A Stormy Morning With Dry And Hot Weather Ahead Sunday & Monday

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

A slow moving low pressure system will move through West Tennessee this morning through early afternoon Saturday. Dry weather with mostly sunny skies will return on Sunday. We could hit the 90° mark early next week. Catch your hour by hour weekend forecast breakdown and the rest of your forecast coming up here.

This morning brought heavy rain in localized areas as strong storms including a severe storm moved through the area. Storms have been moving slowly allowing for rainfall totals to add up quickly and flooding will continue to be of concern through around Noon Saturday.

Storms will continue to move around a low pressure system as it pushes through the area today with rain gradually winding down into the early afternoon. Use caution in the low lying areas.

THE WEEKEND AHEAD:

Forecast models are sending out some mixed messages this weekend but most are suggesting a quiet and mild weekend for the most part in West Tennessee. We will likely see more clouds than sun on Saturday skies may try to clear late in the day on Saturday into Saturday night. Highs this weekend will make it back into the low to mid 80s with overnight lows falling to the mid 60s.

A low pressure system will linger on Saturday keeping some showers around for the first half of the day before drying out into the afternoon and evening hours, but we are not expecting severe weather or the showers to continue into Saturday night. The wind direction this weekend will come out of the northwest for the most part and be light. Sunday is looking like a really nice day if you have plans this weekend, Sunday looks better.

NEXT WEEK:

We have a shot to hit 90° for the first time in 2024 next week. Highs will be flirting with the 90° mark for both Monday and Tuesday. We are expecting mostly sunny skies to kick off the week as well. Clouds will be moving back in late Tuesday and some shower and storm chances will return as well Tuesday night into the day on Wednesday. Some storms look likely in the middle of the week with some potential for severe weather. The winds will come out of the southwest to start the weak before transitioning back to the west or northwest on Wednesday and Thursday. Morning lows will hang in the mid 60s to low 70s for the first half of next week.

FINAL THOUGHT:

We have seen close to normal amounts of rainfall so far this spring in West Tennessee after a wet start to the year according to the rain gauge out of the Jackson airport. More rain is in the forecast early this weekend but we are not expecting severe weather or large storms. The next shot for severe weather will return in the middle of next week. Highs will be close to normal and so will our overnight lows until early next week when we could see our first 90s of 2024. We will be watching storm trends though as well as tracking everything on the radar next week as the next system moves through out area. Take advantage of Sunday, it is looking like it is going to be a great day.

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Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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