October Heat Wave in California; Tropical Cyclone Possible in the Gulf

Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across coastal southern California up through the Bay Area and Central Valley through midweek resulting in result in Major to Extreme HeatRisk. A tropical depression is likely to form over the Gulf of America during the middle part of this week with further strengthening possible as it moves northeastward later this week. Read More >

January 5-9, 2014 Arctic Air & Snow

ABOVE: Observed low temperatures on January 7, 2014

A major arctic cold front moved through Middle Tennessee on January 5, 2014, bringing light snow of 1-3" to much of the area. Temperatures ahead of the cold front rose into the 50s on January 5, but fell nearly 50 degrees behind the front into the single digits on January 6, 2014. Some of the coldest temperatures seen in Middle Tennessee since 1996 occurred in the following days, with much of the region falling below zero.

Algood, TN on January 5, 2014 at 930pm (photo by Diane Johnson Roberts)