Nice & Warm Through Saturday Evening, Storms Return Saturday Night
Thursday Night Forecast Update
Thursday Night Forecast Update for May 19th:
Highs will remain in the upper 80s for both Friday and Saturday for most of West Tennessee. Clouds will increase Saturday afternoon. Showers and storms will return after the sunsets Saturday and will be increasing in coverage Saturday night. Some gusty severe wind storms will be possible. The later the line of storms moves into our area the better on Saturday night for us to avoid strong storms. Showers will continue during the first half of the day on Sunday. We will have the latest details coming up here.
TONIGHT:
Thursday night lows will remain muggy and only fall down to around 70° again. There is again a chance for a few showers or weak storms along the Kentucky border depending on where the front stalls out as it moves through the Ohio River Valley but most of us will stay dry. Expect mostly clear skies and a light breeze out of the southwest to continue tonight.
FRIDAY:
The next system will begin to get a little closer on Friday increasing the clouds some Friday night but we should stay mostly sunny, nice and dry all day long. Highs will again reach the mid to upper 80s and the winds will be a tad breezy at times and remain out of the south between 10-15 MPH. The southerly winds will keep the humidity up for the end of the work week. Friday night lows will fall down into the low 70s for most of West Tennessee. Friday looks like it is going to be a very nice day.
THE WEEKEND:
Rain showers and storms will be returning for the weekend with Saturday night into Sunday morning being the most likely time to be impacted as a cold front will pass by during the first half of day on Sunday. Skies will be partly cloudy on Saturday and the winds will change from the southwest to the north as the front passes on Sunday and that will start a cooling trend across the region. Depending on the timing of the front and cloud cover, highs will still make it into the upper 80s to near 90° on Saturday. Some of the storms could be strong depending on the timing, so we will keep an eye on that situation as the week progresses in the Storm Team Weather Center. Most forecast scenarios currently keep the storms away until after midnight which would be the better situation for us in West Tennessee to avoid severe storms. Some forecast scenarios though, like the one here, have the storms showing up just after sunset and if that is the case, some severe gusty wind storms will be likely.
It appears the rain and storm chances could linger during the day on Sunday before moving out before the beginning of the next work week. Skies should try to clear some during the overnight hours on Sunday. Saturday night lows will fall down into the mid 60s again and Sunday highs will struggle to get out of the low 70s. Some of the coolest weather so far this month could be returning for the start of next week. Low to mid 50s are expected to move in for Sunday night.
NEXT WEEK:
After a cool start to Monday with highs only reaching the low to mid 70s, highs will top out around 80° for most of next week. Monday appears to be dry and mostly sunny but clouds and pop up shower chances return to the forecast on Tuesday and stick around for the middle of the week. Showers and storms will be possible on Wednesday and Thursday as well. Overnight lows next week will hang around 60° for Monday and Tuesday mornings but only fall into the mid 60s for Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The winds will come out of the northeast on Monday, southeast on Tuesday, southwest on Wednesday and west on Thursday. This changing of the wind direction will be associated with a low pressure system that is expected to move through West Tennessee during the middle of next week.
FINAL THOUGHT:
We saw our first 90° day on the year on May 11th and more 90s are expected over the next few weeks. Spring has officially kicked off here in West Tennessee, and there will be more chances for severe weather though as we get deeper into Spring as well. 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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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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