Riverbend '06 Rain-free....Showers Ahead.

Years from now most folks will be talking about the music at Riverbend, but I'll always remember this year's festival as the rain-free event. Usually at least one night gets a brief downpour, if not an all out gully washer. But this year remarkably it was not only dry, but the air was dry enough that you didn't feel soggy just from standing around. So now that another year is in the books at Ross's Landing, let's bring on the rain.
Today northwest Tennessee has been getting quite a soaking. And while I don't think we see that kind of rain, we'll get some beginning overnight tonight. Showery weather and a few thunderstorms off and on for Monday. So temperatures will be tough to forecast so I'm going to split the middle and shoot for a high near 84 Monday afternoon. But some places probably will end up around 87, and a few spots could be only around 80. Then our rain chances dwindle to a slight chance for a few afternoon storms on Tuesday. Highs Tuesday afternoon around 90. Summer officially begins Wednesday, and man are we ever going to feel it. Highs will likely be 93 to 96 Wednesday and Thursday with very humid conditions. Friday and into next weekend should feature another dip in the jetstream over the eastern third of the nation. So our weather may not be AS hot as the middle of the week. But we should still top out slightly above 90 with some scattered storms around. We need the rain, so hopefully we'll get back on track this week some.