Heavy Rain Coming Thursday, Flood Watch Issued for Many!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

January 29, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

The weather has been picture perfect for our Wednesday in West Tennessee. The clouds will move in tonight and the rain showers will follow and stick around off an on all day Thursday. The highest amounts are expected north of I-40 where a flood watch has been issued. There is a chance for 2-4″ of rain up north and lower amounts between 1-2″ south of the interstate. Overall the storm threat looks low as far as any severe weather concerns but a few weak storms will still be possible in the evening on Thursday. Catch the latest forecast details coming up here.

THIS WEEK:

Tuesday was packed with sunshine and the northerly winds from Monday were replaced with southwest winds into the afternoon on Tuesday that lasted into Wednesday. This allowed highs to reach the upper 50s to low 60s on Tuesday and Tuesday night lows only dropped down to the mid to upper 30s and we will be warmer than that tonight. Rain didn’t fall on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, but a lot of rain is coming Thursday. Wednesday the warm up continued with most of up making it back into the low to mid 60s. Clouds will move back in late in the evening and we will be mostly cloudy by Wednesday night. The winds on Wednesday were light and came out the west as an area of high pressure will continue to dominate our weather across the Mid South. Wednesday night lows will dip down to the mid 40s.

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The next system is on the way for our Thursday and will impact our weather through Friday morning. A low pressure system will become stronger in Texas late in the week and a warm front will spawn and lift across West Tennessee on Thursday. As the front lifts, some showers will be possible in the morning and chances for a few weak storms will increase late in the day on Thursday and move through sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning. As of now, the severe weather threat looks low but cannot be ruled out depending on the timing of the storms and where the low pressure sets up on Thursday. Storms, however, a few non severe storms look more likely than not as of now in the evening. The rain should clear out by Friday afternoon but not after many of us pick up over 2″ by Thursday night. A flood watch has been issued for locations north of I-40 all day on Thursday.

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Thursday highs will make it up to the low 60s but Thursday night is going to be warm and humid. Thursday night lows will fall down to around the mid 50s as the dew point and available moisture will be high and that is why we are expecting a round of storms to move through. Friday will be a warm and humid day and reach the mid 60s before the cold front section of the system pushes through late Friday and will drop temperatures back down to the mid 40s by Saturday morning. As the front passes, showers are not expected and the cold front will only drop temperatures about 5-10° tops. Expect a mostly cloudy morning on Friday but the clouds should begin to break up some early into the afternoon but still expect a partly cloudy sky Friday night and into the weekend.

THE WEEKEND:

Behind the late week storm system, the weather this weekend will be drying out quickly. Rain chances are not in the forecast this weekend and are not in the forecast for the first half of next week as well. Highs on Saturday will reach the mid to upper 50s and the winds will be light out of the east. Sunday, the winds will be back to the southwest and that will allow highs to reach the upper 60s to near 70° for the first time in a few weeks. Sunday will also be a mostly sunny day so expect a really mild weekend across the entire Mid South. Saturday night the winds will be calm which will allow temperatures to fall down to the low to mid 40s before the warm up comes on Sunday. We are expecting more 60s t0 linger around as we kick off the following week as well. There is a shot we reach the low 70s again on Monday close to record highs for this time of the year.