[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
305 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-221800-
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-
305 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS RELENTLESS ACROSS OUR AREA...

...TEMPERATURES GETTING HOTTER...GROUND GETTING DRIER...

AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TEMPERATURES JUST SHY OF THE
100 DEGREE MARK...NASHVILLE AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE RETURNED TO TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES ON
TUESDAY. WE COULD SEE RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES TODAY.
NASHVILLES RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY IS 100 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1983.

YESTERDAY MARKED THE 12TH DAY OF 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE THIS MONTH. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EVER RECORDED IN THE
MONTH OF AUGUST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 7 DAYS SET BACK IN 1954. IT
IS ALSO THE MOST EVER RECORDED IN ANY MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS 11 DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952.

NASHVILLE HAS EXPERIENCED 12 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES SO
FAR THIS SUMMER...THIS IS THE MOST SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1988...WHICH
ALSO HAD 12 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT. THE MOST DAYS OF 100 DEGREES
AND ABOVE TO OCCUR DURING ANY YEAR ON RECORD IS 20 BACK IN 1954.
1952 HAD 19 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING 9.1 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS 4.4 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST
ON RECORD...WHICH WAS IN 1995. AUGUST 2007 COULD ALSO END UP BEING
THE HOTTEST...OF ANY MONTH SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE
NEARLY 137 YEARS AGO.

THERE HAVE BEEN 20 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS
OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE EVER RECORDED IN NASHVILLE...SET PREVIOUSLY
IN JUNE 1952 AT 19 DAYS. THIS STREAK WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT FOUR AND POSSIBLY FIVE DAYS.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 27TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE JULY 1954...AND THE 3TH MOST
ON RECORD. THE MOST EVER RECORDED IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952
AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954. WE WILL COME CLOSE TO TYING AND
POSSIBLY BREAKING THIS RECORD.

THE 106 DEGREES ON AUGUST 16TH NOT ONLY BROKE THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE...BUT ALSO BROKE THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST...WHICH HAD BEEN 105 DEGREES SET BACK IN
AUGUST 1930. THIS ALSO WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE IN
THE LAST 55 YEARS...ONLY SURPASSED BY THE ALL TIME RECORD HEAT OF
107 DEGREES BACK ON JULY 27TH AND 28TH 1952.

RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.05 INCHES.
THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD...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 14.19 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN
SIGHT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

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.

COMPUTER MODELS MAINTAIN THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
ACROSS OUR AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SUBSIDENCE UNDERNEATH
THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES HOT...AND THE
AIR MASS DRY.

THE LATEST THAT NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED A 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE
IS SEPTEMBER 11TH 1983.
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BOBBY BOYD

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