Nice Warm Up Coming this Week, Late Week Storms Back
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
After a couple of cool mornings across West Tennessee, the warm up has begun. Highs reached the mid 60s today and we will be up to around 70° on Tuesday. Even warmer weather is coming on Wednesday and Thursday but storm chances will also be back later this week. Catch the latest on potential storm chances later this week and a look at your weekend forecast coming up here.
TONIGHT:
After a couple mornings in a row down near freezing, we are going to be a little bit warmer tonight. Morning lows will still be a bit cool and fall down to around 40°. Skies are going to remain clear tonight and the winds will be calm. We are not expecting any rain tonight.
TUESDAY:
The warm up will continue on Tuesday with highs reaching up to around the 70° mark. The winds will be light and come out of the southwest as an area of high pressure is sitting just to the south of us. We are still going to see sunny or mostly sunny skies. Tuesday night lows will be mild and fall down to the low 50s due to an increase in humidity from the southerly winds. Rain is not in the forecast for Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY:
West Tennessee is going to be about 5 degrees warmer on Wednesday than Tuesday and warm back up into the mid 70s. The humidity is going to continue to increase as the winds are forecast to stay out of the south all day long. Expect a few more clouds on Wednesday and although it isn’t likely, a brief shower or two could pop up over our northern counties as a warm front is going to pass just to our north. Wednesday night lows will only fall to around 60°. Chances for rain is 20% at best.
THURSDAY:
The next system is going to march closer to West Tennessee and will try to impact our weather Thursday night into Friday morning. The winds will come out of the south and be a bit breezy at times as the front gets a little closer. Expect a mostly cloudy day on Thursday. Thursday will be warm in the upper 70s and Thursday night lows will dip to around 60°. Rain showers and some potential storms are expected as the front passes. The severe weather as of now looks low but storms are going to be likely. Rain chances are 40% Thursday night.
FRIDAY:
It appears early Friday morning will be the most likely time to be impacted with rain and storms, but we are still several days out and the forecast will probably change some over the next few days. Highs on Friday will be early in the day and be somewhere between 65-70°. The winds will change from the south to the west and then to the northwest by Friday night. Friday will also be a cloudy day. Rain chances currently sit at 70° for Friday. The showers will look to stay just to our south on Saturday but Saturday rain chances are going to be very close as the forecast this weekend is looking quite tricky.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Long term forecast models are suggesting a warm end to winter. Spring is about 1 week away and starts on March 19th this year. Since warmer weather returned, , we are still dealing with more of a severe weather threat than a cold and snowy one for the last week of Winter. The next chance for storms is coming in late Thursday this week, and more chances exist in the forecast next week. Cooler weather might be moving in next week as well for the first full week of Spring.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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