Drive carefully if you are out Sunday morning as we expect fog to be likely across most of Middle Tennessee.  After the fog burns off we will see a nice day with plenty of sunshine.  By afternoon, temps should just inch up to near 60 for a high.  But another chilly night is in store.

If you are headed to the Titans game, dress warm.  Although game time temps may be comfortable in the sunshine, the sun will be setting before halftime and temps will be dropping through the 50s, to near 49 by the end of the game.  By Monday morning lows should be in the mid to upper 30s.

As anticipated, the skies cleared out in Nashville late this afternoon, and will be doing the same for our eastern counties as the evening progressess.  The rain has left all of Middle Tennessee, but it will be on the cool side (and front lawns will be soggy!).  Dress the Trick or Treaters warm as temps will be falling from the low 50s to the upper 40s during the evening hours.  By daybreak, expect upper 30s for lows with some patchy fog.

On Sunday, we’ll see abundant sunshine and a high near 60.

Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour as we lose Daylight Saving Time.  If not, you’ll be early to church!  We gain that hour of sleep back Sunday morning.

It has been a wet start here in Middle Tennessee, but as you can see on Stormtracker the rain is now pushing east and south of Nashville.  It will continue its progress today, finally clearing our eastern and southern counties late this afternoon.  We hope to see some sunshine later today, especially from Nashville westward.

Temps will stay in the 50s for highs today, so when the sun goes down, it will be cool for the Trick or Treaters, dropping into the low 50s and then upper 40s by 9pm.  Dress the kids warm.

By the way, when you go to bed tonight, set your clocks back one hour!

The leading edge of the rain has finally begun to speed up.  It now looks like it could be in Nashville between 5-5:30pm.  That means rush hour could get wet, so drive carefully. 

Although we don’t expect the weather to be as bad as it was in Arkansas and Louisiana, we still could see a few Severe T’Storm Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings tonight.  The rain could get heavy.  Don’t try to cross a flooded roadway.

The rain will taper off by lunchtime on Saturday, which is good news for Trick or Treaters.  The front lawns will be soggy and temps will be falling through the low 50s to the upper 40s , so dress warm.

As you can see above, wind gusts have been 30+ mph today.  Be careful driving high profile vehicles and working construction on roof tops.  

The rain and storms will be near the Tennessee River during the afternoon hours, but they will be slow to move eastward.  The approximate ETA for Nashville would be in the 6-8pm time period.

You may have heard about the tornadoes, flooding, and damaging winds that occurred in Arkansas and north Louisiana last night and early this morning.  The natural question is, “Will it be that bad here in Middle Tennessee”?  Although we have the potential for some damaging winds and flooding with heavy rains tonight, the situation does not look nearly as bad as it was to our west.  Nonetheless, we could see several severe t ’storm warnings and flash flood warnings ovenight, so keep abreast of the weather.

Good news for Trick or Treaters:

The rain will taper off by lunchtime tomorrow.  However, front lawns will be very soggy, and temps will be falling through the low 50s to upper 40s during the evening, so dress warm.

If you are following Stormtracker above, you can see a “back edge” of the steady rain about to clear Nashville.  That should occur by 2:30pm.  However, we should see another round of rain push in this evening around 6pm, which should taper off by midnight.  There is already fog mixing in with the rain, and that fog should increase overnight.  Lows should be in the low 50s.

Tomorrow should start of with low clouds and fog, but by afternoon the sun should reappear.  Highs on Wednesday should be in the upper 60s.

It’s been a wet October (after the second wettest September ever).  Read my entry below.

Normally, rainy days in October are rare.  However, this October is the exception.  So far, we have had 16 out of 27 days with measurable rainfall (including today).  Check out the totals below (WTR is rainfall):

Forecast: Today’s rainfall will finally taper off this evening, but some fog should develop overnight in all of the leftover moisture.  On Wednesday, we will start off with low clouds and fog.  By lunchtime, the sun should begin to burn through, yielding partly cloudy skies in the afternoon with highs in the upper 60s.