Kingsport, Tennessee
We're taking a trip to the far eastern tip of Tennessee for the second week in a row. This may be a messy beginning of the week.
At 1153PM, ET, Kingsport was reporting a temperature of 83 degrees with partly cloudy skies. A line of showers and thunderstorms extends from the Daniel Boone Forest in Kentucky to just east of Crossville, and is marching methodically to the east towards Kingsport. The systems primary cold front was generating a line of thunderstorms and an energetic environment ahead of the cold front and the SPC has issued a "high risk" for parts of western Tennessee. This energetic part of the system still has a while before it can reach the Smokeys, and will likely be taken apart before any severe weather can reach Kingsport.
Expect just a few showers and storms today and tomorrow ahead of the primary system, but not anything particularly intense. The primary cold front will arrive instead late on Monday with the heaviest rain and thunderstorms. With this frontal passage, there will be a threat for some strong winds and even some small hail, something that is not expected today or tomorrow. With strong southerly flow ahead of the front, expect hot and humid weather tomorrow, with only a minor cool down with rain and precip on Monday.
Tomorrow - Isolated midday thunderstorms, High 88, Low 63
Monday - Strong storms and heavy rain in the afternoon, High 80, Low 62 (Non Standard)
TWC: Tomorrow - Partly cloudy and windy with a thunderstorm or two possible in the afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 89, Low 68
Monday - Showers and thunderstorms High 77, Low 68
AW: Tomorrow - Intervals of clouds and sun with a couple of thunderstorms around; breezy High 85, Low 62
Monday - Mostly cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm around High 80, Low 63
NWS: Tomorrow - Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy High 87, Low 62
Monday - Showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy High 77, Low 62
WB: Tomorrow - Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy High 89, Low 64
Monday - Showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. High 81, Low 63
It should be noted that the NWS was having problems with their site, and those numbers are estimates of things like "upper 80s" and whatnot. They'll still do better than the Weather Channel, who I am not sure knows what they are doing on this one. A look at the radar shows rain on the way.
