Hot At Riverbend, Nice And Cool Below

Pretty hot stuff over the weekend. In fact officially Chattanooga topped out at 93 on Saturday, and 94 Sunday. Sunday's high was the hottest so far this summer season. And those have been the only official 90s this month. But plenty more to come, especially if we stay this dry. In fact, if we don't see some soaking rains soon we could see our first 100 degree readings in several years this summer.
So with the steamy heat at Riverbend, members of the C.U.D.A. club spent some time underwater where the water temperature was a pleasant 77. Our bottom time was around 1 hour and 15 minutes. And while there was plenty to see, it was pretty murky with a lot of suspended particles and around 6 foot visibility. I'll post a few pictures that turned out from underwater in the days to come.
A slight chance for a shower or storm today, especially early. But I think anything that pops up will be isolated. Look for highs this afternoon around 89 with a northwest breeze helping things out for The Bessie Smith Strut this evening.
Muggy lows tonight around 66.
Then sunny to mostly sunny skies Tuesday through Friday with highs each day 87 to 91.
Tropical Storm Alberto is going to help parched areas of Florida with much needed rainfall. But this storm will stay to far south and southeast of us to help our dry conditions out. Last year it was the tropics that pulled our bacon from the fire. We had several systems give us enough rainfall to stay green and well below 100 all summer long. You really hate to be dependent on tropical storms for your summer rainfall for several reasons. So hopefully we start seeing more scattered afternoon storms late in the next weekend and into early next week. Otherwise this may turn out to be a nasty hot summer here.