Much Cooler on Wednesday, Another Front Coming Late Friday
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
After a very cool and mild day, temperatures will warm up a bit again tomorrow as the sun is expected to come back up. Friday will start out warm but another front will pass by late in the day bringing even drier and cooler weather with it. The coolest weekend this summer is looking likely for behind the front. Unfortunately it looks like another dry front. We will have the weekend forecast, the latest on rain might be coming back and an update on the historic flooding from Tropical Storm Debby coming up here.
TONIGHT:
A cold front passed early Wednesday that cooled down temperatures all the way to low 80s during the afternoon. It also kept the northerly winds around and allowing dry air to hang around. This also kept the humidity down a bit but also keep the rain away along the front. There was an increase in cloud cover all afternoon but not rain. Highs on Wednesday reached the low 80s due to the clouds and Wednesday night lows will drop down to around 70°.
THURSDAY:
Thursday will be a very nice day for all of West Tennessee. We will not be seeing any rain and the humidity again will be low for a typical Mid South summer day. Skies will be sunny, clouds will be slim to none. The reason it will be cooler and less humid will be from the northerly winds between 5-10 MPH. Highs will again make it up to around 90° and Thursday night lows will fall down into the upper 60s.
FRIDAY:
Friday will warm back up a bit with highs getting as high as 93° for some of us. Skies will be mostly cloudy as another weak front will approach late in the day and pass by just in time for another brief cooldown for the weekend. The winds will remain out of the south keeping the humidity down and it will be too dry for any showers or storms to develop as the front passes by.
THE WEEKEND:
Highs this weekend might stay below 90° for the first weekend in a while here in West Tennessee. Highs will still reach the upper 80s but we are not expecting a humid weekend either! The winds will come out of the north all weekend long. The rain showers will stay away again this weekend and in general, we are looking at mostly sunny skies. Overnight lows will also be nice this weekend and some of us could fall all the way down to the mid 60s. It will not quite be fall-like, but it sure will be nice. Make some weekend plans and enjoy the great weather!
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY:
LOCATION...32.9N 79.5W ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM ENE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SSW OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB...29.36 INCHES
At 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Debby was located near latitude 32.9 North, longitude 79.5 West. Debby is moving toward the north-northwest near 3 mph (6 km/h). This general motion is expected to continue through Thursday, bringing the center across the South Carolina coast during the next several hours. A faster motion toward the north and north-northeast across the Carolinas and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic states is expected later on Thursday and on Friday.
Debby is expected to produce an additional 3 to 9 inches of rainfall with locally higher amounts, leading to maximum storm total amounts as high as 25 inches in eastern South Carolina and 15 inches in southeast North Carolina with considerable flooding expected across portions of eastern South Carolina and southeast North Carolina through Friday.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Joel Barnes Facebook: @JoelBarnesWeather Twitter: @JoelBarnes13 Instagram: @joelbarnes13
