Last week, it was the northern lights and now - for another astronomical treat - a comet should be visible to the naked eye during the next week to ten days or so in the western sky after sunset. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has now exited the sun’s glare having come closest to the sun in late September. It made its closest approach to Earth this past Saturday, October 11th, passing about 44 million miles away. It is now rising a little bit higher each night in the western sky and remaining visible for a little bit longer period; however, it is also going to lose some its brightness with each passing day.
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A strong cold front that is trailing a low pressure system to our north will push through the region today and usher in the coolest air mass of the season so far. Temperatures this afternoon will likely peak in the lower 70’s and then be confined to the 60’s for highs on Tuesday and Wednesday. This chilly air outbreak will be rather short-lived and warmer conditions are going to return to the Tennessee Valley later in the week.
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Temperatures should peak near the 80-degree mark for the next couple of days and then likely climb well up into the 80’s on Sunday. A cold front will cross the region by early next week and its passage will usher in the coolest air mass so far this season for much of the eastern half of the nation.
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The remainder of the week will feature dry and comfortable conditions around here following the passage of a couple of weak frontal systems. Hurricane Milton continues to move along over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico as a “major” and it is headed to the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s western (Gulf) coast for landfall later this evening.
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The remainder of the week will dry and comfortable conditions following the passage of a frontal system on Monday. Hurricane Milton continues to chug along over the Gulf of Mexico as a “major” and it is likely headed to the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s western (Gulf) coast for landfall later tomorrow.
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A frontal system will push through the area today and pave the way for a generally dry week featuring warm days and cool nights. High temperatures during the next few days will be near the 80-degree mark and overnight lows in the lower 50’s with high pressure remaining in control. On the tropical scene, Tropical Storm Milton is likely to intensify into a “major” hurricane during the next couple of days as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico from west-to-east with a possible landfall at mid-week somewhere along Florida’s western Gulf coast.
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A frontal system will cause some instability around here today producing a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. The weekend is shaping up pretty nicely for the region with plenty of sunshine expected on both days and warm weather conditions featuring afternoon highs generally in the middle 80’s.
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Dry and warm conditions across the Tennessee valley today with afternoon high temperatures well up in the 80’s. A frontal system will cause some instability on Friday and the chance of PM showers and thunderstorms. The weekend is shaping up pretty nicely for the region with plenty of sunshine expected on both days and warm weather conditions featuring afternoon highs generally in the middle 80’s.
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While there can be a shower or thunderstorm today, the pattern is changing to one that is drier and comfortably warm with an upper-level trough pushing to the east of here. Temperatures should return to near climatological norms for the remainder of the week with highs generally in the lower 80’s and late night lows not far from 60 degrees.
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Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night as a category 4 “major” hurricane near Florida’s Gulf coast town of Perry and then pushed north through Georgia before grinding to a halt over the Tennessee Valley. Tremendous rainfall fell over the southern Appalachians as the result of strong and persistent upsloping winds associated with Hurricane Helene with as much as two feet in some spots and flooding was extreme. The month of September comes to an end with plenty of tropical activity to monitor in the Atlantic Basin and another system is destined for the Gulf of Mexico by this weekend or early part of next week. The tropical season in the Atlantic Basin has now resulted in 11 named tropical storms with four hurricanes having made landfall in the US, and there certainly may be other opportunities to add onto those numbers.
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