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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
430 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007

SPRING BEGINS TODAY AT 707 PM CDT.

THE UNITED STATES...WHICH IS ON THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OF THE
EARTH...HAS BEEN TILTED AWAY FROM THE SUN FOR THE LAST THREE
MONTHS. THIS MEANS THAT SOLAR HEATING HAS BEEN AT A MINIMUM...
AND...OF COURSE...THE WINTER CHILL HAS KEPT MOST OF US INSIDE THE
HOUSE WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN NICE...AND WARM. TODAY...HOWEVER...THE
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE STARTS TILTING TOWARD THE SUN. SOLAR
RADIATION BEGINS INCREASING MORE RAPIDLY...AND THE ANNUAL
SPRING WARM UP BEGINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE FOR
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. LAWNS WILL START TO GREEN UP...AND FLOWERS
WILL BURST OUT OF WINTER HIBERNATION.

IT IS THE CHANGING TILT OF THE EARTH...ON ITS AXIS...AS IT PASSES
AROUND THE SUN...THAT CREATES THE SEASONS. SUMMER IN TENNESSEE
OCCURS WHEN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IS TILTED MOST SHARPLY
TOWARD THE SUN. WINTER...OF COURSE...OCCURS WHEN THE NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE IS TILTED MOST SHARPLY AWAY FROM THE SUN.

THE SPRING EQUINOX...WHICH OCCURS TODAY...IS TECHNICALLY KNOWN
AS THE VERNAL EQUINOX. THE WORD VERNAL COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD
FOR SPRING.

SPRING WEATHER IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH HIGHS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FORECAST TO BE IN THE 70S. SOME SPOTS MIGHT
EVEN SEE THEIR FIRST 80 DEGREE READING ON SATURDAY.

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