Strong Winds Likely Tomorrow and Saturday

Weather Update – 10:15 p.m. – Thursday, January 9th

Winds have been gusting as high as 36 mph today under overcast skies. A cold front arriving Saturday morning is likely to produce even stronger wind gusts with widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms and although the risk is currently low, we’re also monitoring for severe weather.

TONIGHT
Windy weather will continue overnight under cloudy skies in West Tennessee. Scattered showers are possible but thunderstorms are not likely. Temperatures will only drop to the middle and upper 50s at the coolest point of the night.

More scattered showers and some stray thunderstorms are possible tomorrow with winds gusting to 30 mph. Temperatures will peak in the upper 60s in the afternoon. Severe weather isn’t likely Friday but a cold front coming on Saturday morning has a chance to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and isolated tornadoes in the Mid-South. 4″ of rain in the last two weeks and an additional 1-3″ will result in scattered power outages from downed trees Saturday morning. stay weather aware, stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest 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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