The Beat Goes On
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 12:11 AM
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Mild, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue for the foreseeable future. No rain is expected through the next seven days. Drought conditions will continue to worsen. A surface ridge remains locked in place. Slide across the mid state over twenty-four to thirty-six hours. It will have absolutely no impact on our weather whatsoever. Afternoon relative humidity bottoming out at twenty-five percent. Precipitable water on the zero zero zulu sounding is zero point three five inches. Climatologically below the tenth percentile. The air mass stays bone-dry. Large diurnal ranges day after day. The next rain chance gets pushed farther away. Every single model run pushes it into the dark! Every single forecast pushes relief into the void! NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS EVER COMES! COOL CLEAR NIGHTS AND SUNNY DAYS! WE DRY OUT FROM THE INSIDE OUT! THE BEAT GOES ON! ZERO POINT THREE FIVE INCHES! NEAR THE DAILY MINIMUM VALUE! NO RAIN FOR SEVEN DAYS! DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSEN FOR NOW! Farther into the future. Model runs keep pushing. The beat goes on.
The forecast discussion
KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 1210 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026
- Mild, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue for the foreseeable future.
- No rain is expected through the next 7 days.
- Drought conditions will continue to worsen.
SHORT TERM
(Tonight through Sunday Night) Issued at 1029 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026
A surface ridge remains locked in place to the north and west of Middle Tennessee, so there has been absolutely no change in air mass characteristics, and none is expected any time soon.
It does appear that the ridge will slide across the mid state during the next 24-36 hours, but this will have absolutely no impact on our weather whatsoever.
The air mass remains bone-dry around the mid state, with afternoon RH values expected to bottom out in the 25-35% range tomorrow for a greater portion of the region, and in the 30-40% range on Sunday most areas.
Indeed, the Precipitable Water value on the 00Z sounding at OHX is 0.35", which is below the 10th percentile climatologically and very close to a daily minimum value.
LONG TERM
(Monday through next Saturday) Issued at 1029 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026
The beat goes on. Maximum temperatures throughout the next days will remain a few degrees above climatological norms while minimum temperatures will be right around normal values.
So the persistent dry air will continue to yield relatively large diurnal ranges.
At this time, the next appreciable rain chances via the NBM won't happen until next Saturday night and Sunday, which is beyond the 7-day forecast period, and even those initial rain chances keep getting pushed farther into the future with each model run.
So drought conditions will continue to worsen for now..