766  
FXUS64 KOHX 041127 AAB  
AFDOHX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN  
627 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 503 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
- DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INDEPENDENCE  
DAY.  
 
- SCATTERED STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS,  
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND SMALL HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND  
EARLY EVENING SATURDAY.  
 
- THE FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK IS NOT AS HOT, BUT VERY WARM AND  
HUMID WITH MEDIUM CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1031 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
IT WAS ANOTHER ACTIVE AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS  
OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. BEFORE STORMS FIRED, BNA WAS  
ABLE TO REACH 101 DEGREES WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 100  
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1897. STORMS AND THE ASSOCIATED STRATIFORM  
PRECIPITATION HAVE DISSIPATED. CLOUD COVER WILL DECREASE OVER THE  
COMING HOURS WHICH WILL ALLOW SOME PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP. THE  
UPPER RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND SLIDE EAST ON SATURDAY WITH A WEAK  
SHORTWAVE APPROACHING AFTER 18Z. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS  
SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW  
REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD THE ACTIVITY IS. MANY OF THE 00Z CAMS  
HAVE MORE LIMITED COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING  
COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WHILE IT WILL STILL BE HOT  
AND HUMID, INSTABILITY PARAMETERS LOOK WEAKER TOMORROW, SO THE  
SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL LOOKS LOWER, BUT NOT COMPLETELY ABSENT. AS  
I MENTIONED, IT WILL STILL BE HOT AND HUMID BUT WITH THE UPPER  
HIGH WEAKER AND FURTHER EAST, IT WILL NOT BE AS HOT AS IT'S BEEN.  
HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH HEAT INDEX  
VALUES UP TO 105.  
 
WITH THE SHORTWAVE GLANCING THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING, ANY  
SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY MAY EXTEND PAST SUNSET AND DELAY SOME  
FIREWORKS. A WEAK TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH HOT  
AND HUMID CONDITIONS STILL IN PLACE WHICH WILL KEEP MEDIUM SHOWER  
AND STORM CHANCES AROUND.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1031 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT WEEK, OUR AREA WILL REMAIN IN A WEAK TROUGHING  
PATTERN WITH A DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR THE AREA. THIS WILL  
LEAD TO DAILY MEDIUM RAIN AND STORM CHANCES WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND  
NORMAL. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LOWS WILL BE  
IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. WHILE I DON'T EXPECT ANY ORGANIZED  
SEVERE THREATS NEXT WEEK, THERE WILL BE THE DAILY LOW THREAT OF AN  
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 503 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
THERE STILL COULD BE SOME BRIEF PATCHY BR THAT IMPACTS THE  
TERMINALS THROUGH 13Z, BUT OTHERWISE, MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL  
BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DECIDED TO PUT IN A VCSH  
THROUGH 15Z FOR KSRB AND KCSV FOR SOME LAST MINUTE CONVECTION  
THAT'S DEVELOPED ACROSS THE PLATEAU THIS MORNING. STILL NOT  
COMPLETELY CONFIDENT ABOUT TSRA DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE TODAY,  
BUT CONTINUED WITH A PROB30 FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING  
FOR KCKV, KSRB, AND KCSV. LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CAN BE  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
NASHVILLE 95 75 92 74 / 30 40 60 40  
CLARKSVILLE 95 74 92 73 / 50 30 60 40  
CROSSVILLE 90 70 88 69 / 30 30 70 40  
COLUMBIA 94 72 92 72 / 30 40 70 40  
COOKEVILLE 91 71 88 71 / 30 40 60 40  
JAMESTOWN 91 69 88 69 / 30 30 70 40  
LAWRENCEBURG 92 72 90 71 / 20 40 60 40  
MURFREESBORO 96 73 93 73 / 20 40 60 40  
WAVERLY 94 73 91 72 / 40 30 60 40  
 

 
   
OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>011-023>034-  
056>066-075-077>080-093>095.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...REAGAN  
LONG TERM....REAGAN  
AVIATION.....HURLEY  
 
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