Showers & Storms Likely Through Early Thursday Morning

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

4 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Showers and storms returned on Sunday and have continued into our Monday here in West Tennessee. More showers and storms are in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday before quieter weather returns. We are watching some storms this evening but overall the severe weather threat looks low for us for the remainder of the night. There is a better shot for severe weather on Wednesday in the afternoon. We will be tracking everything on the radar and have your full forecast coming up right here.

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THIS WEEK:

After picking up some well needed rain and storms on Sunday, more of the same popped up on Monday across West Tennessee. The showers will clear out as the evening goes on but will likely come back on Tuesday in the morning. A few more storms will be possible on Tuesday but the main concern for severe weather on Tuesday will be areas west of the Mississippi River. Our main concern for a few severe storms this week will move through on Wednesday in the afternoon hours. By Thursday afternoon, sunny and dry weather will be coming back and lasting through the weekend.

Skies will remain cloudy tonight and the winds in general will be calm unless you encounter a storm here this evening. After the sun goes down, most of the showers will have wrapped up. Overnight lows will fall down to the upper 60s under the clouds and it will be a bit more humid tonight than it was the last couple of weeks. As we get closer to sunrise, more showers should pop back up and chances include pretty much all of West Tennessee.

Highs on Tuesday will again reach the low 80s. The winds will come out of the southwest keeping the humidity up a bit. Expect mostly cloudy skies, but there could be some times during the day when the sun is showing up. Rain showers will be off and on in the morning and a few storms will be possible in the afternoon hours. A severe storm or two cannot be ruled out producing some hail, gusty winds and heavy rain with lightning. Tuesday night some storms could linger and overnight lows will drop down to around 70°.

The best shot for severe weather is coming on Wednesday as the cold front will pass by late in the day. We are under a level 1/5 (marginal risk) as of now but an upgrade to a level 2 seems possible, especially in our southern counties before the front gets here. Highs on Wednesday will reach up to around 80° and Wednesday night lows will fall to the mid 60s. The winds on Wednesday will start out of the southwest but switch to the west or northwest Wednesday night as the front moves though. There could be a few lingering showers Wednesday night but by the time the sun comes up on Thursday, most of us will have seen an end to the rain.

Thursday and Friday are looking like great days across West Tennessee. There will be some clouds sticking around early Thursday morning before clearing out into the afternoon. Thursday will be a little cooler behind the front with highs reaching the upper 70s. The winds on Thursday will come out of the northwest behind the front and it could be a tad breezy at times early in the day. Friday is looking really nice with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 80s. Friday night football weather again is looking perfect. Thursday night lows will be a little cooler near 60° and we should fall into the upper 50s for Friday night into Saturday morning.

THE WEEKEND:

Great weather is on tap for the weekend across all of West Tennessee. In general expect sunny skies. There will be a few clouds, but not many. Also rain showers are not expected this weekend. Our first weekend of fall will be mild with highs reaching the low to mid 80s and morning lows sticking around between 55-60°. We could warm back up to the upper 80s by next Monday. Take advantage of the weekend weather if you like nice weather because we are not sure how many more of these nice weekends we are going to have as we get deeper into fall. The winds will come out of the northeast all weekend long across the region.