2-4″ of Rain and 40 MPH Wind Gusts Coming Thursday From Francine!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

September 10, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

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Hurricane Francine is heading to the northeast across the Gulf of Mexico and heading for the coast of Louisiana. It will make landfall east of New Orleans Wednesday and could drop close to a foot of rain in the Big Easy (New Orleans). This could be a major problem for them if rain totals get that high. Closer to home in West Tennessee, we are also expecting heavy rain, most likely between 2-4″. The rain will start early in the day on Thursday and get very intense Thursday evening and stick around for the first half of the day on Friday. The showers could linger into the weekend for some of us. Catch the full forecast details right here.

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THIS WEEK:

After dropping to 50s the last couple mornings, we have one more warmer day on Wednesday coming. Warmer mornings are also on the way but afternoon temperatures will be cool under the thick clouds starting Thursday. . The winds will be light or calm until Wednesday evening/night. Skies will ne partly cloudy tonight before increasing on until Wednesday when some of the outer bands from the Tropical System Francine will be moving in. Clouds will be thick by Wednesday evening and a few showers may show up Wednesday night as well. We may not see much of the sun for 4-5 days in a row.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER STORM TEAM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST, THU 4:00 HAIN MIXED Tiptonville Union City SNOW Martin Paris Dyersburg wbbjtv.cor RAIN WILL START EARLY THURSDAY MORNING & GET HEAVY INTO THE AFTERNOON & EVENING HOURS. 2-4" OF RAIN COULD FALL ON THURSDAY ALONE Trenton Ripley Huntingdon Camden Alano Covington Jackson Brownsville Lexington Parsons Henderson Memphis Somerville Bolivar Selmer Savannah'

The heavy rain and gusty winds will be here on Thursday. The winds and rain will both increase as the day goes on. The rain and breezy weather will continue all day Friday but will try to break up some into the day on Saturday. The timing of when the storm will move out is the trickiest part of the forecast as of now. A widespread 2-4″ of rain looks to be coming for all of us. There will likely be some areas seeing higher amounts as well. On top of the intense rain, winds are likely going to gust up to 40 MPH for many of us at times on Thursday!

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv com WEAK FORECAST WIND GUSTS THU 8:00 Union City 29 Tiptonville 24 STRONG Marlin 36 Paris 37 Dyersburg 33 WINDS WILL GUST UP To 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS LOOK tO BE THURSDAY BETWEEN 6PM & MIDNIGHT FOR US ιΝ WEST TN! Trenton 36 Ripley 32 Huntingdon 36 Camden 38 Alamo 34 Coving ton 31 Jackson 39 Lexing ton 38 Brownsville 34 Parsons 43 Henderson 32 mURIUHIS 26 Somerville 40 Bolivar 31 Selmer 29 Savannah 36'

There is also a chance for some tornadoes on the outer bands of Francine, but where those are most likely to develop is also something we are monitoring over the next 48 hours. The greatest chance for spin up tornadoes associated with a tropical system are east of the center on the outer bands and east of the Tennessee River.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv. com WBBJ 7 TOTAL RAINFALL FORECAST Friday 6:00 6:00AM AM 2.0" 1:5" Union City 2.4" Tiptonville Martin 2.9" Paris 1.1" Dyersburg TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. MORE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN FRIDAY MORNING LASTING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING 2.1" Trenton 2.2" Alamo 1.6" Ripley 3.0" 3.5" Huntingdon Camden 1.6" Brownsville 2.9" Covington 3.5" Jackson 3.8" Lexington 4.2" Parsons 4.4" Henderson 2 2.7" Bolivar 2.7" Somerville 1.6" 6" 1. Memphis 2.7" 2 Selmer 3.8" Savannah'

Highs will only reach the low to mid 70s for the end of the week and morning lows will hang around the mid 60s. We are expecting it to get quite gusty on Thursday and possibly Friday as well as the system spins through. Do not expect to see the sun from Wednesday afternoon until late in the weekend.

THE WEEKEND:

Rain showers will likely be sticking around for the start of the weekend but will either clear out Saturday afternoon or maybe not until Sunday morning. Clouds will stick around most of the weekend as well and some sunshine may try to return on Sunday but the clouds could stick around most of the weekend. Highs will reach the low 80s this weekend and morning lows will hang around in the low to mid 60s. If you have weekend plans, Sunday looks nicer than Saturday as of now for outdoor activities.