Cool Start to the Work Week, Weak Front Coming Tuesday Night
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
It was a cold start to the work week dropping all the way down to 33° at the airport in Jackson. It turned out to be a decent afternoon though for West Tennessee. The next front will be weak and pass by Tuesday night and could bring a few overnight showers. There is a nice warm up coming this week and all that may set the stage for some weekend storms to push through. Catch the full forecast details coming up here.
TONIGHT:
We are expecting clear skies and calm winds tonight across West Tennessee. Temperatures will be about 10° warmer Tuesday morning than they were on Monday morning. We are not expecting any rain tonight and overall we are going to see a quiet night. Morning lows will fall down to the mid 40s for most of us overnight.
TUESDAY:
Mostly sunny skies will be sticking around for our Tuesday. It looks like it is going to be a nice afternoon with the warm up continuing. The winds will be a tad breezy and start to come out of the southwest between 10-15 MPH. A cold front will be approaching and will pass through Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The front looks mostly dry but a few light showers may develop between midnight and 6am into Wednesday morning. Highs on Tuesday will make it up to the low to mid 70s and Tuesday night lows will drop to the mid 50s. There will be some clouds sticking around regardless Tuesday night even if we do not see much rain. Rain chances Tuesday night are only sitting at 30%.
WEDNESDAY:
Partly cloudy skies are on tap for Wednesday across West Tennessee. There could be a few isolated light showers early Wednesday morning but most of us will be dry. Chances for rain are 30% early in the morning on Wednesday. The winds on Wednesday are expected to come out of the north behind the weak cold front coming Tuesday night. High temperatures will again reach the low 60s and expect partly cloudy skies in general. Wednesday night lows will dip down to around 50°.
THURSDAY:
There could be a few isolated showers on Thursday but we are not expecting much, Chances for rain are at 20% as of now and we will update the forecast for Thursday as the week progresses. The winds will come out of the east as the stalled out front will drift back across the region. Thursday highs are forecast to be up around 70° and Thursday night lows will only fall to the upper 50s. We are expecting mostly cloudy skies to move back in Thursday night and linger around for most of the day on Friday.
FRIDAY:
Some storms are expected west of the Mississippi River on Friday, but they are not likely to make it into West Tennessee. If the storms do pass by, it will be late on Friday but confidence in that currently is low. The winds will come out of the south on Friday and that will warm most of us back up to around 80°. Expect a mostly cloudy day although there will be a chance for the sun to peek through at times. Friday night lows will only reach the mid 60s due to the cloud cover and increase in humidity due to the southerly winds. Chances for rain on Friday are 20% as of now.
THE WEEKEND:
We are looking at a warm and humid weekend across the Mid South. This could eventually lead to a round of strong to severe storms but the timing of the event isn’t locked in just yet. The current thinking is late Sunday night into Monday morning the worst of it will come through West Tennessee. We will be watching that situation closely during the week and have updates each day this week as the weekend gets closer.
Highs both days will make it up to the low to mid 80s with morning lows generally around the mid 60s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies are expected but there will be times when the sun comes out this weekend as well. The winds will be breezy most of the weekend and come out of the south. Chances for rain on Saturday is 10% with chances getting as high as 40% Sunday night.
FINAL THOUGHT:
We are expecting a pretty typical mid April week across West Tennessee. We have almost for sure saw our last freeze after some people encountered some light frost Monday morning. A weak mostly dry front will move through Tuesday night and a more explosive system will be on the way sometime late into the weekend that could bring our next chance for severe weather. We are also going to be much warmer this weekend than last weekend across the entire region.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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