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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
226 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-231700-
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-
226 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK...

YESTERDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES SET YET ANOTHER DAILY
HIGH RECORD IN NASHVILLE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 100 DEGREES BACK
IN 1983. NASHVILLE ALSO TIED THE HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR AUGUST 22ND WITH 76 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED BACK IN 1936.

CROSSVILLE BROKE THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 22ND WITH 96 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 95 SET IN 1983. CLARKSVILLE HIT 102 DEGREES.

NASHVILLE WILL LIKELY BREAK ANOTHER RECORD TODAY WITH A FORECAST
HIGH OF 103 DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 23RD IS 100
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1983.

THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 23RD IN COLUMBIA IS 100 DEGREES...LEBANON
IS 102 DEGREES...MCMINNVILLE IS 99 DEGREES...MURFREESBORO IS 102
DEGREES. NEW RECORDS COULD BE SET IN THESE AREAS TODAY.

I'M BEGINNING TO RUN OUT OF RED INK. THIS MONTH...NASHVILLE HAS
BROKEN THREE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...AND EITHER BROKEN OR
TIED...SIX...HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS.

YESTERDAY MARKED THE 13TH DAY OF 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN NASHVILLE
THIS MONTH. THIS IS NEARLY TWICE AS MANY DAYS AS 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 13 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES SO
FAR THIS SUMMER...THIS IS THE MOST SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1954...WHICH
HAD 20 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT. 1952 HAD 19 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT
HEAT.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING 9.2 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 21 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WEATHER RECORDS AT
NASHVILLE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 19 DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952. THIS STREAK
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX DAYS.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 28TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. A STRING THAT BEGAN BACK ON JULY 26TH. THIS IS THE MOST
SINCE JUNE 1954...AND THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE MOST EVER RECORDED
IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954. WE SHOULD
BREAK THIS STRING.

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. OTHER DRY AUGUSTS INCLUDE...1936...1968 AND 1987.

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. OTHER YEARS WITH A DRY JUNE
THROUGH AUGUST INCLUDE...1925...1948 AND 1943. RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY
1ST HAS TOTALED 17.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 14.30 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. UNFORTUNATELY...THERE IS
NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN SIGHT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK...WITH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES LIKELY ON A FEW
DAYS.

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.
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BOBBY BOYD

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