Rain And Sleet Overnight, Sunshine And Warmer Sunday

Weekend Update

February 26, 2022

Storm Team Weather,

Saturday Forecast Update for February 26th:

Rain returns overnight and into early Sunday morning. Rain will likely mix with sleet at times especially on the front end of the system earlier tonight before becoming mostly all rain. A few slick spots may develop briefly but any problems will be very short lived as we return to partly sunny skies by mid to late morning tomorrow. Temperatures will warm to near 50 degrees by Sunday afternoon.

In the less likely event any winter advisories are issued they’ll show up here:

We will likely see some sleet mix with the rain at times as warmer air will be overriding a shallow layer of colder air near the surface.

TONIGHT:

Mostly cloudy skies with rain likely. Sleet will mix with rain at times. Low around 33 degrees. Light north winds around 5 mph.

SUNDAY:

Decreasing clouds and a bit warmer by afternoon with highs around 50 and light northwest winds.

LATEST ON WEST TENNESSEE RIVER LEVELS:

River levels are going to continue to rise this week across West Tennessee and flooding is likely to become a major issue as the week goes on for some of our communities. The Tennessee River is forecast to reach the moderate flood stage near Savannah and peak at around 376 ft by late Sunday and the Forked Deer River near Jackson is forecast to stay in the minor flooding stage this week as well and should crest this weekend. The Obion river is also expected to stay high over the weekend.

NEXT WEEK:

Warmer and sunny weather will be returning for the first half of next week. Highs will climb back up near 60° with lows still lingering around in the 30s. Some clouds will increase towards the middle of the week and the next disturbance may try to move through on Thursday, but it does not look very impressive as of right now. There is a chance some of us may even see some 70s coming in towards the back half of the week if the next system misses us and stays to the north of West Tennessee.

FINAL THOUGHT:

We are still in the middle of winter here in West Tennessee and we currently could see more rounds of winter precipitation in the coming weeks. There could be more chances for severe weather though too as we get going into 2022. So you need to stay weather aware to changing weather patterns and monitor the forecasts closely. We got you covered in the WBBJ 7 Storm Team Weather Center as always.

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Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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