Record Breaking Heat Continues: Thursday, August 29, 2024

FEW HOURS OR TO BE BRUTAL, ABOUT THAT, IT IS GOING TO BE HAD IT RIGHT BACK UP 3RD DAY IN A ROW. TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT THIS WEEK. THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT SINCE 2012 AND POTENTIALLY RECORD-BREAKING HEAT SINCE THE NOW. YEAH. SO IF WE HIT 100 TODAY, THAT TIES THE RECORD FROM THE 18, 100'S AND YEAH, IF WE HIT 3 DAYS IN A ROW, YEAH. >> BUT THAT VERY HOT SUMMER OF 2012, 0, HANDS DOWN THE THANKFULLY. WE'VE HAD A BREAK FROM THE HUMIDITY, BUT IT'S GOING TO SLOWLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. YEAH. BUT RIGHT NOW IN NASHVILLE, QUIET. SO NOT TOO BAD FOR THAT WALK. >> IN THIS SCHOOL THIS MORNING ARE OTHER RIDE IN A SCHOOL. BUT THEN LATER TODAY AT NASHVILLE NUMBER PUSHES UP TO RIGHT AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK, TYING THE RECORD OF IT DOES SO TOMORROW. THE RECORD IS ALSO ISSUED FOR 97 FOR TOMORROW. THEN THOSE TEMPERATURES MORE SEASONABLE AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR DAY WEEKEND AROUND 90 FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND FOR MONDAY. BUT THERE ARE SOME HIGHER RAIN CHANCES FOR FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL HOLD ON A BIT OF A RAIN CHANCE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS WELL. BUT THIS IS SKY 5 MOVING NICELY IN AND OUT OF NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL WITH A PLANE THERE. >> HEADING ON OUT OF THE MUSIC CITY RIGHT NOW FROM HOPKINSVILLE. YOU GOT A CURRENT TEMPERATURE, YOUR WAY OF 74 DEGREES AT DAYBREAK HERE ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING. SO FOR LATER TODAY, HELP US SPREAD. SUNSHINE THEM OUT OF THE WEATHER. SEND US A VIDEO. TELL US WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU LIVE, WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. TELL US WHO YOU ARE. TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE ENDED WITH THE PHRASE. GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE. SEND THAT ON IN I-5 AT NEWS CHANNEL 5 DOT COM. SO HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR, MOST OF YOU LOW 70'S FOR NASHVILLE, BOWLING GREEN GALLATIN LIVINGSTON AND SHELBYVILLE. BUT WE DO SEE THE 60'S OUT OF PARIS AND PULASKI FOR US THIS MORNING. RECORD WARMTH, A POSSIBILITY FOR NASHVILLE TODAY AS WELL AS CROSS FELL. I YOU MAY SHATTER A RECORD TODAY. CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS OUT FOR TODAY. MEANWHILE, INTO THE WEEKEND, THE CHANCE FOR SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. SO HIGHS AROUND THE CENTURY. MARK FOR US AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO THE AFTERNOON MORE HOW THE WEATHER AS THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES DOWN IN SHELBYVILLE AS THE DAY BREAKS IN. THERE'S THE FORECAST CENTER ON SHELBYVILLE FOR YOU. AS YOU LOOK FOR A HIGH OF 98 AND ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE YOUR WAY LATER IN THE DAY. BUT THEIR THE COUNTIES THAT ARE UNDER THE CODE ORANGE ALERT. WE'VE ALSO GOT HIM OUT FOR CHATTANOOGA AND FOR THE KNOXVILLE AREA. MEANWHILE, HEAT ADVISORIES ARE OUT TO THE SOUTH NOW AND TO THE NORTH OF US FOR TODAY. NIKKI-DEE. >> WE TRULY, THOUGH, ARE SITTING IN A GOOD SPOT IF IT'S GOING TO BE THIS HOT. THANKFULLY IS NOT AS HUMID AS WHAT IT COULD PAVE IS STILL TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. WE KNOW THIS IS SOME UNCHARTED TERRITORY THAT WE ARE GETTING INTO. BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE SOME RELIEF SKY 5 UP AND LED THIS MORNING GIVING HAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. THOSE TWINKLING LIGHTS OVERLOOKING CREATION. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SUNSHINE CHANG TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT THAT PINK HUE OUT THEIR OFFICIAL SUNRISE 6.16, THIS MORNING. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE AT TIME OF THAT. NICE, BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT SKY TODAY. YOU NOTICE LELAN POINTED OUT THAT OVER IN PARTS OF SHELBYVILLE HOW YOU COULD HAVE AN ISOLATED SHOWER. YES, THERE IS A SLIM CHANCE YOU'LL NOTICE VERY LIMITED IN LOCATION IS GOING TO BE AREAS THAT HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT. SO WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME HEAT ADVISORIES DOWN INTO ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI. THAT'S CLOSER TO WHERE THAT DEW POINT IS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. AND SO AREAS SOUTH OF I-40 HEADING ALABAMA, TENNESSEE STATE LINE. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. IT REALLY IS LOOKING TO BE ONE OR 2 TINY LITTLE DROPS, BUT IT DOES COUNT TOMORROW STARTS OFF DRY. AND DURING THE PEAK HEAT OF THE DAY BECAUSE MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE. WE'RE GOING TO FEEL NICE TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90'S BUT STILL FEELING LIKE THE TRIPLE DIGITS. BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STILL NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING SEVERE AND OUR BEST RAIN CHANCE ACTUALLY STARTS TO WORK IN AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MORNINGS LOOKING TO BE DRY AS THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS PUSHING THROUGH. WE'LL SEE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ON SUNDAY AS A SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA. IT'S A WEAK SYSTEM, BUT AT LEAST IT'S GONNA PROVIDE SOME CHANGE. YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST HIGHS TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 100 DEGREES. THAT SLIM CHANCE OF SHOWERS THAT'S GOING TO AREAS DOWN TO OUR SOUTH TOMORROW MORNING. BACK IN THE 70'S BY THE AFTERNOON. 97 DEGREES WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING IN SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE OUR BEST CHANCE OF WHAT WE DO. GET SOME OF THESE SHOWERS TO POP UP. THEY'RE GONNA BRING SOME REALLY HEFTY DOWNPOURS. HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RUNOFF BEING AN ISSUE. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S A LITTLE FINALLY KIND OF GETS BACK TO NORMAL IS NOT SO ROCK SOLID WILL STARTED AS SOME OF THAT NOURISHMENT. SO GOING AND THEN GOING INTO NEXT WEEKEND FOR A LABOR DAY. 89 ON SUNDAY, 90 ON MONDAY AND THEN SMALL RAIN CHANCES AND FOR MONDAY AND FOR WEDNESDAY AS WELL. BUT SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER