Weekly Weather and Crop Report
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN

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TENNESSEE WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY MAY 19 2013

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT RAIN FREE WEATHER TO TENNESSEE LAST
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY AND A WARM AND
HUMID AIRMASS COMBINED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE STATE FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE LAST WEEK AVERAGED 1 DEGREE BELOW
NORMAL ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND THE PLATEAU...AND 2 TO 3 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE. AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE AND LOWER 80S ACROSS MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE.
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 40S INTO THE 50S
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...UPPER 50S ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND
UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED LAST WEEK WAS 90 DEGREES IN DYERSBURG ON
SUNDAY. MEANWHILE...THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 33 DEGREES
IN CROSSVILLE ON MONDAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED 0.64 TO 0.94 INCHES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS
MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE AND 0.60 TO 1.94 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND THE PLATEAU. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE
BETWEEN 0.35 TO 0.55 INCHES ACROSS MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE AND
1.57 TO 2.85 INCHES ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND THE PLATEAU. THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECORDED LAST WEEK WAS 2.60 INCHES IN
CROSSVILLE LAST MONDAY.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE REMAINDER OF MAY INTO JUNE ACROSS TENNESSEE
SUGGESTS NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.

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