Weekly Weather and Crop Report
Issued by NWS Memphis, TN

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TENNESSEE WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY MAY 12 2013

THIS WEEK`S WEATHER ACROSS TENNESSEE WAS RELATIVELY COOL...WITH
FIRST A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT MOVED UP THE APPALACHIAN
CHAIN...AND SECOND WITH THE PASSAGE OF A EARLY SPRING-LIKE COLD
FRONT. THIS BOUNDARY USHERED IN A DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS TO FINISH
OFF THE SECOND WEEKEND IN MAY. EACH SYSTEM BROUGHT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
RAIN TO THE VOLUNTEER STATE WITHOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT OFTEN
ACCOMPANIES STORMS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE LAST WEEK AVERAGED 4 TO 5 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE WEEK WAS 83 DEGREES
WHICH OCCURRED AT CHATTANOOGA ON THURSDAY...WITH 82 DEGREES ALSO
REPORTED DURING THE WEEK AT MEMPHIS...DYERSBURG...AND NASHVILLE.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE WEEK WAS 39 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED AT
CROSSVILLE TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH BRISTOL AND CROSSVILLE AGAIN
ON SUNDAY MORNING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL OVER ALL OF TENNESSEE THIS
WEEK...WITH THE WEST BEING CLOSEST TO THEIR RESPECTING AVERAGE.
JACKSON HAD THE MOST RAIN THIS WEEK WITH 1.56 INCHES. CHATTANOOGA
THIS WEEK WAS ABLE TO DRY OUT...ACCUMULATING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
RAIN WITH ONLY 0.13 INCHES...WHILE KNOXVILLE PICKED UP 0.15 INCHES
OF RAINFALL AND CROSSVILLE 0.19 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE LAST HALF OF MAY ACROSS TENNESSEE CALLS FOR NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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JAB