Spotting

Description:

This spider is huge. He/she is just under the size of the palm of my hand. I found it outside on my garbage bin in Tennessee. I'm wondering what kind of spider it is.

Habitat:

I'm not sure. My hard has quite a few trees in it and is also very close to a wooded area. The climate around here is generally very hot and humid in the summer. It's been very rainy lately as well.