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 A very unusual March snowstorm hit Nashville soon after we experienced the worst ice storm in 20 years. Winter Storm Thor has been wreaking havoc across Nashville, dropping several inches of snow in the community of Bellevue again .  Temperatures dropped from a balmy 64º on Weds. to the low 20s on Thurs. as sleet, freezing rain, and snow moved into Middle Tennessee.  As they say, "If you don't like the weather in Nashville, just stick around for a couple of days!"   Continued:  Winter Storm Thor hammers Bellevue, Tenn. (photos) Also see: Ice, ice baby: Bellevue coated by freezing rains as winter storm hits Nashville - Bellevue Community Examiner  

A winter storm warning remains in effect for middle Tennessee through Tuesday morning after ice, sleet, snow and freezing rain moved through the area Monday. The prediction was for up to 12 inches of snow, but Bellevue somehow escaped that... Article at:  Ice, ice baby: Bellevue coated by freezing rains as winter storm hits Nashville

Another hot summer day in Nashville! I waited until it was 100º outside before I went jogging. The tepid breeze made it feel like a balmy 99º. I will be glad when this heat wave is over!

It was hot in Nashville today and going to get hotter! According to Yahoo weather, we hit 103º and a friend took a photo of her thermometer at 108º It was still in the 90ºs at 9:00 tonight. I am sure thankful for air conditioning and fans!

This has been a bad afternoon of storms in the Nashville area. A terrible storm cell passed over my Bellevue home. I could hear the high winds, the rain pelting the house and then an awful banging all around my house like someone was throwing rocks at my house. I have never heard anything like it before, although once I heard a storm pull siding off my house which was equally scary. I stayed in my safe room with Miss Katy listening to all the noise until the storm passed, and then I watched the news, so it was about 15 minutes after the hail fell before I thought to go outside and look. There were quarter-sized round junks of ice all around my house and yard. It was almost 70º outside so I don't know if the hail lost any diameter due to melting during those 15 minutes, but it was still an impressive sight. Author Kathryn Darden holds 3 quarter-sized junks of hail in her Bellevue yard We were lucky in Bellevue. Tornadoes touched down in other places including neighboring...