It hit 105 today--one degree shy of matching the all-time record set in 1952. Tomorrow is variously forecast to be anywhere from 106 to 109. (For you Celsius types, that's 41-43.) Aiyiyiyi.

On the other hand, at least the hills don't look like this. Colorado is apparently turning into Mordor. Although Rutherford County gave it the old college try with a grass fire that burned up 25 acres, including a barn and someone's soybean crop. :( There's also a grass fire up in Kentucky near the state line, the smoke from which has closed down almost ten miles of a not-quite-interstate-but-still-major highway.

And this is the current drought map for the state. Nashville is in D1, moderate drought, but basically the rain gods have forsaken us and there's no rain in sight, so we're liable to hit D3 or D4 in a couple more weeks.

/weather geeking

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