Francine Will Bring 2-4″ of Heavy Rain & 40 MPH Wind Gusts to West Tennessee!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

September 11, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORMTRACKER MAX MAXRADAR 9:24PM Jackson Tangipahoa Jennings 10 Bogalusa Baton Rouge Wiggins Lafayette Hammond 55 Garrett RUMHNOEHEATaMobil Mobi 731-668-3339 Donaldsonville Lydia Slideli 8.70" Biloxi 9.20" New Orleans Morgan City Dauphin 11.70" Houma Lafitte 7.90" 7.80" 13.20" Buras 8.10" 8. 8.50" Areas in Southern Louisiana Picked up between 8-12" of rain over the last 48 hours from Francine!'

Francine is still producing hurricane speed wind gusts during the 9pm hour in southern Louisiana. The storm dropped between 8-12″ of rain in many areas in and around New Orleans over the last 2 days. The storm will track north tonight and move into West Tennessee on Thursday. We will see a widespread 2-4″ of rain and gusts up to 40 MPH. Some downed trees and power outages will be possible. As of now, our spin up tornado risk appears to be low, but we will keep a close eye on forecasts and watch things closely on the radar tomorrow afternoon as the system moves in. Catch a full report right here.

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THIS WEEK:

After dropping to 50s the last couple mornings, we saw one more warmer day on Wednesday. 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 night. Skies will be mostly cloudy tonight before increasing Thursday morning when some of the outer bands from the Tropical System Francine will be moving in. Clouds will be thick through the first half of the weekend. 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 WEAK FORECAST WIND GUSTS THU 8:30 Tiptonville 27 STRONG Union City 29 wbbjtv com A wind advisory is in effect for most of West Tennessee. The strongest winds will develop between 2pm & 11pm Thursday! Marlin 34 Paris 31 Dyersburg 36 Trenton 34 Hunting don 32 Ripley 40 Camden 30 Alamo 34 Covington 37 Jackson 36 Brownsville 36 Lexington 30 Parsons 31 Henderson 33 Memphis 36 Somerville 36 Bolivar 27 Selmer 32 Savannah 29'

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 WIND ADVISORY THURSDAY 9AM UNTIL 1AM FRIDAY Northeast Winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected Ridgely Union City Martin Paris Dyersburg Trenton Camden Huntingdon Ripley Alamo Brownsville Covington Jackson Lexington Parsons Henderson Memphis Somerville Bolivar Selmer Savannah'

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 and currently do not seem likes in our viewing area. 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.

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.