FREEZE Coming Tonight, Cold Start to Spring on Tuesday
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
Highs have not even reached 50° for most of us today and tonight, we are going to be falling into the mid 20s. A freeze is coming, so try to protect your plants if possible. Spring starts tomorrow and some warmer weather is on the way this week & some late week showers will return as well. Catch the latest on the cold, more on the warm up and I will let you know when the next round of potential storms will be returning; all coming up here.
TONIGHT:
Temperatures are going to fall below freezing for all of West Tennessee tonight. The majority of us will dip into the mid 20s before the sun comes up. Please try to protect any tender vegetation that might have already started growing and bring any plants inside that you can. Skies will be clear and the winds are expected to be calm. A widespread frost is coming, so try to be prepared. Some light snow is falling on our neighbors to the north, but we are expecting a dry night.
TUESDAY:
Spring officially starts on Tuesday and it is going to be a very cold start to Spring. The official start of Spring is around 10 pm CDT Tuesday night in West Tennessee. After starting the day in the 20s, we should warm up a bit into the afternoon with highs making it up to the upper 50s. We are also expecting a sunny afternoon, but it is going to be a bit breezy as well. The winds are forecast to come out of the southwest in the afternoon as an area of high pressure will be sitting just south of us. Tuesday night will be cool and dropping down to around 40°, so much warmer than Monday night. WE are not expecting any precipitation on Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY:
The warm up continues on Wednesday as the area of high pressure to our south continues to control our weather. Highs will reach the upper 60s to near 70° by Wednesday afternoon. The sun will also be hanging around for the most part on Wednesday. The winds will come out of the west most of the day before transitioning back to the north overnight as another front will pass through. Wednesday night lows will fall down to the mid 40s. Chances for rain is 0% on Wednesday but will increase some late Thursday into Friday morning.
THURSDAY:
Thursday is going to be a little cooler than Wednesday behind the front. Highs will reach the low 60s on Thursday. Clouds will move back in and a few showers or very weak storms may try to pop up in the afternoon and evening hours. The most likely time for showers on Thursday will be after the sun goes down. Chances for rain are currently at 30% for Thursday. Thursday night lows will be mild and fall to the upper 40s due to the clouds sticking around Thursday night. Some shower chances will linger into Friday morning. In general the winds on Thursday will come out of the east or northeast.
FRIDAY:
After a few morning showers, we are expecting to dry out into the afternoon on Friday. Those encountering the showers early Friday will not see much. Chances for rain Friday morning is only at 20% as of now. Highs on Friday will be a little cool reaching the low 60s again, due to the northeast winds that will be sticking around during the day. Friday night lows are forecast to fall down to the low 40s. It will be a little cool Friday night but another warm up will look to start for the following weekend.
FINAL THOUGHT:
We are looking at a very cold start to spring before temperatures try to recover in the middle of the week. Some isolated showers will look to return Thursday into Friday morning but they will not mount up too much. We probably have not seen our last frost year of the Spring so please do not plant yet. There could be some more stronger storms on the way early next week, so we will need to be keeping a close eye on that situation as the first week or Spring marches on.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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