Extreme Heat Continues into the Weekend

Weather Update – 10:45 p.m. – Thursday, July 18th

Scattered showers and thunderstorms have almost completely left West Tennessee for now. While the chance for rain is low tomorrow, we may still see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms and the chance for rain will increase Saturday and Sunday. Under mostly sunny skies, our heat wave will persist right into the weekend with afternoon temperatures easily feeling like they’re in the triple digits.

TONIGHT
A heat advisory remains in effect for all of West Tennessee through the night with low temperatures in the middle 70s. Skies will remain partly to mostly cloudy until the morning when clearer weather is expected to return.

Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies tomorrow with highs in the lower 90s. The high humidity will once again make the afternoon temperatures feel like 105°F to 109°F so please be cautious with the extreme heat! A heat advisory is in effect for all of West Tennessee through 8 p.m. Friday and another heat advisory will likely be issued on Saturday and possibly Sunday. Next week we’ll see some relief from the extreme heat when a cold front comes through on Monday. Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the rest of the forecast for the weekend and keep up with Storm Team Weather online too for more updates.

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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