Rain Moves Out, Cold Moving Back on in!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

December 18, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

We picked up on average about an inch of rain this morning. We saw plenty of lightning and heavy rain this morning but avoided any significant storms or severe weather. The rain has cleared out and the cold will be returning tonight. Another front is on the way early Friday which usher in another cold weekend. Rain will look to return around Christmas. Catch the full forecast right here.

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THIS WEEK:

We picked up a solid inch of rain across most of West Tennessee this morning and encountered some non severe storms as the front moved through. Wednesday highs reached up to around 60° in the morning but dropped quickly behind the front in the late afternoon and evening. We should fall down to around the mid 30s by Thursday morning. After the early day rain. high pressure is moving on in starting a cold and dry spell to hang around for the rest of the work week.

Thursday highs will only reach up to around 50° but we will see mostly sunny skies. The winds will come out of the northwest on Thursday and stay out of the north on Friday as well. Thursday night lows will be chilly again and drop down to around the freezing mark of 32°. Friday is going to be a very cold day as the arctic air will begin to funnel back on in behind an early morning cold front. Friday will be mostly sunny, but highs will only reach the low 40s and Friday night lows will drop back down to the low 20s again. We will be dry Thursday and Friday but it is going to be cold both days.

THE WEEKEND:

Winter officially kicks off on Saturday at 3:21am (the winter solstice) and it is going to feel very winter-like this weekend. The weekend is going to start out quite chilly for all of the Mid South. Saturday morning lows in West Tennessee will be in the low 20s and highs on Saturday will only make it up to around 40° again. We will see mostly sunny skies this weekend but it will feel quite winter-like for both days. Sunday morning temperatures will start out again in the low to mid 20s and highs on Sunday, just like Saturday will only reach the low 40s at best. The winds will come out of the north all weekend long keeping our temperatures down. We will be dry this weekend but the next chances for rain and maybe some storms will be back Tuesday into Wednesday next week, just in time for Christmas.