Sunny Coming Back Friday, Nice Weekend on the Way!
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
Heavy rain has left some of the rivers across West Tennessee high and some may approach minor flood stage. The rain showers are now gone and will not be showing up until the middle of next week. We will be dodging some storm chances next week with severe storms being possible. Warmer weather will also return this weekend and we could be seeing a streak of 80s on the way. Catch your weekend forecast and find out when our next chances for storms are coming up right here.
TONIGHT:
The rain showers continued into the day on Thursday before moving out late in the afternoon and evening hours. We are expecting dry weather by Thursday night for all of West Tennessee. Highs on Thursday reached the mid 60s again and is was another cloudy day.The skies will clear out Thursday night into Friday morning, lows could fall to the mid 40s by Friday morning. Some water levels will be running high and get close to flood stage on Thursday, but no major flooding is expected this go around.
The winds were also quite gusty and came out of the west or northwest on Thursday. The winds will weaken some tonight but stay a bit breezy between 10-15 MPH on the back side of a low pressure system exiting off to the east. Rain is not in the forecast for 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.
NEXT WEEK:
Next week is going to start out really nice in West Tennessee. It will be warm and a bit humid on Monday but highs should reach the low 80s. Highs will stick around in the low 80s for most of the week. Overnight lows next week will stick around in the low to mid 60s as southerly winds will dominate the forecast for the most part next week. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy during the week as gulf moisture will be prevalent and the next system will move in during the middle of the week. Storms could return Tuesday night and stick around into Wednesday morning. We should dry out for the back half of the day Wednesday before the next system will try to impact our weather late Thursday into the following Friday.
FINAL THOUGHT:
West Tennessee saw a widespread 1-2″ of rain earlier this week and some people got closer to 3″. Rain will stay away through the weekend and will look to return in the middle of next week. Some storng or potential severe storms could move through Tuesday night so we will be watching that closely over the weekend. 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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