We’ve got good chances of rain this afternoon. Some around this morning when I started my shift but when the front gets closer by the noon hour we should have some wide spread coverage. Not expecting severe weather but some good soakings could occur in isolated areas. Our high for the day should be around noon and then drop during the clouds/rain this afternoon and early evening. Yesterday was the hottest day yet recorded this summer at Nashville (95) but today we will barely high 90 if that. Southern counties will still hit 90 plus as the rain will arrive last there. There is even a chance we have a wet commute tomorrow as the frontal boundary gets hung up over the state and allows for a small complex of storms to move over along the boundary. Predictor puts it south:
Good Morning! We had a thunder storm last night about midnight in Sumner County, don’t think it ever rained hopefully we will see some rain today. Have a great day!
On this day in weather history ..
1860 - A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott and Lawrence, KS. (David Ludlum)
1882 - Ice formed on the streets of Cheyenne, WY, during a rare summer freeze. (David Ludlum)
1936 - The temperature hit an all-time record high of 106 degrees at the Central Park Observatory in New York City, a record which lasted until LaGuardia Airport hit 107 degrees on July 3rd in 1966. (The Weather Channel)
1968 - Columbus, MS received 15.68 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Michigan. A tornado near Munising, MI, destroyed part of a commercial dog kennel, and one of the missing dogs was later found unharmed in a tree top half a mile away. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Twenty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Alpena, MI, and Buffalo, NY, suffered through their sixth straight day of record heat. The percentage of total area in the country in the grips of severe to extreme drought reached 43 percent, the fourth highest total of record. The record of 61 percent occurred during the summer of 1934. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Morning thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in southern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana. Up to 5.6 inches of rain was reported in Berrien County, MI. Sioux Falls SD reported a record high of 108 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Also on this date (from NWS-Nashville)
1988…
Temperature at Lebanon (3 W) reaches 105 degrees.
Bring on the rain for today! We would love some over here on the Highland Rim…
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Rain cooled air has dropped Nashville to 80º from 84 earlier this morning. Predictor looks colorful this morning!
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