Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Rain To Start The Day....

Many parts of the region are seeing rain to start out the day with showers and possibly a few embedded thunderstorms moving through much of East Tennessee.

Radar at 7:34 AM EDT
It does look like showers and thunderstorms will be likely today with highs in the lower to mid 80s.  Again today many of these storms will produce heavy rains with precipitable water values around 1.5 to 1.8.  forecasts are indicating these values will be higher as we go into the afternoon.

SPC MesoAnalysis Precipitable Water at 7 AM EDT

So if you have outdoor plans today the weather could change rapidly.  Main threat today will be heavy rain and lightning.  Good chances of showers and thunderstorms will persist through the rest of the week.  It does look like this weekend high temperatures will return to the lower to mid 90s with afternoon thunderstorms possible.

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