[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261700-
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-
315 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...NASHVILLE TIES RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES
AND ABOVE...

...TEMPERATURES TO BACK OFF SEVERAL DEGREES TODAY AND MONDAY...

NASHVILLES HIGH TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY OF 99 DEGREES FELL SHORT OF
THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 25TH OF 102 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1943. THIS
BREAKS THE STRING OF THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF RECORD HEAT IN
NASHVILLE.

CROSSVILLE TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 25TH WITH 90 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET IN 1995. CLARKSVILLE HIT 98 DEGREES
FOR THE AFTERNOON HIGH.

TEMPERATURES TODAY AND MONDAY WILL BACK OFF SEVERAL DEGREES FROM THE
RECENT RECORD HEAT...THANKS TO A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
HAS SETTLED OVER THE MID WEST. HIGHS TODAY...AND MONDAY WILL BE IN
THE LOW TO MID 90S AT NASHVILLE...AND CLARKSVILLE...WITH MID AND
UPPER 80S ALONG THE PLATEAU. SOUTHERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL
SEE SIMILAR READINGS.

NASHVILLE HAS BROKEN FIVE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS THIS
MONTH...AND EITHER BROKEN OR TIED...SEVEN...HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS.

THERE HAS BEEN 15 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN NASHVILLE THIS
MONTH...THIS SUMMER AND THIS YEAR SO FAR. THIS IS MORE THAN TWICE AS
MANY DAYS AS PREVIOUSLY 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. AS
FOR THE SUMMER...BACK IN 1954...NASHVILLE HAD 20 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES...AND IN 1952...WE HAD 19.

TO PUT THE HEAT WAVE IN PERSPECTIVE...THE 15 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND
ABOVE IN NASHVILLE THIS MONTH...IS MORE THAN TWICE WHAT OCCURRED IN
THE PREVIOUS 15 YEARS. FROM 1991 TO 2006...NASHVILLE ONLY HAD 6 DAYS
OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING 9.5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS 4.6 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.

THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE THIS MONTH IS AVERAGING
99.9 DEGREES THROUGH AUGUST 25TH. THIS IS MORE THAN 12 DEGREES
ABOVE THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST.

THERE HAVE BEEN 24 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.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 31ST CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. A STRING THAT BEGAN BACK ON JULY 26TH. THIS TIES THE
RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE...EVER
RECORDED IN NASHVILLE. NASHVILLE ALSO HAD A STRETCH OF 31 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954.

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.

WE HAVE ONLY HAD 0.08 INCHES OF RAIN IN NASHVILLE IN THE LAST 31
DAYS. NASHVILLE HAD A SIMILAR STRETCH OF 32 DAYS BACK IN AUGUST
OF 1998.

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 3.92 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 17.39 INCHES...WHICH IS 14.60 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 80S ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THIS WILL BE A WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE 90 AND 100 DEGREE HEAT THAT
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS MONTH. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
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BOBBY BOYD

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