Few Mid Week Sprinkles, Storm Threat Returns Easter Weekend!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

April 16, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

A warm front is moving in from the west and will bring a few light showers or sprinkles tonight north of Madison county in West Tennessee. The front will linger near the Tennessee/Kentucky border and could keep a few showers around on Thursday as well; but most of us will not see the rain. Warm and humid weather is on the way as we wrap up the work week and head into the weekend setting the stage for some potential strong storms. The greatest chance for severe weather as of now appears to be late in the day on Easter and we will tell you all about it right here.

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Severe storms are expected to return later this week and last into Easter Weekend. The storm threat on Saturday looks to be late in the evening with most of the storms staying to the northwest of West Tennessee. The threat on Sunday looks late and will move through into the evening and last into early Monday morning. As of now, the threat on Sunday appears to be greater than Saturday for us as of now, but we will be keeping a close eye on it as the week progresses. Stay with WBBJ as the storm system gets closer for more information. Catch the latest right here.

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Here is a look at the damage tracks of all 32 tornadoes (color-coded by intensity) the National Weather Service in Memphis found from surveys across the Mid South. These tornadoes all occurred during our stint of severe weather from April 2 to April 5.

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THIS WEEK:

We saw plenty of sunshine on Tuesday but a few more clouds returned Wednesday afternoon/evening and even a few sprinkles riding a slow moving warm front. The winds stayed out of the north all day on Tuesday and that continued on Wednesday. Tuesday night is where we bottomed out this week and fell down into the upper 30s. It looks like we have seen our last freeze of the season and most likely our last frost as well. Feel free to plant if you get the time this week. The weather may not be great to plant this weekend as some rain showers and storms appear to be on the way. Highs on Wednesday made it back up into the low 70s. Wednesday night will be close to normal again around 50°.

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The next warm up is coming on Thursday. Highs will reach the upper 70s to near 80°. The reason we will be warmer is due to the southerly winds with plenty of sunshine as well. We will be dry on Thursday but the humidity will increase into the afternoon and evening. The more humid air will allow overnight temperatures to only drop down to around 60° to kick off our Friday. We are expecting more clouds on Friday but it will again be a warm and humid day. There could be a few showers late Friday but we are expecting most if not all of them to stay to the northwest of West Tennessee. Highs on Friday will reach the low to mid 80s and Friday night lows will be warm as well falling down into the mid 60s. The winds on Friday will stay out of the south.

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EASTER WEEKEND:

Southerly winds are expected to hang around all weekend long and that will keep the temperatures and humidity up as well. The warm and humid air, in combination with an approaching storm system, will look to bring some stronger storms and potential severe weather back to the Mid South this weekend. The most likely time to be impacted with severe storms as of now looks to be late in the day on Easter. The timing and severity of the event will likely change some and we will have updates for you multiple times a day this week as the weekend gets closer.

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Highs on Saturday will reach the low 80s and expect mostly cloudy skies. There could be some late showers on Saturday but that all depends on where the warm front section of the system sets up. Saturday night will be warm with Easter morning lows starting in the low to mid 60s. Expect more clouds than sun on Saturday and mostly cloudy skies on Easter. Highs on Easter will reach the low 80s before falling down to the low the mid 60s by Monday morning.