A clear sky tonight and chilly temperatures means the low will fall to below freezing. This morning we started out with 34° and with abundant sunshine the temperature rose to 51° in Nashville. Tomorrow morning will be chilly again in the upper 20s for most.
After a cold start, tomorrow afternoon will warm to the mid 50s. A south wind will help warm us into the 60s on Friday as clouds return. The next approaching front will bring a few showers on Saturday. Rain will exit early Sunday. Here is the latest timing with Futurecast.
The temperatures will be unseasonably warm the next four days. The average high is 47°.
On another note, this date is significant in weather history in our area. This is the day that temperatures plummeted to an all-time low in Middle Tennessee as Kingston Springs dropped to -30° That is just 2° away from tying the state record in Mountain City Tennessee. The lowest ever recorded in Nashville was -17° set January 21, 1985.
Also on this date, the 7th largest tornado outbreak occurred with 12 tornadoes. One was an F4 tornado that hit Barfield, near Murfreeboro. The “F” stands for Fajita scale. It’s a 0-5 scale that measure the strength of tornadoes in terms of wind damage. 31 people were injured in this outbreak.
I’ll have a update on our weather News 4 at 10pm.
Lisa Spencer
