Storms Returning On Saturday, Much Cooler Sunday

Saturday Forecast Update for May 21st

Most of our Saturday will be under dry weather but the evening will bring storms of which could be severe at times. You’ll want to be weather aware as we head towards late afternoon, especially in the western counties. Storms will move through the area mainly after 4 pm. Most of the storms will occur before midnight with just some lingering showers into Sunday morning.

A slight to moderate risk will be here in the evening hours.

TODAY:

Rain showers and storms will be returning for the weekend with Saturday evening/night into Sunday morning being the most likely time to be impacted as a cold front will pass by during the first half of day on Sunday. Skies will be partly cloudy on Saturday and the winds will change from the southwest to the north as the front passes on Sunday and that will start a cooling trend across the region. Depending on the timing of the front and cloud cover, highs will still make it into the upper 80s to near 90° on Saturday. Some of the storms could be strong depending on the timing, so we will keep an eye on that situation as the week progresses in the Storm Team Weather Center.

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Most forecast scenarios currently keep the storms away until the evening hours but it would be a good idea to monitor the weather as early as late afternoon.

A few lingering showers into mainly the first half of Sunday. Skies should try to clear some during the overnight hours on Sunday. Saturday night lows will fall down into the mid 60s again and Sunday highs will struggle to get out of the low 70s. Some of the coolest weather so far this month could be returning for the start of next week. Low to mid 50s are expected to move in for Sunday night.

NEXT WEEK:

After a cool start to Monday with highs only reaching the low to mid 70s, highs will top out around 80° for most of next week. Monday appears to be dry and mostly sunny but clouds and pop up shower chances return to the forecast on Tuesday and stick around for the middle of the week. Showers and storms will be possible on Wednesday and Thursday as well. Overnight lows next week will hang around 60° for Monday and Tuesday mornings but only fall into the mid 60s for Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The winds will come out of the northeast on Monday, southeast on Tuesday, southwest on Wednesday and west on Thursday. This changing of the wind direction will be associated with a low pressure system that is expected to move through West Tennessee during the middle of next week.

FINAL THOUGHT:

We saw our first 90° day on the year on May 11th and more 90s are expected over the next few weeks. Spring has officially kicked off here in West Tennessee, and there will be more chances for severe weather though as we get deeper into Spring as well. So you need to stay weather aware to changing weather patterns and monitor the forecasts closely. We got you covered in the WBBJ 7 Storm Team Weather Center as always.

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Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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