Warmer Weather this Week, Late Week Storm Chance Back in the Forecast

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

January 27, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Last night’s system brought a few showers and dropped temperatures a little bit, but tonight will be our last night below freezing this week. Warmer weather will move in but we should be dry for a few days. The next system coming in later this week will bring some heavy rain and likely some thunderstorms with it. As of now, severe weather cannot be ruled out Thursday night into Friday morning. We will be keeping a close eye on the late week storm threat as well and let you know how close to 70° we are going to get this week; all coming up right here.

THIS WEEK:

Behind Sunday’s weak system temperatures dropped back down near normal for this time of the year. The low pressure system and weak front brought a few showers Sunday evening/night with most of the rain staying south of Jackson and along the border with Mississippi. Highs on Monday reached the upper 40s to near 50°. Monday night will be our only night this week where temperatures will fall down below freezing with most of us dropping down to around 30° to start our Tuesday.

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Tuesday will be another day packed with sunshine and the northerly winds from Monday will be replaced with southwest winds into the afternoon. This will allow highs to reach the mid to upper 50s on Tuesday and Tuesday night lows will fall down to the upper 30s. Rain is not in the forecast on Tuesday or Wednesday this week. Wednesday the warm up will continue with most of up making it up to around 60°. Clouds will move back in late in the day on Wednesday and we will be mostly cloudy by Wednesday night. The winds on Wednesday are forecast to come out the west as an area of high pressure will continue to dominate our weather across the Mid South. Wednesday night lows will dip down to around 40°.

The next system is on the way for our Thursday and will impact our weather through Friday morning. A low pressure system will become stronger in Texas late in the week and a warm front will spawn and lift across West Tennessee on Thursday. As the front lifts, some showers will be possible in the morning and chances for storms will increase late in the day on Thursday and move through sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning. As of now, the severe weather threat looks low but cannot be ruled out depending on the timing of the storms and where the low pressure sets up on Thursday. Storms, however, look more likely than not as of now. The rain should clear out by Friday afternoon.

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Thursday highs will make it up to around 60° but Thursday night is going to be warm and humid. Thursday night lows will fall down to around the mid 50s as the dew point and available moisture will be high and that is why we are expecting a round of storms to move through. Friday will be a warm and humid day and reach the mid 60s before the cold front section of the system pushes through late Friday and will drop temperatures back down to the low 40s by Saturday morning. As the front passes, a few light showers cannot be ruled out Friday night into Saturday morning. Expect a mostly cloudy day on Friday but the clouds should begin to break up some early into the weekend.

THE WEEKEND:

Behind the late week storm system, the weather this weekend will be improving. A few showers or two cannot be ruled out Saturday morning but most of the day on Saturday and Sunday will be dry for West Tennessee. Highs on Saturday will reach the mid 50s and the winds will be light out of the northeast. Sunday, the winds will be back to the southwest and that will allow highs to reach the mid 60s for the first time in a couple weeks. Sunday will also be a mostly sunny day so expect a really mild weekend across the entire Mid South. Saturday night the winds will be calm which will allow temperatures to fall down to around 40° before the warm up comes on Sunday. We are expecting more 60s t0 linger around as we kick off the following week as well.