Chilly Black Friday Morning, Cold All Weekend Long!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

November 28, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Temperatures have stayed in the 40s all day in West Tennessee and will be dropping down quickly tonight. Early morning temperatures on Black Friday will be in the upper 20s so bundle up if you are planning on heading out for some early day shopping tomorrow. Another front is coming later this weekend bringing in the coldest weather so far this fall with it. Catch the full forecast coming up here.

THIS WEEK:

Mostly sunny skies returned on Tuesday but temperatures were quite chilly all day as well. Highs on Tuesday only reached the mid 50s and Tuesday night lows will again fall down into the mid 30s. The winds were light out of the northeast on Tuesday but turned back to the south on Wednesday. That started another brief warm up on Wednesday under a lifting warm front. Under the front another unstable atmosphere presented itself leading to another round of rain showers and some weak storm activity Wednesday evening/night as the second front this week passed. Highs on Wednesday reached up to around 60° and fell down to around 40° Wednesday night. Skies were cloudy for Wednesday and likely cloudy again early on Thanksgiving before clearing out later in the day.

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THANKSGIVING/BLACK FRIDAY:

Some of the rain from Wednesday’s front could linger into at least the first half of the morning on Thanksgiving but most of us were dry by sunrise. On top of the clouds and early morning rain, it was also cold on Thanksgiving. Highs only reached up to the upper 40s and will fall down into the upper 20s just in time to kick off our Black Friday! The winds will came out of the north or northwest for both Thursday and will continue on Friday keeping the temperatures well below normal through the rest of the week.

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The clouds will move out Thursday night into Friday morning and that is why we are expecting the coldest morning of the season so far on Friday. We should see plenty of sunshine on Friday but highs will only reach the mid 40s. It will also be cold Friday night with lows falling down into the mid 20s by Saturday morning. This will be far by the coldest weekend so far this fall coming in for the weekend following Thanksgiving.

THE WEEKEND:

The winds will vary in direction this weekend as the third cold front of the week is forecast to come by late Saturday night or early into the day on Sunday. This front looks mostly dry but some forecast models are showing snow very close to our northern border with Kentucky and that is something we are going to have to watch very closely as the weekend gets closer. As of now, we are NOT forecasting any snow in West Tennessee this weekend. We are expecting a cold but dry weekend for us.

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Highs on Saturday will only reach the mid 40s and low to mid 40s are expected on Sunday depending on the timing of the weekend cold front. We should see a mix of sun and clouds this weekend as well, in general we will call it partly cloudy. The winds will briefly switch to the south for a few hours on Saturday before changing back to the northwest sometime later this weekend behind the front. Next Monday, for the parade day in Jackson, it is looking like it is going to be very COLD again, just like last year!