More Rain Back Tonight, Storm Chance Late Friday, Cool Weekend
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
Some light rain showers are moving in tonight but we are not expecting much or any storms. More rain is expected Friday morning, a break in the afternoon and then there will be some storms trying to mix in Friday evening through Saturday morning. Rain will continue Saturday morning. Behind the front, temperatures are forecast to fall down near freezing Saturday night into Sunday morning. Catch the latest hour by hour breakdown and find out who is most likely to impacted from the storms coming up here.
With as warm as temperatures have been the last few weeks, people are starting to get that itch to start planting, that is NOT a good idea. We still have a couple weeks of winter left and the odds of having another frost is almost 100% and the odds of us having another freeze is also highly likely. We usually do not see our last freeze until the beginning of April and our last frost during the middle of April. If we didn’t see another freeze or frost, that would be record smashing by almost 6 weeks in both cases, so that isn’t going to happen. We will see a couple more cold pushes before Spring officially kicks off so please hold off on those temptations for now!
TONIGHT:
Thursday started out dry but there will be some shower activity trying to return Thursday evening and sticking around off and on Friday. Highs on Thursday still made it up into the upper 60s and Thursday night lows will only fall down to the mid 50s. The winds on Thursday shifted back to the east and southeast into the afternoon. Expect a mostly cloudy night for West Tennessee. Chances for rain is 40% on Thursday night and the winds will stay light out of the southeast.
FRIDAY:
Clouds and showers are likely on Friday and some thunderstorms may try to mix in as well. The severe weather threat looks quite low as of now but we will be watching the setup during the day for any possible changes to the forecast. Areas southwest of Jackson are under a marginal (1/5) risk for severe storms. Highs on Friday will reach the mid to upper 60s and Friday night lows will drop down to the low 50s°. The winds will come out of the southeast on Friday but will turn back to the west or northwest earlier in the weekend as the next low pressure system moves out. Expect cloudy skies for most of Friday and chances for rain is already at 80% for Friday. Showers may linger into the beginning of the weekend but we will dry out by Saturday afternoon and it will be a little cooler this weekend as well.
THE WEEKEND:
Rain showers are likely to continue Saturday morning before clearing out as the day goes on. We will still see mostly cloudy skies on Saturday but they should clear out Saturday night making for a mostly sunny and dry day on Sunday. Highs on Saturday will climb up to only the mid 50s and Saturday night lows will fall down to the mid to upper 30s. We are expecting a cool day again on Sunday with highs only reaching the mid 50s. We will fall into the 30s both weekend mornings with Sunday night lows down in the mid 30s, leading to a shot for some frost both mornings as well. The winds will change from the west to the northwest as the weekend progresses. Plenty of sunshine is in the forecast as we start the following work week.
NEXT WEEK:
Next week is going to start out really nice with mostly sunny skies. The winds will come out of the south most of the week and that will start warming us back up. Each day through Thursday next week will be warmer than the previous day. Highs on Monday will be in the mid 60, upper 60s on Tuesday, low 70s on Wednesday and mid 70s on Thursday. Clouds will increase in the middle of the week and the rain showers and storms will look to hold off until late Thursday or Friday next week.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Long term forecast models are suggesting a warm start to March. Spring is about 2 weeks away and starts on March 19th this year. As the warmer weather moves in, we might be transitioning to more of a severe weather threat than a cold and snowy one for the last couple weeks of Winter. There still will be some frost and likely another freeze this season, so hold off on planting for a few more weeks at least. More chances exist in the forecast later this week as well. Next weekend looks to be much cooler than the previous one with near normal temperatures coming.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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