Forecast Details for Nashville, TN

Recent Locations: Nashville, TN

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 65. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. High near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 67. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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