Heavy Rain Coming Saturday Evening Through Sunday Morning

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

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Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

We fell down near freezing this morning in Jackson and warmed up close to 60° this afternoon. We should fall down to the mid 30s tonight before reaching up to the mid 60s with mostly sunny skies on Friday. Changes are coming on Saturday as rain showers will be increasing in coverage and intensity as the day goes on. HEADS UP Saturday night (Valentine’s Day) couples planning on going out for a night on the town. Make sure you have an umbrella handy as rain showers are looking likely Saturday evening. The rain will get heavier and cover more of West Tennessee after the sun goes down and rain could be pouring at times Saturday night into early Sunday morning. We should avoid any big storms or severe weather, but we are NOT going to avoid the rain. Most of West Tennessee will be in the 1-2″ total for rain by Sunday morning but some isolated 3″ spots will be possible the closer to the Mississippi border you area. Catch the latest coming up here.

THIS WEEK:

We feel down close to freezing again on Thursday morning in Jackson with some upper 20s in our northern counties. The winds were light and came out the east on Thursday and that will help keep the temperatures down a bit with highs making it up to the upper 50s on Thursday. We saw another mostly sunny day and night for Thursday and a few more clouds will move in tonight. Thursday night lows will fall down to the mid 30s and the winds will be calm in general tonight.

It will be a little chilly to kick off our Friday but we should warm up nicely into the afternoon with the mostly sunny skies. Friday highs will reach the low to mid 60s and Friday night lows will dip to the low to low 40s to start the weekend. The winds on Friday will start out calm but slowly shift to the southeast late into Saturday morning. The southeast winds will allow the humidity to climb some just in time for the weekend. Friday is going to be a great day for all of us.

THIS WEEKEND:

There is a decent shot for some weak storm activity this Valentine’s Day weekend in the Mid South and maybe here in West Tennessee. As of now, the bigger threat for severe weather looks to be just south of the Tennessee border but if the position of that low shifts even a little bit to the north, it may become a bigger problem for us but as of now, heavy rain appears to be the biggest issue across our area. The rain will start early in the day on Saturday but it will be spotty until the evening. After the sun goes down, heavier bands are expected to move through and continue through Sunday morning. Some areas down south could see over 2″ of rain and everyone in West Tennessee will see at least 1/2″ with most of us closer to an inch of rain.

Highs on Saturday will make it up to around 60° and possibly the mid 60s depending on where the warm sector sets up from the weekend’s area of low pressure and if we pick up any sunshine in the afternoon hours. The winds will come out of the south or southeast on Saturday but will move back to the northwest on Sunday as the system clears out. Expect a mostly cloudy weekend with only a few peaks of sunshine early Saturday and late in the afternoon again on Sunday. Saturday night lows will only fall down to the low 50s, depending on that warm sector associated with the incoming system. Sunday highs will approach 60° for all of West Tennessee and Sunday night lows will back down to the mid 40s.

NEXT WEEK:

We are expecting a very warm week coming for next week with highs in the mid 60 to mid 70s for the first few days of next week. Highs will make it back up to the mid 60s on Sunday, but near 70° on Tuesday and possibly mid 70s in the middle of the week. The winds will come out of the south and southwest but will be quite breezy in the middle of the week. These southwest winds will increase the humidity as the week goes on. There will be a couple chances for showers and maybe some strong storms next week, but as of now, confidence is low in the chances as well as the location for any possible severe weather at this time. Skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy and morning lows will climb up to the mid to upper 50s by the middle of the week after starting out in the 40s for both Monday and Tuesday mornings.