Knoxville residents can expect to slowly start their day amidst a blanket of fog and mist, with the National Weather Service reporting visibility down to one mile early this morning. Temperatures are resting comfortably at 70°F, but the humidity is a saturated 100%, setting the stage for a muggy day. The latest update from the National Weather Service, Knoxville, indicates that the fog should dissipate by 9 am, making way for what will likely become a scorcher of a day.
As for the rest of today's weather, "A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 3pm," has been forecasted, with the day to otherwise stay mostly sunny and hot, with highs inching close to 90 degrees. The heat index is slated to touch a formidable 97, offering little respite from the heat. Those gentle southwest breezes at around 5 mph won't do much to offer cooling effects, either.
Tonight, the chance of precipitous events dips slightly to a 10 percent likelihood of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. As the sun sets, the skies will partially clear, and temperatures will hover at a low around 71°F, accompanied by the stillness of calm winds. The next several days will follow a similar pattern; Knoxville should brace itself for a repetition of heat, with daytime highs persistently pressing into the low 90s and heat indexes flirting with the high 90s.
According to the NWS, Knoxville, "A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm," is expected for Saturday. This prediction comes alongside an anticipation of mostly sunny skies and continued high temperatures. By nighttime, the shower and thunderstorm chance lingers at 30 percent before tapering off into a slight chance of showers later in the evening. Sunday ups the ante on precipitation possibilities, going on to mark a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon hours.
Looking ahead to the workweek, Monday's forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the post-noon hours, with intermittent sunny spells ensuring that the hot temperatures endure. The evening presents another 30 percent probability of thunderstorms before 8pm. This cyclical pattern seems to persist through much of the week, with ridge-and-valley geography channeling in both warmth and storm potential. The week's forecast culminates with a near midweek surge in showers and thunderstorms probability at 50 percent on Thursday, alongside yet another day marked 'hot' under partly cloudy skies.
