Heavy Showers and Thunderstorms Thursday Morning

Weather Update – 11:00 p.m. – Wednesday, May 8th

A broad area of showers and thunderstorms moving through West Tennessee now from west to east with some spots along the line dealing with heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms. For only the third time in the last 20 years, Jackson has made it from January 1st to May 7th with ZERO weeks without rain. This year has seen just under 26″ of rain so far – half our average annual rainfall.

TONIGHT
Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are expected to continue moving east tonight, but it’s not likely that everyone in West Tennessee will get heavy rain or hear thunder for that matter. Showers will pass through overnight tapering off shortly after midnight, before another round of heavy showers and thunderstorms materializes in the morning. Temperatures will only drop to the middle and upper 60s overnight.

Keep the umbrella handy tomorrow! Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the morning before a brief break in the middle of the day. We may see a few more scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the evening as a cold front comes into the area. High temperatures will reach the middle to upper 70s in the afternoon. There’s a slight risk for severe weather on Thursday with the main concern focused on a thunderstorm producing strong winds or hail in the afternoon or early evening.

Even cooler weather is forecast for Friday with scattered showers continuing off-and-on from Friday through Sunday – Mother’s Day. Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast including the hour-by-hour forecast and keep up with Storm Team Weather Online too for more updates.

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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