A Mild Weekend Before The Freeze
Saturday Morning Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
Saturday looks mostly sunny and nice, but we could see a few showers early Sunday morning as another system moves through. Below freezing temperatures are coming early next week. We will have the latest on the freeze and I will let you know when the showers could be coming back right here.
Expect partly cloudy skies in general. Rain chances are not in the forecast tonight and will look to stay just to our south this weekend, but rain chances are going to be very close on Sunday morning in our southern counties.
THE WEEKEND:
As the front passed on Friday, it will stall out just to the south of West Tennessee. This will keep some clouds and a chance for a few showers maybe on Sunday morning, but we will be mostly sunny and dry on Saturday. A weak low pressure system is also forecast to develop south of us and that could bring a few showers on Sunday morning to areas south of Jackson. Chances for rain though is only 10% on Sunday.
That system will move out on Sunday night, but we are not expecting the skies to clear out until overnight into Monday morning. Highs this weekend will reach the low to mid 60s. Saturday night will be around 50° but Sunday night lows will dip down into the low 30s if the skies clear out. Next week we are likely looking at a freeze Monday night into Tuesday morning. Please do not plant this weekend as we are not done with the freezing weather yet.
NEXT WEEK:
We are going to see a cool start to the first week of Spring as Spring starts on Tuesday. We could be down near freezing on Monday morning, but we are for sure dropping below freezing Tuesday morning. Please move any plants inside and try to protect any sensitive vegetation that has already developed. We are going to see plenty of sunshine for the first half of the week. Clouds will return on Thursday and some showers or weak storms will try to pop back up as we wrap up the week as well.
Highs on Monday will only make it up to around 50°. The winds will change from the north to the west on Tuesday allowing highs to get close to 60° on Tuesday. The warm up continues on Wednesday with highs making it back into the mid to upper 60s. Overnight night lows will slowly climb as well as the week progresses with Wednesday night only falling down to around 50°.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Long term forecast models are suggesting a warm end to winter but a cold start to Srping. Spring is less than a 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 late next week, and more chances exist in the forecast the following week. Cooler weather will be moving in next week as well for the first full week of Spring and a freeze is coming early next week.
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