Storm Threat Moves Out Tonight, Cooler Thursday & Friday
Wednesday Night Forecast Update
Wednesday Night Update for October 12th:
We still may see a few lightning strikes and light rain southeast of Madison county over the next hour or two, but no strong or severe storms are expected. There are some bigger storms in Mississippi but they are moving away from us.
Most of West Tennessee picked up some decent rain today with between one to two inches in general for locations south of I-40. Areas north of Madison County typically saw between a half inch and an inch of rain. There is more rain in the forecast this weekend and we will have the latest forecast details here.
THIS EVENING/TONIGHT:
Showers and storms will clear out to the southeast tonight and we should be dry after midnight for all of West Tennessee. The front will begin to move by overnight ushering in some mild, cooler and drier air with it. The skies will clear as the night goes on as well and the winds will stay light out of the north behind the front. It could be a bit breezy at times as the front passes. Temperatures tonight will fall down to the low upper 40s or low 50s by Thursday morning.
THURSDAY:
The showers and storms should clear out overnight and we should see dry and cooler weather by sunrise Thursday morning. The clouds will hang around for some in the morning but should move out by the afternoon making for a mostly sunny and cool evening. Highs on Thursday will only reach the low 70s and overnight lows will be cool again down near 40°. The winds on Thursday will be breezy and come out of the northwest most of the day.
FRIDAY:
Very fall like weather will dominate over our area on Friday. Highs on Friday will reach the low to maybe mid 70s and Friday night lows will dip down to around 50° as southwest winds could return by Friday night into Saturday morning. The skies will remain sunny and the winds will come out of the west most of the day and be light around 10 MPH. Rain showers are not expected and temperatures will be in the low 60s or upper 50s during the Friday night football games.
THE WEEKEND:
The weekend will have a little bit of something for everyone. Saturday will be the warmer and nicer day as another system is forecast to move through on Sunday bringing another round of rain showers and possibly some storms with it. Mostly sunny skies are expected on Saturday with clouds increasing into the day on Sunday. Highs on Saturday will make it back up into the low 80s due to breezy southwest winds. Saturday night lows will fall down to the mid 50s. Highs on Sunday will only make it into the 70s and depending on the timing of the system, upper 70s or low 70s both look possible. Rain showers could linger overnight into early next week, if the system stalls out which looks possible. The winds will start of of the southwest this weekend and switching to the west than the northwest by Monday morning.
NEXT WEEK:
The coldest weather this fall will be coming in next week and that includes the chances for our first freeze in the middle of the week. Highs are only expected to be in the low 60s to start the week and lows will drop each night and down into the 30s. There is a chance for some low 30s Tuesday and Wednesday night. Sunny to mostly sunny skies are also expected for the first half of the week. The winds will be breezy at times and come out north. Rain showers are not in the forecast for the majority of the work week. Take necessary precautions for the colder weather that will be moving on it.
FINAL THOUGHT:
It looks like the last heat wave of the summer was over on September 22nd, just in time for the beginning of fall. Some of us saw our first frost on Sunday morning October 8th. There doesn’t appear to be any frost of freeze concerns this week but early next week a freeze might be coming. There will also be more chances for severe weather as October is the start of our second severe weather season. The tropics have been started out quiet but usually begin to heat up towards the beginning of fall and we are again monitoring a few systems that could move into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of October. 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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