When will summer return??? Of the 31 days in July we spent 25 of them with below normal temperatures. We even logged four days with highs only in the 70’s…the most in 30 Julys’ in Nashville. Well the weather pattern is getting ready to shift. It will take almost a whole week but we are getting back to hot and dry weather (like we had in June!). Below is a map of the wind patterns at about 18,00oft (actually: 500 millibar pressure [at the surface it is around 1010mb). This level gives you a good view of the overall weather pattern. This Saturday shows a trough over the eastern half of the U.S.; this means more in cooler weather and rain chances.
Now look at next Saturday (below this paragraph). Instead of a trough we have a typical summer ridge, in fact a rather strong one. This means storm chances become very limited and mostly afternoon pop-up variety. This also means HOT weather, like highs at least in the mid-90s (if not higher). So start making your lake/pool plans for NEXT weekend (not this one coming up) as most of us have been avoiding the water bodies of late.
Well that’s a bummer. I knew we were going to have to pay the piper at some point.
Hey I like the cool, rainy weather! For all those who want the heat back, head to the Pacific Northwest. Sea-Tac had a record of 103 degrees yesterday. LOL Strange weather
It would be GREAT if Nashville WX would grow up and allow us to activate the doppler once we pull up the screen with the local weather on it, instead of WAITING, and WAITING AND WAITING for the screen to show the track of the bad weather.