The Weather Guy

Woke up this morning to temperatures in the mid 30's and plenty of frost. Some locations, near the lakes, are dealing with fog this morning.  I believe it is the big difference in air and water temperature causing that.

The good news is we will warm quickly into the mid and upper 60's today.

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Our Tennessee Titans take on Kansas City today.  With a win, we go to 6-0!   Go Titans.

If you can't attend church this morning, watch it live via the web!  My church broadcasts at 8:30 am and 10:30 am CDT.

Get outdoors today and have an awesome time!

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/19/2008 07:38:00 AM Comments

UPDATE @ 9:08 PM to include FROST ADVISORY.....

Awesome image from website "Alaska in Pictures"

Special Weather Statement For Tonight...temperatures in the 30's tonight...warming to the mid 60's tomorrow.

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From the National Weather Service in Nashville. ..

PATCHY FROST EXPECTED IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT...

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL HELP OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AND LOW LYING AREAS OF NORTHEAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED


Update @ 9:08 pm to include a Frost Advisory....see NWS Advisory here 

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/18/2008 09:08:00 PM Comments

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/18/2008 03:12:00 PM Comments

It is going to be an awesome weekend here in Cookeville, TN.  As you can see in the webcam shot above, we have sunny skies this morning just before 8 o'clock.  Temperatures are in the lower 40's.  We expect highs today to reach the lower 60's under sunny skies.

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At 8 am across Tennessee, temperatures range from the low 40's to the low 50's.


October 18th Daily Alamanc
Normal High: 70° Record High: 86° (1938)
Normal Low: 43° Record Low: 29° (1977)
Last Year: 84 and 63
On this date in 1975, 1.70" of rain fell

Most of the U.S. will see great weather over the next few days although it does appear a couple of cold fronts will be their march into the U.S. from the north and northwest.  Beginning to see snow as a feature on the map (below).


Finally, having a birthday party today for our little girl who just turned one year old last Friday.  It'll be fun!

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/18/2008 07:57:00 AM Comments

We wake up this morning with .23" in the rain gauge.  Checking all the information this morning reveals a picture of a day where clouds will fight to hang on through the day with some light drizzle early.  Another low pressure area will slide through late bringing with it clouds and no precipitation.  We won't temperatures much above 65° (if that) for today and down to the middle 40's tonight.  Saturday will be chilly with clouds decreasing, eventually with a few peeks of sunshine with highs fighting to make their way into the lower 60's.  Sunday will be sunny with highs right around 70°.

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Friday, October 17 Alamanc
Normal High: 71° Low: 43°
Records: 96 (1938) 29 (1991)
Last Year: 77° and 62°
Record Rain on this date: 2.95" in 1975
So far in October, we're about 3.5° above normal.
Record rain for first 17 days of October: 8.22" in 1919

Enjoy your Friday!

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/17/2008 06:43:00 AM Comments

Very light rain has fallen since late afternoon here in Cookeville, Tennessee.  We've mostly had mist-type rain this evening with waves of heavier mist.  Checking the handy CoCoRaHS rain gauge, I've got nearly .20"...we'll see what it reads in the morning at the 7 am observation.

Quite a change in weather coming for us for Friday through next week. Temperatures, which earlier this week were near 80° every day, will back off into the mid 60's for Friday and even lower on Saturday (around 61°). We do see a bit of a warm up for Sunday (69°) and Monday (73°) but will go backwards as we continue through the early part of workweek.

Our average high and low this time of year is 71° and 44° respectively.

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Tonight, we focus on some interesting links.  There is something for everyone from falling leaves that are beautiful in color in my home state to a crazy situation concerning what you breathe out and finally, learning about faith.  Enjoy the links below.

I LOVE AUTUMN
Fall Colors in the Smokies link

DON'T BREATHE OUT!
Incredible story about Obama's plan to declare Carbon Dioxide a pollutant.   Guess they will decide how much you are allowed to exhale.

EXERCISE YOUR FAITH
Excellent story about faith from Barbie Bassett, chief meteorologist at WLBT-TV, the NBC station in Jackson, MS.  I really enjoy her posts.

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/16/2008 11:30:00 PM Comments

Say good-bye to those days in the 80's.  We'll see rainfall develop in eastern Middle Tennessee later today and continue this evening as highs will struggle to break 70° this afternoon.

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Latest On Hurricane OMAR:
Omar is a major Category 3 hurricane this morning and is crossing the Leeward Islands between St. Martin and the Virgin Islands.  Glad my family got out of St. Maarten when they did!  More here on Omar

Fall Colors Arriving Quickly
Back here in Tennessee, if you love fall weather, you'll love this weekend.  Highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's...the fall colors are beginning to look nice.  Peak color is about a week to ten days away.

Sign Thief:
Finally, some idiot stole my McCain sign from my yard.  Guess the thief didn't like the whippin' Big Mac put on Obama in the debate last evening.  Funny thing is, I have a Lamar Alexander for Senate sign right next to it and that sign was untouched.  No big deal, I'll go get another one from the headquarters here.

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/16/2008 06:37:00 AM Comments

One more warm day today as high temperatures will reach into the mid 80's!  That is over 13° higher than our normal high for this date of 72°. After the rains come through on Thursday, look for a big cool down going into the weekend!

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Omar is now a hurricane and headed for the U.S.  Virgin Islands as it churns through the eastern Caribbean sea. As I said, I have relatives in St. Maarten and they want out.  Hopefully, they'll get out on a 3 pm plane IF the airport isn't closed.

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/15/2008 06:32:00 AM Comments

Here it is, the Winter 2008-2009 Winter Weather Outlook from Farmer's Almanac.  Check out your area of the country to see what they think you may have.  You can go to Almanac.com or click here.  The Old Farmer's Almanac...still a treasure after all these years!

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/14/2008 09:28:00 PM Comments

Received a 'panicked' call this evening from relatives in St. Maarten (pronounced Martin).  They've been watching Tropical Storm Omar and decided to evacuate.  Here is how it went:

Me:  Hello....

Relative:  Hey, have you seen the weather lately? (duh!)  
               There is a possible Cat. 2 hurricane heading  our way.  

Me:  Ok...So what would you like me to do? (figuring they wanted updates)

Relative:  We need a flight out immediately.  Not ready to die on this island!

Me:  Where would you like to go?

Relative:  I don't care, anywhere, Miami or New York

Me:  Ok, I'll check...got a flight going out tomorrow at 3-something.

Relative:  Great, I'll take it.  

Me:  Do you want to know how much?

Relative:  Heck no, I just want out of here...

And so it went, got them booked out of St. Maarten in advance of soon-to-be Hurricane Omar.  Hopefully, there are able to get out.   How they are going to get from Miami back home is a yet-to-be determined and ever evolving situation!

Funny thing is, they can see the ocean from their balcony.  It isn't so funny when you're staring at a possible Cat 2 storm and you're in, basically, a third-world country.

Just another day in the Weather Business!

By Cookeville Weather Guy at 10/14/2008 08:28:00 PM Comments

We'll see highs in the 80's today and tomorrow.  Then, get ready for a whole lot of change!  A cool down after the rains is in the forecast.  Normals for this date are 72 and 44 while the records are 88 (1928) and 27 (1988).

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