Extreme Heat Continues This Week

Weather Update – 10:30 p.m. – Monday, September 16th

If you’re wondering when West Tennessee became a part of Arizona, you’re not alone! The unseasonably warm weather that we endured over the weekend is continuing right into the workweek with no immediate end in sight. A large ridge of high pressure continues to reside over the Mid-South preventing us from getting much of a breeze and keeping the dry air in place! In fact, it was lower dew points that were to blame for us experiencing the warmest weather of 2019 in September today when we reached 98°F – the hottest temperature we’ve had since 2017.

TONIGHT
After another brutally warm day, another quiet night is forecast across West Tennessee temperatures expected to reach the middle and upper 60s sunrise. Skies will remain mostly clear overnight. Fall may be one week away but our July-like heat wave continues tomorrow!

West Tennessee won’t have much change in our weather tomorrow! Highs will be back in the middle to upper 90s under mostly sunny skies with a few clouds in the afternoon and evening ahead of an oncoming cold front. There’s a 10% chance for a few lucky spots to see some rainfall between 1pm and 7pm on Tuesday, but that chance is especially for northwest Tennessee where that cold front will be located. If our weather remains dry through Saturday, September 21st, it’ll be the longest stretch without rain in recorded history in Jackson. Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast including when we’ll finally be done with this heat, and keep up with Storm Team Weather online too for more updates.

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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