4/21 - 9:45pm - Cooler, but Sunny Weather Ahead!

It took a little longer than expected, but the clouds did clear this afternoon in West Tennessee after rain overnight. Sadly, temperatures didn't make it into the 60's in Jackson as expected thanks to the longer duration of cloud cover during the day, so it was a chilly one out there. Slowly warming temperatures and mostly sunny skies will prevail though most of next week and the next rain chance for the region will be on Thursday. Pretty simple forecast! Thanks to all the folks who came out to the West Tennessee Earth Day Celebration at Pringles Park in Jackson this afternoon. Even though it was a little cooler than most would have wanted, the turnout was great! I was there today presenting my "cloud in a bottle" demonstration, which is a little experiment that involves exactly what the title describes it as. Glad to have met so many great people! Check out more on your West Tennessee forecast in the video below.

4/22 - 8:30pm - Happy Earth Day!

Wow! What an excellent day we had today... upper 70's with very few clouds. We'll see more of the same for tomorrow, with a small chance for rain by Thursday. Temperatures will take a dip by Monday, with highs in the mid 60's. No chance for severe weather in sight, so things will stay quiet around here for quite some time.

We're in a very quiet pattern right now, especially for this late in April. I'm expecting a flare up in severe weather at some point here, maybe by the first or second week in May. This is just a sitting and waiting game as we see when the springtime severe pattern rears its head.

We haven't had any aftershocks today either, which is very good news. The only thing I saw from the USGS was a small 1.6 today near the origin of the 5.2 quake we had. I said yesterday that we could be dealing with this for some time based on some articles I read, but it looks like someone turned off the earthquake switch overnight. Hopefully we're through with geologic activity for a while.

Also, its just over a month now until my storm chasing adventure begins. If you haven't heard yet, I've been hired as a guide for Storm Chasing Adventure Tours for two weeks in May/June. We'll be chasing all around the Plains and, best of all, I'll have mobile Internet on the road. That means I can post live updates, pictures, and videos right here on my blog! Hopefully the severe season ramps up for the two weeks that I'm out there...