thumb for the upper atmosphere is that there is cooler air under the low pressure troughs (whenever a cold front passes through, there is a trough aloft) and warmer air under the high pressure ridges.
Speaking of high pressure ridges, that pattern returns to our region this weekend, bringing the 90’s back to the area. I guess it’s summertime!
The Moon on June 27th. Photo credit: Martin McKenna of Northern Ireland from spaceweather.com
This from www.spaceweather.com (if you don’t have them bookmarked, you should). The New Moon was on Sunday, and the First Quarter is July 3rd, so we’ll be watching the moon get bigger and bigger until we reach the Full Moon on the night of July 10-11.
But tonight it will be a very thin sliver at sunset. Get out quick, it will be setting right behind the sun.
Enjoy! The weather should co-operate.
Check out the following hail report from Tuesday afternoon in Camdenton, Missouri:
2150 88 8 SSE CAMDENTON CAMDEN MO 3790 9269 HAIL DENTED BEER CANS ON MOVING MOTORCYCLE
Translation: at 4:50 pm CDT 8 miles south-southeast of Camdenton nickel-sized hail dented beer cans on a moving motorcycle. What the heck kind of a storm report is that!?
You may have heard about big flooding problems up and down the eastern United States. Visit the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center to monitor the rivers and streams. I see that the the creek that runs through my old neighborhood is past flood stage; that’s the case in states from the Mid-Atlantic through Northeast. The heavy rain is currently leaving Pennsylvania and heading into New England; problems should subside later this weekend.
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