More Rain, Few Storms Thursday, Dry Friday, Nice Weekend Coming!
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
A wind advisory has been issued for all of West Tennessee for our Thursday. Blustery northwest winds behind a low pressure system could gust as high as 40-50 MPH in the late morning and early afternoon. Plus, more rain showers and a few storms will develop as well. Expect an additional 1/2-1″ of rain with some isolated spots picking up 2 more inches by Thursday evening. The showers will be gone on Friday and a nice weekend is on the way. Gusty winds are also expected on Thursday as the storm system passes through. Some gusts up to 40 MPH will be possible. Catch the latest on the weekend forecast.
TONIGHT:
We encountered several rounds of rain showers on Wednesday and more is in the forecast overnight. Highs on Wednesday reached the upper 60s under the clouds and Wednesday night lows will be warm again and fall to the mid 50s. Expect a cloudy night and cloudy all day again tomorrow. The winds were a bit breezy and continued to come from the southeast. The winds will weaken some tonight before coming back strong on Thursday as the next system moves through. Chances for rain is 90% tonight across our viewing area.
THURSDAY:
The rain showers will continue into the day on Thursday before moving out in the afternoon and evening hours. We are expecting dry weather by Thursday night for all of West Tennessee. Highs on Thursday will reach the mid 60s again and expect another cloudy day. If the skies clear out Thursday night into Friday morning, lows could fall to the mid 40s by Friday morning.
The winds are forecast to come out of the west or northwest on Thursday. The winds will be quite gusty at times as the system moves through between 15-20 MPH on the back side of a low pressure system exiting off to the east. Chances for rain on Thursday is 90% during the day but will move out Thursday night.
FRIDAY:
Friday is looking like a really nice day with mostly sunny skies. It will not be an overly warm or humid day and highs will reach the mid 60s again. Friday night will be a bit cool with temperatures dropping down to the mid 40s to kick off the weekend. The winds on Friday are going to come out of the northwest on the backside of the storm system that brought all the rain earlier in the week. The nice weather is forecast to continue into the weekend for Saturday but it is going to be much warmer this weekend as well.
THE WEEKEND:
A really nice weekend looks to be on the way for West Tennessee. Mostly sunny skies are on tap for Saturday and a few more clouds will move in on Sunday, but Sunday is going to warmer and a bit more humid as well. Highs on Saturday will reach the mid to upper 70s and upper 70s to near 80° will be the high on Sunday.
Saturday morning will be a little cool in the mid to upper 40s but Sunday morning lows will start out in the mid to upper 50s. The winds this weekend will be breezy at times and come out of the southwest. We are not expecting any rain this weekend so take advantage of it. If you want to plant, we think it is safe to do so as we have seen our last freeze of the season and have likely seen our last frost as well.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Get ready for the rain this week. A widespread 2-3″ of rain is coming across West Tennessee and there is a shot some people get close to 4″ before everything is all said and done this week. The showers and storms are going to be coming in waves through Thursday. Overall the severe weather threat appears to be low as of now, but there will be storms mixing in and a few severe storms will be possible later this week. We have likely seen our last freeze and probably our last frost of the season. The overall weather pattern looks to be quite warm for the middle of April, so feel free to plant all you want this weekend.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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