Post Tropical Cyclone Francine to Bring Heavy Rain & Gusty Winds Tonight!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

September 12, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Post Tropical Storm Francine will drift to the northeast tonight before stalling out on Friday. That will make determining where the heaviest rain bands will be on Friday and Saturday difficult to forecast. There will be some weaker storms along the outermost band likely between Jackson and the Tennessee river on Friday. The showers will be off and on and there will be dry periods for a few hours at a time too. The system will slowly drift to the southeast and weaken over the weekend, but not before most of us see another 1-3″ of rain before the weekend is over. If you have weekend plans, Sunday looks nicer than Saturday as of now as well. We will break it all down for you and have the latest forecast information coming up right here.

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THIS WEEK:

After dropping to 50s earlier in the week, we saw one last 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 gusty Thursday night before calming down on Friday. Skies will be cloudy tonight and stay that way through the weekend for most of West Tennessee. We may not see much of the sun for 4-5 days in a row.

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The heavy rain and gusty winds will be here on Thursday and continue tonight. The winds and rain will both increase as the evening 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!

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.

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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.