Cold Front Passed, Few Flurries Possible Tonight & Friday
Thursday Night Forecast Update
Thursday Night Forecast Update for January 12th:
Temperatures are sitting around 40° but it feels a lot cooler than that with northwest winds steady between 10-20 MPH. The winds will hang around all night long and into the day on Friday where highs will only reach the upper 30s. The clouds will clear out in time for the weekend, which is going to start out quite cold. We will have more on some flurry chances tonight and Friday and a detailed look at your weekend forecast coming up here.
TONIGHT:
Rain showers and thunderstorms including some hail makers moved through West Tennessee during the first half of the day. Drier and cooler weather will return for the rest of the night across the region. The winds will start out breezy out of the northwest all night long between 15025 MPH. Thursday night lows will be chilly again and as the skies clear out, temperatures could fall down into the low 30s near freezing. A few flurries could develop at times for some of tonight.
FRIDAY:
Friday is going to a chilly day across West Tennessee with highs struggling to make it out of the 30s. Most of us will top out around 40°. Skies will be cloudy during the day and even a few flurries could pop up at times for some of us. The winds will be quite pesky as well out of the northwest between 15-20 MPH. The winds will make it feel in the 20s most of the day. Friday night will be the coldest weather in this forecast as morning lows will drop to the mid 20s for the start of the weekend.
THE WEEKEND:
Temperatures are going stay below normal on Saturday with highs only making it into the mid 40s. The skies will be sunny for the most part on Saturday and more clouds will move in during the day on Sunday, especially late into Sunday night. The winds will come out of the northwest on Saturday before turning back to the west or southwest on Sunday.
That will allow temperatures to warm back up some on Sunday with highs reaching the mid 50s. Saturday night will again be chilly with lows around 30°, but Sunday night will be warmer with overnight lows falling into the mid 40s. The next chance for showers and maybe a few storms will be here next Monday to start off the following work week.
NEXT WEEK:
Warmer weather and storm chances will continue into next week across West Tennessee. We will be dodging a few storms and rain showers on Monday for MLK JR. day. We should be a break from the rain on Tuesday before the next round shows up on Wednesday. Temperatures will warm up into to the upper 50s to near 60° for both Monday and Tuesday. We could be back up to the mid to upper 60s on Wednesday. Overnight lows early in the week will fall down to the mid to upper 40s each morning. The winds will be breezy at times and come out of the south or southwest. Some stronger storms could be possible on Wednesday, so be sure to stay weather aware into next week.
FINAL THOUGHT:
After the coldest Christmas in decades here in West Tennessee, warmer weather has returned for most the start of the year. This warm up will lead to more rain chances and the potential for some stronger storms as we kick off 2023. We had our first confirmed tornado on January 3rd near Brownsville. The next chance for rain showers and maybe a few storms will return next Monday and Wednesday. 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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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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