Tuesday Evening Forecast Update

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

May 20, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

We are pretty certain a tornado touched down today near the airport in Jackson. Debris from Kirkland’s warehouse near the airport was tossed high up in the sky as a likely tornado touched down there earlier this afternoon. Here is a look at some of the photos and damage from today’s storms. Catch the rest of the week’s forecast as well as a look at your upcoming three day weekend right here.

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THIS WEEK:

There were some storms in the morning on Tuesday, some were strong but we got a break in the late morning into the early afternoon that helped recharge the atmosphere for more severe weather between 1pm and 7pm. The storms moved through close to the time kids will be heading home from school so we needed to keep a close eye on things in the afternoon as the storms developed. These storms did not just pop out of nowhere so we were able to give people plenty of time to seek shelter or head inside before the storms show up. All severe weather modes were in play, that included tornadoes, gusty winds, and some large hail as well. We should be dry for the rest of the night.

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Highs on Tuesday reached the low to mid 80s before the afternoon storms showed up. The winds came out of the southwest all day and were quite breezy at times. It will also be another humid day helping to add fuel to the storms that will developed. We saw a cloudy morning, with some brief periods of sun before the clouds returned in the afternoon and evening. The skies should clear out Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Tuesday night lows will drop down to around 60°.

May be an image of tornado and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com wbbj .com VIEWER PHOTO -Hunter Walker Funnel Cloud Near Medina'

Wednesday is looking like a pretty nice day. We should see mostly sunny skies and highs on Wednesday will make it up to around 80°. It will not be very humid and the winds will vary but keep a westerly component to them most of the day. There will be a cold front on the way so it will be breezy at times. The front will pass by Wednesday night into early Thursday morning and could bring a few showers or a weak storm to two. Severe weather is NOT expected along the front and chances for rain are only 30-40% as of now.

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After a few morning showers or weak storms and some early day clouds, the weather should improve as the day goes on Thursday. Most of the day will be dry but it will be a bit cooler with the northwest winds behind the cold front. Highs on Thursday will reach the mid 70s and Thursday night lows will drop to around 50° to kick off our Friday. There will be some sun towards the back half of the day and mostly clear skies Thursday night.

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Friday is also looking like a pretty nice day. There will be some rain and weak storm chances returning late in the day of Friday into Friday night. Some will linger into the day on Saturday. Severe storms seem unlikely Friday night though. Highs on Friday will again only reach the mid 70s but Friday night will be a bit warmer that Friday morning with overnight lows falling down to the mid 50s. We should start the day with mostly sunny skies but some clouds will return later in the day and expect a mostly cloudy night. It will be warmer Friday night due to the clouds and shower chances.

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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND:

Not great news for the upcoming weekend if you were hoping for 3 nice days. Each day of the holiday weekend will include some rain showers and maybe some weak storms. Severe weather seems unlikely this weekend but there will be some weak storms mixing in with the rain showers. The exact timing of the rain and storms each day is still yet to be determined but a low pressure system looks to be close enough to impact our weather each day. As of now the most likely day to encounter storms will be on Monday. Rain chances are 40% on Saturday, 50% on Sunday and 60% on Memorial Day. It is NOT going to rain all weekend and there will be some nice periods as well so I am not saying cancel your outdoor plans, but make sure you stay weather aware and no where to take shelter if a storm or the rain showers move into your area.

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Highs on Saturday and Sunday will be in the mid 70s with Sunday maybe being a few degrees warmer. Monday will also be in the mid 70s but probably be a bit more humid as well due to the winds returning out of the southwest. The winds on Saturday are forecast to come out of the east keeping the dew point down a bit. Saturday night lows will fall to the low 60s but Sunday, the winds will return to the south, keeping Sunday night lows up and only falling down to the mid to upper 60s. The humidity will be increasing late in the weekend and that is why we think there is a better chance for storms on Monday than over the weekend. But again, each day we are expecting some rain showers to pop up at least. Expect more clouds than sun all weekend long and there will be several hours of cloudy skies although the sun may try to peek through each day for a couple hours as well.