50.50 Chance for a Freeze Tonight, Rain Back Next Week!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

November 22, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

The coldest weather this fall is here and it is here to stay through Saturday. Make sure you grab the winter gear if you are heading out tonight to catch some high school playoff football! There is a 50.50 chance we drop below freezing tonight for the first time this fall in Jackson! Rain showers and maybe some storm activity will look to return next week. Warmer weather will move in towards the back half of the weekend as well. Things could get a bit stormy around Thanksgiving that could impact your travel plans. We will let you know when some warmer weather will be returning as well as when the rain showers will return; all coming up here.

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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 stuck around until Tuesday morning. Rain showers and a few storms will also mixed in Monday night and lingered around into Tuesday morning with most of seeing close to 1/2″ of rain. A few storms mixed in but we didn’t see any severe weather again. Clouds moved out during the day on Tuesday bringing back mostly sunny skies for the most of the work week. Some clouds returned briefly Wednesday morning along the next front that brought some gusty winds and a 15° temperature drop.

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Temperatures were warm Monday night due to the clouds and the winds. The winds came out of the south early on Tuesday and started out breezy before weakening as the day went on. The winds picked back up again around sunrise Wednesday morning and will be intense for the rest of the work week. Lows only reached the low 60s Monday night but dropped to around 50° Tuesday night. Monday’s front came in from the west instead of the north so it didn’t bring much of a temperature drop as highs still reached the low 70s on Tuesday. Wednesday night lows will fell down into the upper 30s but with the breezy winds, it will felt near freezing Thursday morning. Please bundle up and make sure the little ones have their winter gear ready to go for Football tonight and for outdoor activities on Saturday.

Our second major cold spell of the fall showed up Wednesday morning. The front was a mostly dry front for us but did bring an increase in clouds during the middle of the day on Wednesday as the front passed before clearing back out into the evening hours. Highs on Wednesday still reached the upper 50s to near 60° keeping high temperatures near normal for this time of the year. The winds shifted from the west to the northwest and were quite windy at times as the front moved through. The winds stayed windy out of the northwest all day on Thursday as well with gusts over 30 MPH in the late morning and early afternoon hours. Thursday highs only reached the low to mid 50s but Thursday night lows dropped to the low to mid 30s. 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 to mid 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 to upper 30s. Sunday night lows will only drop down to the low to mid 50s 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. There could be a better chance for a couples stronger storms late Wednesday into early Thanksgiving morning but as of now, severe weather seems unlikely at this point. We will keep a close eye on the holiday forecast next week and how it could impact your travel plans as well!