Rain Friday Night, Few Flurries Sunday Morning, Bitter Cold Next Week!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

January 17, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

A weak low pressure system will bring a couple rounds of showers and a few weak storms maybe later tonight. Temperatures will drop quickly this weekend and we could even encounter some flurries Sunday morning. Accumulations are not expected though at this time. The cold will continue to dig in on Monday with a wind chill near 0° for MKL JR. morning in Jackson. Catch the full forecast right here.

Do you remember? One year ago this week (1/15/2024), we had a high of 12 and dropped down to -6 that night. The following day (1/16/24) we had a high of 13 and fell down to -10 that night. It was one of the top 5 coldest mornings on record in Jackson. So those complaining about the cold, it could be much worse hah. We haven’t fallen below 16 yet this winter, but that is more likely than not to change early next week!

Temperatures are going to drop to 20-25° below normal it looks like for the start of NEXT week. That means highs will probably only be in the 20s for the beginning of next week. Lows will likely falls into the teens and some single digits will also be possible. I am not seeing anything suggesting below zero temperatures for us but it will be the coldest weather so far this winter as 16° is the coldest so far in Jackson this winter. As of now, there are NO thoughts on a big snowstorm heading into West Tennessee, but we are keeping an eye on it. That being said, being that cold, if we get any precipitation during that time, it will be frozen, so we are keeping an eye on the forecast as the weekend progresses.

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THIS WEEK:

Thursday the winds shifted back to the west early in the day and back to the southwest Thursday night. This allowed temperatures to warm back up a bit on Thursday. Highs on Thursday made it up into the low to mid 50s. We saw a mostly sunny day on Thursday and Thursday night lows only fell down to the mid 30s. We will continued our warm up on Friday with highs reaching up to around 60°. The reason we were warmer on Friday was from an increase in moisture from the southerly winds tapping into the warmer gulf air. Friday night lows will fall down to the mid 40s.

The next shot for rain will also be coming by late in day on Friday and lasting into Saturday morning. It just looks like a cold rain as of now but a very weak storm or two cannot be ruled out. The system will NOT be bringing any snow or severe weather it looks like to West Tennessee. There was mostly cloudy skies by Friday afternoon and the clouds will be sticking around into the start of the weekend. Expect about 1/4″-1/2″ of rain as of now.

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THE WEEKEND:

The weekend will start out wet across West Tennessee for Saturday morning. As the day goes on, the rain will clear out but the clouds will be sticking around for most of the day. Highs on Saturday will be a little cooler and reach the low 50s. The first front to pass this weekend will come out of the west but the next front coming late Saturday into Sunday morning is coming in from the north and will bring some arctic air back to the Mid South. Saturday night will fall down to around 30° but Sunday highs will only reach the mid 30s. There could be some flurries flying around Saturday night into Sunday morning but snow accumulations are not expected at this time.

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As the weekend goes on, temperatures will continue to drop and we are looking at a very cold start to next week. Sunday night lows will fall into the upper teens and highs will only reach the mid 20s for next week. There is a chance for some snow showers to develop across portions of the Mid South Sunday morning, but again we are not expecting much. There is also a chance a low pressure system clips us in the middle of next week bringing a wintry mix or snow, so stay with WBBJ this weekend into early next week as we will continue to track any potential winter type precipitation that could be on the way as we get going into next week.