Even Hotter Weather Coming… Record Highs in Jeopardy this Weekend!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

3 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Temperatures today have made it up to around 90° and even hotter weather is coming starting tomorrow. A warm front trapped between two areas of high pressure will move through West Tennessee on Thursday and bring mid 90s back to the region. Upper 90s to near 100° temperatures will follow for the next several days. The best shot for rain in the forecast is along the warm front, but chances are 10% at best. We will have the latest on the hot and dry weather coming up right here.

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THIS WEEK:

To start the week, a large area of high pressure was sitting to the northeast of us and that allowed for a cold start to the work week. That area of high pressure is getting get cut off by a low pressure system down in Florida that is sliding up the Mid-Atlantic coast line this week. That is pushing the high pressure to the south but it will be pushed back to the east by a warm front on Thursday. Under that warm front, temperatures will get even hotter. The winds will start to come out of the south and highs will continue to climb. Under the front, we could be back up into the upper 90s by the weekend and even setting some 45 year old temperature records.

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The warmup continued on Wednesday with highs making it back up into the upper 80s or low 90s again. Skies were mostly sunny and the winds were light and came out of the south. The humidity only went up a bit and the overall dry pattern will allow temperatures to cool down to the low to mid 60s again overnight into Thursday morning. Thursday will remain nice and even warmer weather is forecast under the warm front. Highs will reach the mid 90s for most of us on Thursday and the winds will be light and vary in direction as the day goes on before coming out of the southeast Thursday night as the front passes. Thursday night lows dip down to the mid 60s.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com com COOL 48 HOUR REGIONAL FORECAST Friday 4:00 AM RAIN MIXED Des Moines SNOW Buffalo Chicago HOT St. Louis New York Cincinnati Baltimore Jackson WARM Little Rock H Winston H Salem Jackson A warm front trapped between two areas of high pressure will move through West TN Late Thursday'

Friday is going to be another great day and perfect weather this week for Friday night Football. There will be no weather delays this week as chances for rain all week long are less than 5%. Highs on Friday will be close to the record of 98° set back in 1980. We will likely fall short by a degree or two but it is still going to be a hot one. The humidity will be low as the winds will be light and come out of the north. Friday night lows will fall down to the low to mid 60s to kick off the weekend.

May be an image of 2 people and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com NEAR RECORD HIGHS THIS WEEKEND VERY WARM WEATHER RETURNING THIS WEEKEND! FORECAST HIGHS FRIDAY FORECAST 96° RECORD/YEAR 98° IN 1980 SATURDAY FORECAST 97° 96° IN 2019 SUNDAY FORECAST 98° 98° 98°IN1980 IN 1980 We could be back up into the upper 90s by the weekend even setting some 45 year old temperature records!'

THE WEEKEND:

High temperature records are in Jeopardy this weekend across West Tennessee. Highs will reach the mid to upper 90s and even a 100° or two cannot be ruled out for some of us across the region. The records are 96° on Saturday and 98° on Sunday. As of now, the record that will most likely fall will be on Saturday. We are also expecting mostly sunny skies this weekend with a few more clouds on Sunday than Saturday. The winds on Saturday will come out of the east and turn to the southeast on Sunday increasing the humidity a bit. Overall, it will NOT be a humid weekend regardless though for summertime weather in West Tennessee. Nice weather is expected to continue as we kick off next week. Not only is rain NOT in the forecast this week, but it is also not in the forecast this weekend. The drought situation is increasing and the little rain we did get last week helped, but surely not enough.