Hefty Downpours Today....Now They're Gone Awhile

We got soaked here at Channel 3 around 11:30 pm last night, and today another round of storms doused some locations while others were high and dry. Example: Our skywatcher in Ooltewah had a storm that hit his place early this afternoon dumping 1.25" in 42 minutes. Add last night's rain, and his 24 hour total was an even two inches. Shortly after announcing the skywatcher report on the 5:00 pm news, a rather angry caller left voice mail suggesting I and our skywatcher were wrong. He didn't get anything like that at his place in Ooltewah. This happens a lot in the summer. In fact our skywatcher from Dayton reported a similar event. Only 1/10" at his house just north of downtown Dayton, but when he drove into town it was absolutely pouring there. I wonder if I'll get a call from someone who lives in Dayton questioning so light an amount for Dayton. I can hear it now, "I don't know where you get your information, but you are dead wrong. We got over an inch in Dayton. Not one tenth."
Oh well, we won't have to worry about that for a few days. Drier air will end significant rainfall chances for several days.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny and steamy. High: 91

Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 92

Friday: Partly cloudy and hot. High: 94

Saturday: Partly cloudy and hot, with a 20% chance for an isolated storm. High: 93

Sunday: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance for hit and miss storms. High: 92

Tropical depression #4 remains just below storm status as of 5 pm. So no Little "Debby" just as yet. The Hurricane Center may upgrade this system by 11 PM, but the long range forecast still takes the storm east of Bermuda. That would be "sweet".