[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
210 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-202000-
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-
210 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007

...HEAT WAVE ABATES SOME ACROSS THE MID STATE...

AFTER A STRING OF 7 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES AT NASHVILLE
AIRPORT...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY MAXED OUT AT 99 DEGREES.
THIS STRING OF 7 WAS THE MOST SINCE JUNE OF 1988 WHEN NASHVILLE HAD
6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THE MOST CONSECUTIVE
DAYS EVER OF TRIPLE DIGITS IS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952.

CURRENTLY AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS 4.3 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE
HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WHICH OCCURRED IN 1995.

THERE HAVE BEEN 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE JULY 1980. THE MOST EVER IS 19
DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952.

THERE HAS BEEN 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THIS IS
UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WEATHER RECORDS AT NASHVILLE. PREVIOUSLY THE
RECORD WAS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952. WEATHER RECORDS IN NASHVILLE
DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 1ST 1870...NEARLY 137 YEARS.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 25TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE 23 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BACK IN AUGUST
1995. THE MOST EVER IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE
OF 1954.

RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.05 INCHES.
THE DRIEST AUGUST EVER...WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51 INCHES FELL.

SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED ONLY 3.89 INCHES
OF RAINFALL. THE DRIEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS IN
1954...WHEN 4.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1ST
HAS TOTALED 17.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 13.98 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
CONDITIONS. THE LATEST 6-10 DAY PROGNOSIS FROM CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER CONTINUE TO INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

DURING THE HEAT WAVE...SOME PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND. STAY
INSIDE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE...PREFERABLY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED
SPACE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRINK FLUIDS FREQUENTLY... WEAR
LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING WITH A HAT...AND STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.

IT WILL LIKELY TAKE A TROPICAL SYSTEM TO BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT
PATTERN THAT HAS CAUSED THE EXTENSIVE HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS.

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GIRODO


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