Mostly Dry Tonight, Storms Likely this Weekend From a Cold Front
Friday Night Forecast Update
Friday Night Forecast Update for October 1st:
The showers stalled out and lingered around the Mississippi River this evening and most of West Tennessee saw a fantastic Friday. That won’t be the case on Saturday. Showers will move through in the morning and early afternoon hours. Storms could fire up Saturday night into Sunday morning as the front comes by. Catch the latest details on the soggy weekend including if we will be seeing any severe weather or not coming up right here.
TONIGHT:
Most of the rain showers will clear out this evening but a few showers could linger overnight, but don’t count of much after the sun goes down. Clouds will drift through West Tennessee tonight and skies will still remain mostly cloudy. The winds will weaken and become calm overnight with a light southerly breeze before midnight. Overnight lows will fall down to the mid to upper 60s for most of the region.
THIS WEEKEND:
Forecast models are showing at a cold front working through West Tennessee this weekend. Right now the timing and strength and overall impacts on the front are beginning to become more clear, but will be keeping a close eye on the situation over the weekend. Right now chances for rain and storms look the greatest Saturday night into Sunday morning as the cold front comes by.
Highs this weekend will hover in the upper 70s Saturday and upper 70s Sunday depending on if we see any breaks in the clouds or not. Morning lows could drop into the 50s by Monday morning and should linger in the upper 60 Sunday morning. Shower chances on Saturday are 80% and the number goes up to 70% on Sunday. The front is expected to pass by early Sunday bringing a change in the wind direction as well as a slight cool down into next week.
NEXT WEEK:
Some lingering showers could be sticking around the first half of the day on Monday but some of the forecast models have the rain moving out before the sun comes up. We will keep mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies around behind the cold front for the first half of the week. Highs are expected to drop into the 70s for most of next week with morning lows falling down into the 50s. The winds are expected to come out of the north on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday keeping a cooler and drier air mass in play for the start of the work week. Chances for rain currently only sit around 20% on Wednesday and less then that on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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