Heavy Rain Coming Friday Night, Storms NOT Expected, Much Cooler this Weekend!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

11 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

We are going to miss out on the storms and severe weather concerns tonight. Dry air moving in from the north is cutting down on any storm chances in West Tennessee. We are still expecting rain showers though to increase in coverage and intensity later tonight. Expect 1/2″ to 1″ if you along and south of I-40 We need the rain so this is good news, storms not expected! Rain totals will be lower the closer to Kentucky. The rain will become heavy overnight before wrapping up around sunrise on Saturday. The cold front will move through mid-day Saturday and temperatures will off quickly Saturday night into the day on Sunday. The next system will pass by in the middle of next week. Catch the latest forecast details coming up right here.

May be an image of tornado, map and text that says 'STORMTRACKER MAXRADAR 9 9:32 PM Lightning Strikes: 35 America's Garrett MATTRESS Lo IKUNRING&HEATING HEATING 731-668-3339 Nashville Jackson LittleRock Little Rock emphis Knoxville Chattanooga Hunitsville Heavy rain showers are on the way tonight. 1/2" to 1" if you along and south of I-40 We need the rain so this is good news, storms not expected! Jackson'

THIS WEEK:

The first chance for showers and storms this week came in Thursday night. We did see some showers but there were no big storms or major concerns. There was some 30-40 MPH wind gusts associated with the showers as they moved through. Thursday night was going a breezy to windy night with southerly winds increasing as the night went on. Those southerly winds warmed us up to around 70° near record highs during that day and the high dew point kept Thursday night warm with Friday morning lows starting out in the low 60s.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.co com CURRENT DEW POINT 4:18PM 4:18 PM Union City 46° Ridgely 46° Martin 46° Paris 49° Dyarsburg 48° Dry air moving in from the north is cutting down on any storm chances in West TN tonight. Rain is still coming through with the highest amounts being south of I-40. Trenton 47° Huntingd don 48° Ripley 50° Alamo 50° Camden 49 Covir gton 50° Lexingto ton 53° Brownsville 50° Jackson 51° Parsons 54° Henderson 56° Memphis 50° Somerville 54° Bolivar 54° Selmer 58° Savannah 69°'

We have more rain showers and maybe a few rumbles of thunder starting on Friday evening between 9pm – midnight and they will linger into Saturday morning. Most of us are just going to see some moderate to heavy rain showers but a few rumbles of thunder will be possible near the Mississippi border near Hardin county, but overall the threat looks low for anything but rain. The late line could produce a rotating storm or two but will more likely be another straight line wind event. The forecast will change some over the next 12-24 hours so be sure to stay with WBBJ and monitor forecast information before the storms get here.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com STORM TEM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST SAT 12:00 AM HAIN We are going to miss out on the MIXED SNOW Tptowville UndonCuy CityL Martin Paris Dyersburg Trenton Ripley storms but we are still expecting rain showers though to increase in coverage & intensity later tonight. The showers should clear our early Saturday morning. Camden Huntingdon Alamo Covington Jackson Brownsville Lexington Parsons Henderson Somerville Bolivar Selmer Savannah'

Friday started out warm and humid but as the day went on, drier and cooler air slowly moved in. The morning temperatures stayed in the low 60s and we did warm up near 70° before the evening and night showers started to move on in. Friday was a bit breezy with the winds coming in out of the southwest but they will turn up calm at times tonight before picking back up on Saturday behind the front. Most of the ingredients to produce severe weather appear to be just south of West Tennessee on Friday and the Storm Prediction Center has areas in Mississippi under a slight risk (2/5) for severe storms but we are just under a general storm threat south of I-40. Friday night lows will drop into the low 50s overnight.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com WBBJ 7 TOTAL RAINFALL FORECAST Saturday 5:30 A 0.1" 0.1" Union City 0.1" Tiptonville Martın Rain totals will be lower the closer to Kentucky. The rain will become heavy overnight before wrapping up around sunrise on Saturday. 0.4" Paris 0.3" Dyersburg 0.2" 0 Ripley 0.3" Trenton 0.2" Alamo 0.8" Huntingdon Camden 0.6" Jackson 0.2" ington Brownsville 0.8" Lexington 1.1" Parsons Henderson 0.5" Bolivar 0.4" Somerville 0.2" Memphis phis 0.7" Selmer 0.8" Savannah'

THE WEEKEND:

Behind the late week storm system and cold front, winter-like temperatures will be returning for the weekend. Highs on Saturday will only reach the mid 50s and Sunday highs will only reach the low to mid 40s. There will be some clouds sticking around for the first half of the day on Saturday before clearing out Saturday night allowing Sunday morning lows to fall back down to around freezing in the low 30s. any showers from Friday night should clear out by Saturday morning. Sunday night will be even colder with Monday morning lows forecast to fall down into the mid 20s. The winds will be a bit breezy on Saturday and come out of the west-northwest. The winds will have more of a northerly component to them on Sunday. Expect the clouds on Saturday to break up later in the day. We should see plenty of sunshine on Sunday but it will be brisk as well with the light northwest breeze.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com STORM TEAM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST SUN 2:30 PM RAIN MIXED Union City 41 Ridgely Ridg 41° SNOW Martin 41 Paris 41° Dyersburg 41° Trenton 41° Camden 41° Huntingdon don 41° Ripley 41° Alamo 41° Covington ton 42° Brownsville 41° Jackson 41 Lexin ton 4 41° ٥ The cold front will move through mid- day Saturday & temps will off quickly Saturday night into the day Sunday. Parsons 41° Henderson lerson 41° Memphis his 45° Somerville 42° Bolivar 41° Selmer 42° Savannah 41°'

NEXT WEEK:

Temperatures will slowly warm up to kick off the next week but another system is coming in the middle of the week that will drop temperatures again. Monday highs will make it up to around 50° to kick off next week and Monday night lows will fall down to near freezing again. Sunny skies will be sticking around on Monday and a few more clouds could move in late Tuesday. Tuesday will be warmer with high near 60° as the winds will kick up out of the southwest during the day. The next front is coming in a Wednesday and could bring a few showers with it but we are not expecting severe weather or any significant rain amounts. Chances for rain on Wednesday are only 30° as of now. Wednesday highs will reach the mid 50s depending on the timing of the front and Thursday highs will be back down to around 40°.