Rain Continues Until Sunday Morning, Cold Coming for the New Year

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

December 28, 2024

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

West Tennessee has avoided any severe weather from this system that has produced many tornadoes in Mississippi this evening. We still could see a few gusty storms south of I-40 tonight as the system clears out. The rain should taper off by Sunday morning. Most of West Tennessee has seen between 1.5″ – 2″ of rain since Friday morning. There will be some flooding in low lying areas tonight and some roads will be covered in water so please travel carefully Sunday morning. The next cold front is coming on Tuesday and we are looking at a cold start to the new year as well. Catch the latest details here.

THIS WEEK:

Highs on Friday still reached the mid 60s and starting the day in the low 50s. The system came up from the south so that is why we didn’t see a drop in temperatures as it slide through in the morning. Friday night lows will only fell down to the mid 50s as gusty southerly winds up under a warm front will keep things warm and humid. But that warm and unstable atmosphere fueled another round of storms on Saturday across the Mid South. We didn’t much of the sun on Friday but it will look to return in the middle of next week and possible for a few hours on Sunday.

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THE WEEKEND:

The storm system that will produce the rain and storms Friday morning lifted straight to the north and another low pressure system and warm front connecting to the first system moved through on Saturday. Under that warm front, a humid and unstable set up will allow another round of heavy rain and storms to develop with it.

Like the system back on Friday, this one is also coming up from the south. Temperatures will not drop off much at all on Sunday and we should still hit the low 60s. Highs on Saturday reached the mid 60s which was warm enough for severe weather this time of the year. Saturday night lows will drop down to the mid 50s and Sunday night lows will fall into the mid 40s if the skies clear out a bit. The winds came out of the southeast on Saturday but turn to the west on Sunday as the system clears out. Saturday will be cloudy but we could see the sun peak out during the afternoon on Sunday.

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NEXT WEEK:

The next actual cold front to impact West Tennessee is coming by Monday night or Tuesday morning. That system looks mostly dry but a quick light shower could move through Monday night or early in the day on Tuesday. Highs on Monday will reach the mid 60s, but fall to the mid 50s on Tuesday and Mid 40s for New Year’s Day. New Year’s Eve night will drop to the mid 30s but upper 20s look likely Thursday morning. We will see some clouds on Monday but mostly sunny skies will look to return to kick off the new year. The winds will come out of the southeast on Monday, the west on Tuesday and northwest for Wednesday and Thursday. Next week looks mostly dry, but cold as of now!