Light The Spark
Friday, October 23, 2026 · 5:50 AM
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Mild, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue for the foreseeable future. No rain is expected for at least the next seven days. Drought conditions will continue to worsen. Got an anomalously strong upper level ridge Stretching central continent right off the edge Great Lakes down to the Gulf, high pressure reigns Anomalous power running through my veins Middle Tennessee rolling in the seventies zone Chilly night dropping forty degrees to the bone Upper-thirties up on the Cumberland Plateau I like the atmosphere dry, I like the air low Air mass so dry, humidity twenty percent Not a single drop of rain from the sky is sent Light northeast wind under ten miles per hour I sit back and strut in the atmosphere's power Seventy degrees with a dry blue sky Cumberland Plateau where the embers fly Light northeast wind and the moisture runs dry Light The Spark No precipitation in sight for a week Drought keeps worsening, the outlook is bleak Sun beating down, bone-dry ground below Got my sunglasses on in the seventies glow Surface high pressure holding tight on the grid Blowing off the rain like a copper-bottom lid Air mass so dry, humidity twenty percent Not a single drop of rain from the sky is sent Light northeast wind under ten miles per hour I sit back and strut in the atmosphere's power Seventy degrees with a dry blue sky Cumberland Plateau where the embers fly Light northeast wind and the moisture runs dry Light The Spark Yeah, light it up! Seven full days of zero rain! Let the drought worsen! Light The Spark! Light The Spark!
The forecast discussion
KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 545 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026
- Mild, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue for the foreseeable future.
- No rain is expected for at least the next 7 days.
- Drought conditions will continue to worsen.
SHORT TERM
(Tonight through Saturday Night) Issued at 1045 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
An anomalously strong upper-level ridge over the central CONUS and a broad area of surface high pressure extending from the Great Lakes to the Gulf will maintain the beautiful weather across Middle TN. Daytime highs will reach the 70s while overnight lows will be quite chilly, bottoming out in the 40s for most but upper-30s across the Cumberland Plateau.
Our current airmass is very dry with afternoon minimum RHs ranging from roughly 20-30%.
Thankfully, northeasterly winds will be light (< 10 mph), but conditions this dry lead to elevated fire weather concerns across the area.
LONG TERM
(Sunday through next Friday) Issued at 1045 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
This pattern of warm days and chilly nights will continue over the next week with no precipitation in sight.
Unfortunately, this will cause drought conditions to worsen.