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Offline Thundersnow

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HEAT WAVE/DROUGHT 2007
« on: August 03, 2007, 06:15:33 PM »
My hottest recorded day of the summer so far today... at 95.9.

Some areas reached 100 degrees.
« Last Edit: August 23, 2007, 07:07:29 AM by Thundersnow »

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2007, 10:24:56 PM »
99 in Nashville today...

93.3 here in Cookeville.....love the elevation difference!  Holds temps down.

Crossville hit 89 at their official site (airport)...
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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2007, 06:35:43 AM »
It was 102' around the city streets yesterday. I helped a friend move and it was beyond HOT!

Looks like we'll officially hit the 100' mark by Wednesday at BNA.
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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2007, 09:51:19 AM »
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
342 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-062030-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
342 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

...DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEK IN MIDDLE
   TENNESSEE...

A HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO SEND HIGH TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
OVER MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...AND MAY VERY WELL GO HIGHER THAN THAT BY MID AND LATE
WEEK.

COMING ON THE HEELS OF MONTHS OF DRY WEATHER...MAKES THIS HEAT WAVE
PARTICULARLY BRUTAL. IN THE ABSENCE OF IRRIGATION, MOST YARDS WILL
BROWN AND CRISP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
COULD POP UP THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MOST AREAS
WILL REMAIN DRY.

THIS TYPE OF HEAT CAN BE DEADLY...NOT ONLY TO GRASS...BUT PEOPLE AS
WELL. NEVER...EVER...LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN A CAR...NOT
EVEN FOR A MINUTE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CLOSED VEHICLE CAN QUICKLY
RISE TO DEADLY LEVELS. CHECK ON ELDERLY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS...AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE COPING WELL WITH THE HEAT.

AS WE ALL SWEAT IT OUT THIS WEEK...HERE ARE A FEW
OTHER HOT WEATHER SAFETY RULES TO KEEP IN MIND...

...LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON HEAT.

...IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF
   NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.

...BE AWARE OF THE WARNING SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION.
   THESE INCLUDE...PALE AND MOIST SKIN...OR...UNUSUALLY HOT
   AND DRY SKIN...PROFUSE SWEATING...FEELING FAINT...HEADACHE...
   NAUSEA...DIZZINESS...AND CONFUSION. BE SMART...SLOW DOWN...AND
   STAY OUT OF THE HEAT TO PREVENT THESE PROBLEMS.

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 11:14:59 AM »
Reminds me of my 2005 vacation ... one week of incredible heat (and if I remember with a relatively high humidity). It was a torture to be outside ...  :o

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2007, 01:16:42 PM »
Records will shatter today!

Nashville is already at 100', when I saw that, I went to check my gauge and it is registering 104.5'...

That's my highest reading thus far.

WHEW!

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2007, 01:19:56 PM »
8 out of the last 9 days straight have been over 100 degrees in Nashville.

It would have been 9 days in a row, if not for Saturday when we ONLY got up to 99!


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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2007, 01:20:15 PM »
Yeah, you broke me today.

I'm going to have to finally admit.... ITS HOTTER THAN HEYAL OUT THERE!!!
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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2007, 01:54:09 PM »
Record high...
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NOUS44 KOHX 151804
PNSOHX
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151900-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1257 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...NASHVILLE EQUALS RECORD FOR THIS DATE WITH 102 DEGREES...

THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 102 DEGREES AT 1238 PM CDT. THIS EQUALS THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE SET BACK IN 1954. IT IS LIKELY THE TEMPERATURE WILL CLIMB EVEN HIGHER...BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST...IS 105 DEGREES SET BACK ON AUGUST 9TH 1930.

THERE`S BEEN 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE LONGEST STRING ON RECORD OF 99 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE PREVIOUS LONGEST STRING WAS 8 DAYS BACK IN 1952.

NASHVILLE HAS REACHED TRIPLE DIGITS ON 8 OF THE LAST 9 DAYS.

NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED 8 DAYS THIS AUGUST WITH TRIPLE DIGIT
HEAT...WHICH BREAKS THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1954.

NORMAL HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 88 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL LOW IS 68 DEGREES.

NASHVILLE WEATHER RECORDS DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 1ST 1870.

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2007, 02:11:41 PM »
I just took our the reading here at work. I am right by LP field  107.0 in the shade  and 113.5 in the sun 10% hum  ofcoarse I know the cement plays a role in the uped temps but hey thats what we feel when we go out

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2007, 02:18:03 PM »
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZLLLLLLLLLeeee!!

105.2' looks like the high here...I hate to say this but I feel like I should "COOL DOWN" the van before I go sit in line...

How ridiculous does that sound..???   ,,. ::)

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2007, 02:21:20 PM »
Not at all I just got in from my truck and I think I about died in the 10 min's driving in the HEAT . I will be turning my truck on 10 minutes before I leave again .

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2007, 03:36:10 PM »
New Record High set in Nashville:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/graphicast.php

Also some "hopeful" info about Erin's precipitation potential for us.

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2007, 04:04:44 PM »
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
326 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...NASHVILLE BREAKS RECORD FOR THIS DATE WITH 104 DEGREES...

THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 104 DEGREES AT 321 PM CDT. THIS BREAKS
THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE OF 102 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1954. IT IS
POSSIBLE THE TEMPERATURE COULD CLIMB EVEN HIGHER DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST...IS 105 DEGREES
SET BACK ON AUGUST 9TH 1930. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER
MEASURED IN NASHVILLE IS 107 DEGREES SET BACK IN JULY 1952.

THERE`S BEEN 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN NASHVILLE.
THIS IS THE LONGEST STRING ON RECORD OF 99 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE
PREVIOUS LONGEST STRING WAS 8 DAYS BACK IN 1952.

NASHVILLE HAS REACHED TRIPLE DIGITS ON 8 OF THE LAST 9 DAYS.

NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED 8 DAYS THIS AUGUST WITH TRIPLE DIGIT
HEAT...WHICH BREAKS THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1954.

NORMAL HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 88 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL LOW IS
68 DEGREES.

NASHVILLE WEATHER RECORDS DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 1ST 1870.

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Re: It's HOT!!!
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2007, 05:35:39 PM »
My shady backyard reached 102.4 today.  :o

It's currently 99.9.

The shade is a little compromised though.  The big trees in my backyard have dropped half their leaves already.  By looking at my backyard, you would think it was late October... yard needs raking.  We desperately need rain.  :(

I just heard that Columbia reached 108 today.

 

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