Friday, August 15, 2008

Severe Weather Alert in Nashville

Seriously, who writes these? Skimpy?

...RAINLESS AUGUST THUS FAR IN NASHVILLE...

THE FIRST 14 DAYS OF AUGUST HAVE BEEN RAINLESS IN NASHVILLE...MAKING THIS THE DRIEST START OF ANY AUGUST IN AT LEAST 60 YEARS.

THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. IN CONTRAST THE WETTEST AUGUST... WAS IN 1923 WHEN 9.60 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

LAST YEAR NASHVILLE MEASURED 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST...MUCH OF WHICH FELL LATE IN THE MONTH.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM TODAY IN NASHVILLE... BUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THE RAIN CHANCES LOOK PRETTY SKIMPY.

1 comment:

Craftlover said...

The world is changing...
in Toronto, we seldom have so much of rain, and this year, we have LOTS OF RAIN!!
and some places were flooding too.
:(
compare with your place, we are very 'wet' here...