Showers & Weak Storm Chances Thursday Night
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
A mini supercell storm has been rotating and producing heavy rain and some gusty winds since before 7pm in West Tennessee. The storm started in Gibson County and passed Henderson county and now is heading for Hardin County. The storm will weaken by 10pm and move out of our area. We will have a recap of today’s storms and a detailed look at your weekend forecast coming up tonight at 10 PM on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News. Oh, also, there looks to be a fall like pattern change coming towards the back half of the forecast too. Catch the full forecast right here.
We have only seen over 0.10″ of rain twice in Jackson over the last 30 days and we had our best chance for rain this week on Thursday and some showers will continue into Thursday night. For the first time in over 3 weeks we topped 90° for back to back days this week. We could see a few more 90s as we kick off October as well. Catch the latest on rain chances where you live and find out just how long the heat is going to sticking around for coming up right here.
TONIGHT:
The best chance for rain this week was on Thursday but many of us didn’t pick up any rain at all. The front connected to a low pressure system to the north slowly moved to the south and brought a few showers and some gusty storms into West Tennessee. The winds came out of the south and were light during the day and will vary in direction and speed tonight. Thursday highs reached the upper 80s for most of us and expect partly cloudy skies again tonight. Thursday night lows will drop down to the mid 60s and a few showers may continue overnight into Friday morning.
FRIDAY:
The streak of great weather on Friday for high school football will continue again this week. Rain showers are not in the forecast after the sun comes up and expect mostly sunny skies. Highs on Friday will reach the upper 80s to near 90°. Kickoff for the games will be in the 70s and dropping to the 60s by the end of the games. The winds on Friday will be light and stay out of the southeast. Overnight lows Friday into Saturday morning will dip into the mid 60s as well. Great weather will look to continue into the weekend.
THE WEEKEND:
The winds this weekend will come out of the east keeping the pleasant and mild weather around all weekend long. Expect only a few clouds as sunny skies will look to dominate the weekend across the Mid South. Highs this weekend will reach the upper 80s and some locations could even top 90° for the last day of September and the first day of October coming this weekend. Morning lows will start out in the low to mid 60s both mornings. As of now, rain showers are not expected this weekend, so be sure to take advantage of the nice weather and make some outdoor plans!
NEXT WEEK:
The unseasonably warm and dry weather will continue into the first week or October across West Tennessee. Highs will continue flirt with the 90° mark and overnight lows will typically fall down to the low to mid 60s. Skies will be mostly sunny to kick off the weak with the low humidity due to the easterly winds. By the middle of the week the winds will begin to shift back to the south and that will increase the cloud cover some and lead to a little bit more humid weather. Rain showers looks to stay away for most of the week. The next system could be on the way late in the week and we will be watching it closely for the potential of bringing back severe weather to Mid South as it gets closer late next week. Cooler weather will look to return by the following weekend to the Mid South.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Warmer weather will stick around for the first week of fall and continue into the the start of October. Shower chances remain slim in the forecast into early next week. A weather pattern change looks to be heading our way towards the back half of the next work week that might finally bring some fall weather back to West Tennessee. The tropics look to be relatively quiet but we are watching an area of potential development in the gulf but it is not likely to become a tropical system. We are not done yet with hurricane season just yet folks. 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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