Rain & a Few Storms Tonight, Late Week Freeze Possible as Well!
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
A big low pressure system approaching from the west will usher in some rain showers and maybe a few weak storms tonight. Severe weather is not expected but everyone is going to get in on the rain act. The showers will move through West Tennessee between 9pm tonight and sunrise Tuesday. Another front is coming early Wednesday and that one will bring the coldest weather so far this fall to the Mid South. We could be looking at our first freeze of the season later this week. Catch the full forecast coming up here.
THIS WEEK:
It has been a warm but breezy start to our work week in West Tennessee after a decent weekend. The record on Monday was 80° and we will fall just short but all of the region reached the mid 70s to kick off the week on Monday. The clouds returned Monday evening and will be sticking around until Tuesday morning. Rain showers and a few storms will also mix in Monday night starting around 9pm crossing the Mississippi River and coming through Jackson close to midnight. The showers should move east of the Tennessee River by sunrise Tuesday. Clouds will move out during the day on Tuesday bringing back mostly sunny skies for the majority of the work week.
Temperatures will be warm Monday night due to the clouds and the winds. The winds will come out of the south early tonight and be breezy before weakening and changing direction overnight as the front passes back to the west. Lows will only reach the low 60s tonight. The front is coming from the west instead of the north so it will not be bringing much of a temperature drop as highs will still reach the low 70s on Tuesday. Tuesday night lows will fall down to the upper 40s but another front, this one dropping in from the north, is coming Wednesday morning.
Our second major cold spell of the fall is coming Wednesday morning. The front looks like a mostly dry front for us but will bring an increase in clouds during the middle of the day on Wednesday as the front passes. Highs on Wednesday will still reach the upper 50s to near 60° before the front racing by. The winds will sift from the west to the northwest and be breezy to windy at times as the front moves through. The winds will stay breezy out of the northwest all day on Thursday as well. Thursday highs will only reach the mid 50s but Thursday night lows are forecast to drop to the mid 30s. There is a chance for a freeze but the most likely time to drop to the low 30s from this cold spell looks to be Friday night into Saturday morning. Regardless if it is cold enough for a freeze, frost is looking likely for both Friday and Saturday mornings in West Tennessee.
THE WEEKEND:
The weekend is going to start out chilly near freezing on Saturday morning and highs will only reach the low 50s just like on Friday. The winds on Saturday will shift to the west during the day and back to the south on Sunday. That will start a warming trend Sunday afternoon but Saturday night into Sunday morning is still going to be cold with morning lows on Sunday in the mid 30s. Sunday night lows will only drop down to around 50° due to the southerly winds increasing the dew point as we head into next week. Skies will be mostly sunny on Saturday and partly cloudy on Sunday. The next chance for rain looks to be on Monday and Tuesday next week. The system again does not look like it is going to bring any severe weather our way but we will be keeping a close eye on it as that system gets a little closer to our region.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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