Area Rainfall Reports

Below is a table of rainfall reports for the 24 hour period ending at 7 AM:

WEST TENNESSEE

OBION RIVER BASIN…
OWL CITY         0.00  BOGOTA           0.37  OBION            2.37
PALMERSVILLE     1.23  MARTIN           1.24  DRESDEN          1.18
MENGELWOOD       1.06  GREENFIELD       1.24  MCKENZIE         0.95
SAMBURG             M  UNION CITY       1.83  MARTIN UT           M
DRESDEN COOP        M  HUNTINGDON          M  MILAN UT         1.31
MILAN            1.29

FORKED DEER RIVER BASIN…
DYERSBURG AP     2.44  DYERSBURG TDF    2.25  TATUMVILLE       1.96
DYERSBURG COOP      M  HALLS            2.08  EATON            1.19
BELLS            2.06  JACKSON          1.52  OAKFIELD         1.37
JACKSON AP       1.71  JACKSON THREE WAY 1.53  BEMIS               M
JACKSON UT          M  ALAMO               M  HENDERSON        1.35
BLUE GOOSE          M

HATCHIE RIVER BASIN…
RIALTO           1.79  CHICKASAW TDF    2.12  BOLIVAR          1.37
COVINGTON        1.58  RIPLEY              M  BROWNSVILLE         M
BOLIVAR COOP     1.37  SELMER              M

LOOSAHATCHIE RIVER BASIN…
MILLINGTON       1.43  GAINSESVILLE 3SW 2.70  SOMERVILLE          M

WOLF RIVER BASIN…
HOLLYWOOD ST        M  RAYLEIGH            M  BARTLETT         3.11
GERMANTOWN       3.75  ROSSVILLE        2.38  LAGRANGE         1.98
GERMANTOWN COOP     M  NWS MEMPHIS      3.90  COLLIERVILLE     3.95
MOSCOW              M  AMES PLANTATION  3.90

NONCONNAH CREEK BASIN…
MEMPHIS AP       2.11  GERMANTOWN 3S    4.73

BIG SANDY/BEECH RIVER BASINS…
BRUCETON         1.61  LEXINGTON TVA    2.42  LEXINGTON COOP   3.02

TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN…
PARIS LANDING       M  CAMDEN TDF       2.55  NEW JOHNSONVILLE 2.62
PERRYVILLE DCP      M  CLIFTON          1.31  SHILOH TDF       1.87
SAVANNAH RIVER      M  HORSE CREEK         M  PICKWICK DAM     1.41
SHILOH COOP         M  PARSONS          2.14  PARIS            1.29
PERRYVILLE AREA     M  MILLEDGEVILLE    2.36

FORECAST & DISCUSSION

JACKSON-WEST TENNESSEE AREA FORECAST

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN

4:57 AM CDT Wednesday, October 08, 2008

 

.TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN A THUNDERSTORM. HIGH 72.

.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDINESS. PATCHY LATE-NIGHT FOG. LOW 51.

.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH 78.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOW 52.

~EXTENDED FORECAST~

.FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WARM DAYS. MAINLY CLEAR COMFORTABLE NIGHTS. HIGHS 83. LOWS AROUND 60.

.TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 64. HIGH 82.

HOLMES

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN

4:51 AM CDT Wednesday, October 08, 2008

.SYNOPSIS

UPR LOW WHICH BROT BLESSED RAINS TO W-TN WAS SPINNING OVR SE AR PER WV LOOP THIS MORNING. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WAS NOW EAST OF OUR AREA. THE GRLEVEL3 DOPPLER RADAR STILL INDICATING MODERATE RAINS MOVING NE OVER MAINLY HARDIN COUNTY AND DECATUR COUNTY. EARLY RAINFALL REPORTS INCLUDE BEMIS WITH 2.09 INCHES – A DAILY RECORD FOR THOSE FOLKS. THIS SUPPORTS RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL IN MADISON COUNTY ON THE ORDER OF 1.75″ TO 2.75″ OVER THE SRN 2/3RDS OF THE COUNTY. HERE AT THE OFFICE IN N.JACKSON 1.49 INCHES WAS REGISTERED ON THE PWS. A BAND OF 5 TO 6+ INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED FROM EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH EASTERN HENDERSON INTO NW DECATUR COUNTIES. IR IMAGRY AND SFC REPORTS SHOWING MAINLY LOW CLOUDS BEHIND THIS OVR AR.

.SHORT TERM [TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY]

MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE WHEN THE CLOUDS BREAK AND TEMPS. GFS/ECMWF SEEM TO BE HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL. WL GENLY KEEP A MOCLDY FCST THO MODELS SUGGEST CLRING MAY BEGIN BEFORE SUNSET. WILL ALSO KEEP SLGT CHC POPS FOR A FEW DIURNAL INSTABILITY SHOWERS THAT MAY FORM. WL FOLLOW ONGOING FCST WITH DECR CLDNS TONIGHT. THE BALANCE OF THE SHORT TERM FCST WL FEATURE RISING HIGHTS AND DRY CONDITIONS. MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE.

.LONG TERM [FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY]

UPR RIDGE WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF OVR THE EASTERN STATES AS A TROF DEEPENS OVER THE WEST. AT THE SFC, HIGH PRESSURE WILL SITUATE ITSELF OVER THE EAST COAST. LL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING AND DEW PTS WILL RISE AND THIS IS NOTED ON THE MAV. DRY WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY ITSELF THE TROF SPLITS WITH THE NORTHERN PIECE PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN LAKES INTO KS. THE HIGH OVR THE EAST WILL BEGIN TO BE SURPRESSED. ANY PCPN WILL BE TO THE WEST OF MY FA THRU THE TUESDAY TIME FRAME OF THIS PERIOD. SO WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY WILL NOTE PC SKIES.

 

HOLMES