Multiple Rounds of Rain Through Monday Evening
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
It has been a windy and warm day in West Tennessee. The humidity will be increasing tonight leading to a warm/humid night and some spotty showers. A few weak storms may mix in Friday morning and again Friday night. Rain will be off and on all weekend long as well. Some cold rain will linger into early next week too. Find out if we have a chance for any sort of winter precipitation mixing in coming up here.
TONIGHT:
Shower chances will try to return Thursday evening and night to the Mid South. We are not expecting much rain here in West Tennessee chances will start late Thursday and continue for a few days. The rain chances will continue into Friday morning but some heavier rain and maybe a few storms will return Friday night into the weekend. The winds stayed out of the south on Thursday and that allowed high temperatures to again reach the low 60s. Thursday night lows will only fall down to the mid 50s under the spotty showers and high humidity. Expect a mostly cloudy day and a cloudy night. Rain chances Thursday night are around 60%.
FRIDAY:
Rain showers and a few weak storms will linger Friday morning before clearing out into the afternoon. We could hear a few rumbles of thunder Friday morning but the system likely will not be bringing big storms or severe weather to West Tennessee. A few more pop up showers could develop later in the day on Friday. We will see a better chance for a few storms mixing on Friday night into Saturday morning.
Expect a widespread 1/4 to 1/2″ of rain from the late week system. Friday is going to be a warm and humid day with highs making it all the way up to the mid 60s. Friday night lows will also remain well above normal and drop down to the mid 50s. The winds will come out of the southwest all day Friday but transition back to the west for the weekend.
THE WEEKEND:
The weekend forecast appears to be challenging and will be very similar to what we saw the previous weekend. A low pressure system will track to the south of us along the gulf coast. Some of the northern rain bands associated with the system will move through West Tennessee. Like last weekend, the highest rain amounts will be in our southern counties and some of us near the Kentucky border could miss out on most of the weekend rain again.
Both weekend days we could see a break in the rain in the middle of the day. A few storms will pop up early Saturday morning but will likely clear out in the afternoon. More heavy rain showers will move in late Saturday evening and stick around Saturday night into Sunday morning. Most of the rain will stay in our southern counties.
The winds will come out of the west on Saturday and out of the northwest on Sunday. Expect a cloudy weekend for the most part. Rain showers will come in several rounds this weekend for most of us. Highs will reach the low to mid 60s Saturday and Sunday morning lows will hang around 50°. Sunday highs will be a litter cooler and make it up to the upper 50s. Chances for rain as of now is 70% on Saturday and 80% on Sunday. The rain will not be constant and will come in several waves, we might get a decent break during the day on Sunday before more rain comes back Sunday night into the day on Monday.
NEXT WEEK:
Monday will be a cooler day with temperatures hanging around into the low 50s or upper 40s all day long. More rain is expected to fall on Monday before clearing out late in the day or by Monday night. Tuesday will remain a bit cool but we should be dry on Tuesday with some sun returning into the afternoon. The winds will come out of the north or northwest to kick off the week. We could finally see a break in the warm weather later in the week as some more seasonably cool weather will look to move back in. As of now, Valentine’s Day looks mostly sunny and dry with highs in the mid 50s. Date night will see temperatures in the 40s in the evening on Wednesday.
FINAL THOUGHT:
The drought situation continues to improve across West Tennessee and this week is going to bring some more relief. We have 3 different systems that will look to bring some rain our way late in the week and again over the weekend. As of now, the flooding concerns appear to be low as well as the risk for severe storms. Temperatures will look to stay above normal at least until Valentine’s day next week.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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