Crazy From The Heat? Heat Miser Says, "No Way!"

Another summer shot from the sculpture garden inbetween the Tennessee Aquarium and the Hunter Museum.
Yesterday Chattanooga hit 99 again, one degree shy of tying the record for the date......and 9 degrees over trying our patience.
A quick story about the heat and how perspective can make someone look like they've lost their mind. Or more specifically how I lost my mind. I am a volunteer diver at the Tennessee Aquarium. And yesterday after three dives in the Secret Reef exhibit I got a little chilly. A group of volunteers went to lunch inbetween dives. And I actually ordered some clam chowder to warm up. But I also had 2 glasses of iced tea. Anyway, after lunch I had some time to sit out in the plaza and enjoy the heat. It actually felt great. So as I'm sitting there like a lizard soaking up rays, I'm watching folks scurrying for shade, kids cooling off in the water, and others slowly fighting their way through the stifling steambath. And I'm also hearing numerous comments like, "Whew! This heat is awful." While they are saying this they are eyeing me like I had gone plum loco. Of course the fact that I was singing the Heat Miser song didn't help defend my sanity much. "He's Mister Green Christmas, He's Mister Sun. He's Mister Heat Blister, He's Mister Hundred and One." (Click to hear what was going through my mind.)



A weak front is moving into Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee this morning. And along this boundary there are showers and storms popping up right now. This front will sag into the area today, and just south of us tomorrow. So scattered storms will light up the radars across the region this afternoon, but only isolated storms Saturday afternoon. And tomorrow's action looks to be mainly east of I-75. Then back into hit and miss storms Sunday through Tuesday.
Today: Hot and humid with scattered storms. High:96

Tonight: Storms fade, warm and muggy overnight. Low: 74

Saturday: 20% chance for an isolated storm. High: 94

Sunday through Tuesday: Partly cloudy, hot and humid. 30% chance for an afternoon storm. Highs near 93.

Highs don't look like they'll drop below 90 through next week. So there's plenty of time to sing the above song. Repeat the chorus as necessary.
Ohhhhhh, I'm too much!