computer models

Like my father says during warm days in the winter..."If this is global warming, then I'm all for it"....I can hear him saying that right now as we'll reach nearly 60° on Thanksgiving Day here in Middle Tennessee.
I wonder if Al Gore will be on his big houseboat on Center Hill Lake celebrating Turkey Day.  It'll certainly be a nice day to spend on the lake.

Current computer models for Gustav landfall put it on track to hit Central Louisiana, west of New Orleans as a Category 3 Hurricane on Tuesday:

The lack of rainfall is really beginning to affect our area.  Great post from Lisa Patton over at Nashville WX entitled "It's Back"....she is talking about the Drought Monitor. 

We had the first of three dentist/orthodontist/endodontist appointments for the kids today.  The news on Zaphod took me aback a bit.

Rush Limbaugh rattled off several reasons why global warming cannot be proven nor believed on his program this Monday. The monologue to this segment in kind of long. I've just excerpted one paragraph to illustrate what happens when you apply actual science to the global warming hoax.

Temperatures this morning as I write this are quite cold across Tennessee. Here in Cookeville, we're at 14° at 6:15 a.m. Wind chill values have been as low as 5°

Across Tennessee at 6 am
Crossville 13 with a wind chill of 0
Dickson 14 with a wind chill of 6
Portland 15 with a wind chill of -1
Columbia 17 with a wind chill of 6
Nashville 18 with a wind chill of 7 (flurries flying)
Knoxville 19 with a wind chill of 8
Tri-Cities 16 w

The deep freeze train is on it's way to Middle TN. After a warm day for us where we'll see highs in the mid 50's...a strong cold front will bring much colder temperatures to our region. Overnight tonight, we should see some showers switch over to light snow...by tomorrow (January 1st)..temperatures will fall all day with a chance for snow...then tomorrow night, we should see lows from 12 to 15 degrees...that's COLD.

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...will give us MUCH COLDER weather as we transition into 2008. We are currently looking at the chances for snow on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.