Rain Early Tonight
Weather Update – 7:37 p.m. – Monday, June 17th, 2019 –
Here is a radar snapshot from just before a quarter till 8 this evening; showing showers and thunderstorms still over some areas of west Tennessee, but in a weakening phase. The showers and thunderstorms that were to our south in Mississippi have been weakening as well, but this area of rain will still push into our area with a chance of a rumble of thunder from time to time. Our severe weather threat for this evening appears to be over for now. The rain will continue to stabilize the atmosphere which will keep us from seeing much if any redevelopment overnight.
Temperatures will gradually lower tonight into the low 70s and currently the areas that have been seeing rain have already nearly reached their low temperature for the night. Areas of west Tennessee that don’t not see rain will not see their overnight low be reached until tomorrow morning. Also, depending on cloud cover overnight, after the rain ends the temperature could rise a couple of degrees as cloud cover acts as a blanket and keeps our night time temperatures from dropping at all.
Expect another round of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. As we are going to be stuck in a rainy pattern this week as a stalled frontal system will be a focus point to allow precipitation to move into our area. For tomorrow, expect most of the chances for showers and storms to be in the afternoon with daytime heating. Like today, we will be under a Marginal Risk (1/5) for severe weather. One or two storms could become strong to severe, but short lived.
Highs for tomorrow should be a little cooler than today. Low to mid 80s look to be a good bet all over west Tennessee. We could see some sun in the morning, but by the noon hour we should see things start to develop again. It will still be humid! So don’t for a second think that these highs for tomorrow will be anymore comfortable than they were today. Dewpoints will still be in the lower 70s. Have a great night.
Caleb Montgomery
Storm Team 7 Weather Intern
