Showers Friday Night Ahead Of Calm, Cloudy Weekend

We managed to get a great evening with temperatures in the lower 70s with only a gradual increase of clouds. The air is very dry but a few showers could manage to get through by Friday evening as a low pressure moves closer to us. Rain chances will increase through the afternoon and evening Friday and by sunset, there will be a healthy chance of a shower over west Tennessee. A cold front sweeps through by Saturday morning starting us out cooler into the Weekend. Catch the full forecast details coming up right here.

TONIGHT:

Rain will start to fall across much of West Tennessee by 5:00 PM, but will quickly get dispersed ahead of the looming cold front. Showers will mostly be out of West Tennessee by 11:00 PM Friday night. Rain will mostly be light, however areas around Parsons and Savannah could see heavier rain around 7:00 Friday evening.

THE WEEKEND:

The weekend is looking pretty nice across West Tennessee. Highs will reach the upper 50s on Saturday and mid to upper 60s on Sunday. We should see plenty of sunshine although there will be some clouds both days.

Saturday night lows will fall down into the upper 30s and Sunday night lows will only dip to the low 50s. The winds will come out of the north on Saturday but slowly transition to the east on Sunday and to the southeast by Sunday night. We are not expecting any rain in the forecast but early next week, a round of heavy rain and thunderstorms will look to move through the Mid South.

The Storm Prediction Center has removed us from the risk area concerning Tuesday morning due to a second low pressure system to our south that will limit the ability for severe parameters to climb very far north of Interstate 20. We are, however, still expecting non-severe storms to impact our area Monday night and into Tuesday morning. Showers may linger into Tuesday evening, but all should clear out after midnight Wednesday

FINAL THOUGHT:

Temperatures will rebound quickly from Friday night’s cold front due to a lack of arctic air behind it, as well as the system coming in Monday night bringing us our next chances for rain. We are monitoring Monday for some strong, but non-severe pressure gradient winds. Advisories may be issued ahead of time, but it is looking like the winds and gusts should stay below the advisory threshold.

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Jordan Hubbard
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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