Little Cooler but Still Hot with 20% Rain Chances this Weekend!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

July 24, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

It has been another hot day across the Mid South but a little cooler than it was Wednesday! It still feels close to 105° today but not near 110°. All of West Tennessee is under a Heat Advisory for Friday and NOT an Extreme Heat Warning as it will be a little cooler Friday! Besides being a bit cooler, there will also be a 20% chance for rain showers on Friday and Saturday too. Enjoy a brief break in the heat because upper 90s and our first chances to hit 100° are coming next week. There is a light at the end of the heat tunnel as well and we will tell you all about it coming up here.

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THIS WEEK:

After dealing with a very hot weekend, we didn’t get a break in the heat for the first half of the work week and we will not be getting a break anytime soon. In fact, it is likely going to stay hot for the next 6 days across the Mid South. During the middle of the week, highs reached the upper 90s and the feels-like “heat index” reached as high as 110° and at times close to 115°. We fell short of high temperature records but it was extremely hot with Wednesday reaching 97° in Jackson (the hottest day of 2025 so far).

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The extreme heat warnings were extended for most of us on Thursday with a few counties just under a heat advisory. Highs were a little cooler than Wednesday but still reached the mid 90s for Thursday. We will cool down a tad into the weekend but not too far down and will stay above normal. We only saw a few clouds developing in the afternoon and evening and rain showers struggled to deveolp but we will see a better shot on Friday and into the weekend. The heat index will approach 110° or higher again on Thursday. The winds will come out of the southeast again on Thursday. Overnight lows will drop to the mid to upper 70s as we head into the end of the work week.

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Chances for rain return on Friday but chances are not great. We will see a 10-15% chance on Friday but that chance will climb a bit as we head into the weekend. We will see more clouds on Friday than in the middle of the week but we will still see plenty of sunshine as well. We will call it partly cloudy and the winds will come out of the south on Friday and be light. Highs will still reach the mid 90s and the “feels like” temperatures will again be in the middle 100s. Friday night will fall down to around 75° to kick off our weekend.

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THIS WEEKEND:

We are expecting another hot weekend but there will be more clouds over the weekend than we saw during the middle of the week. This will keep temperatures a tad cooler but highs are still forecast to reach the mid 90s both days for the upcoming weekend. We are expecting partly cloudy skies this weekend with maybe some clouds on Sunday than Saturday.

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The best shot for rain in the forecast is coming on Sunday but chances are only 30% at this time. Rain chances on Saturday are 20%. The winds will come out of the southwest on Saturday and shift closer to the west on Sunday. Morning lows will still only drop down to the mid 70s. It will be hot and humid this weekend but we will probably only be under a heat advisory and not an extreme heat warning.