Warmer Thursday, Flurries Possible Friday, Arctic Blast Back this Weekend!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

3 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

We started out in the mid teens today before warming back up into the mid 30s again across West Tennessee. This helped melt more snow and ice today but be careful on the roads later as we will be falling below freezing tonight allowing what melted off to freeze as black ice in spots. We should top 40° for the first time in a while on Thursday before the next system moves in on Friday. A couple rounds of flurries will be possible but accumulations are not expected this time. We are expecting temperatures to get back down into the single digits as well as a wind chill between 0 and -5° both mornings this weekend though. Catch the latest on the cold and more on next week’s system coming up here.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORMTEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com CURRENT TEMPS 4:23 4:23PM UrionCl 34° 32° Dyersbarg 33° 33° 35° 36° 35° 34° 34° 35° We started out in the mid teens today before warming back up into the mid 30s again across West TN. This helped melt more snow and 37° 33° 35° STORM WEATHER wbbjtv.com STORM TEAM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST AM MIKED SNOW 20° ice today but careful on the 23° 19 20° 25° 25° 22° 22° roads later as we will be falling below freezing tonight allowing what melted off 30° 25° 27° 23° to freeze as black ice in spots.'

You need to look up the next few days if you are going to be outside! Falling ice is going to continue to an issue as temperatures are forecast to be above freezing again on Wednesday and Thursday causing melting. Be aware of your surroundings! At night, what melts will turn to black ice so you need to be extra careful on the roads as well. WBBJ’s Jordan Meteorologist Jordan Hubbard took this video this afternoon from WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News studios! Catch the latest on the little warm up before another cold blast moves through this weekend.

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Here are some of the snow, ice and sleet reports the National Weather Service in Memphis has received from its Storm Spotter Network. I am sure some people have different numbers, some lower and some higher as far as ice and snow totals. Plus I am sure some people had trouble determining what was sleet and what was snow when they took their measurements.

NWS REPORTS OF ICE:

NWS REPORTS OF SNOW:

Here’s our forecast transparency post from the winter event! We just got the official reports from the National Weather Service office in Memphis. Overall I think the 7 Storm Team did pretty well with our forecast from the event. Looks like there was a little less snow in Henry county than we forecast, and no ice reported along the Mississippi River north of Lauderdale county, but everyone else pretty much fell into our forecast zones. To be honest, with as difficult as this storm was to forecast, I was not expecting us to do this well. The forecast would have been better if we drew our parameter zones more at a 45 degree angle instead of at a 30 degree one. The warm nose pushed in faster and pushed further north than expected. I hope to NOT say warm nose again in 2026.

May be an image of map, snowplow and text that says 'STORM DWEATHER TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com STORM TEM 7 FORECAST EARLY SATURDAY AM THROUGH SUNDAY PM TOTAL SNOW/SLEET 6-10" TOTAL ICE 0.10-0.25" Union City City Tiptonville Martin Paris Dyersburg Trenton Ripley Huntilngdon Gamden Alamo TOTAL SNOW/SLEET 3-6" TOTAL ICE 0.25-0.50" ackson Lexington Parsons Henderson Bolivar Somerville Memphis Selmer Savannah TOTAL SNOW/SLEET 1-3" TOTAL ICE 0.50-1.00"'

We warmed up a bit on Tuesday because the winds returned to the southwest. With all the snow and ice on the ground, temperatures only warmed up a bit above freezing. Highs reached the low 30s and Tuesday night lows fell down to the mid teens. We did see a sunny day again on Tuesday helping to melt some of the ice and snow. A weak and dry front slide through on Wednesday and stalled out, but a more potent blast of cold air is coming in early on Friday. Expect more melting snow and ice the next couple of days but many roads will remain snow packed through the weekend in the backcountry.

The next front approached on Wednesday but it looks like a dry front and it will struggle to push completely through West Tennessee. Temperatures didn’t fall down much at all but we did see morning clouds on Wednesday that cleared out in the afternoon. Highs remained in the mid 30s on Wednesday and will make it up near 40° on Thursday. As the front moves in late Thursday night or Friday morning, highs will struggle to hit 30° on Friday. Friday night lows will not be too bad and we should fall down to around 20°, but high this weekend will not warm up much at all.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORMTEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com EXTENDED FUTURECAST SUN JN5:00A AM HAIN MIXED UrianC 0° SNON Paris Dyersburg Tresien Canden 5° Hunlingdan Ceviagten Jacksen 3° Lexiogon 6° Partens 6 tenderson Nenghls Serterella 5° Baliar 5° Saveneah 8° STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com WBBJ 7 WIND CHILL FORECAST SAT 2:30 AM HAIN We are expecting temperatures to get back down into the single digits as well as a wind chill between o and -5° both mornings this weekend for most of MIKED SNOW Paris Trenton Hurlisgrion Camda 0° Lexingtos -2° Somervile 2° Balvar -1° Selmer Savanah 1° West Tennessee'

THIS WEEKEND:

Highs on Saturday will only make it up to around 20° with a wind chill in the low single digits at times. We will see partly cloudy skies and possibly some clearing Saturday evening into Saturday night. Another cold air advisory could be issued depending on the upcoming wind speeds this weekend. The winds will be blustery on Saturday and come out of the north between 10-20 MPH. Saturday night lows will drop into the single digits with some of us falling down close to 0°. The winds will weaken on Sunday and we should see more sunshine, this will warm us back up to around 30°. Sunday night lows will be mild and fall down to the upper teens as a southwest breeze is expected to return late Sunday and stick around into the middle of next week. The next system is coming in the middle of next week and as of now, it looks like a rainmaker for us here in West Tennessee but areas up north near the Kentucky border cannot rule out a wintry mix showing up.