Windy Weather Followed By Showers And Storms Election Day

Weather Update: Monday, November 4–

Severe weather has been breaking out over the eastern Plains into the 4 Corners area off to our west. Showers and storms will continue there overnight, but they will not head our general direction until Election Day.

WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES INTO ELECTION DAY:

In the meantime, the system occurring off to our west is the result of a strong mid level wind system along a deepening low pressure system. To our northwest is a strong area of high pressure which has helped to hold the rain just off to our west. The transfer of winds from the high to the low pressure area has resulted in a strong pressure gradient and gusty winds up to 41 mph as the result. Winds will continue overnight into Election Day.

RAIN HEADS INTO WEST TENNESSEE ELECTION DAY:

In addition to windy conditions again tomorrow, rain will slowly start to approach west Tennessee into the late morning Tuesday with most of the rain holding off until the afternoon with exceptions to the counties along the Mississippi River. Rain and a few storms will push near I-40 by around 3 PM and continue further east into the evening with rounds of showers and storms lasting all night and into Wednesday.

The system should weaken some as it heads our way but there will be a few storms and heavy pockets of rain in the mix by late tomorrow afternoon and evening. And the rain will last through the evening with rounds of showers and storms from the evening and overnight into Wednesday morning with showers and storms continuing into the afternoon Wednesday before tapering back some for Thursday and Friday.

ELECTION DAY FORECAST:

Right now the best chance to go vote and not deal with rain looks to be the first half of Tomorrow. Most of the rain will hold off until around 2 pm but later in the afternoon, we’ll see rain spread in over much of west Tennessee by the evening.

LATE WEEK AND WEEKEND

Rain will move out by Thursday morning and most of Thursday and Friday look dry with highs in the lower 70s. Rain will return again by Friday night and be off and on into Saturday and Sunday.  Rain should taper off just in time for Veterans Day on Monday.

Brian Davis

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