Another VERY COLD Weekend Coming, Warm Up & Rain Back Early Next Week!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

6 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

The front is now pushing south of West Tennessee and temperatures are going to continue to drop down to the low teens tonight for most of us. On top of the cold, the winds will be steady around 10-15 MPH out of the north dropping the feels like temperatures down to between 0 and -5° by the time the sun comes up. Highs will only reach the mid 20s on Saturday, but we should be back into the mid 30s by Sunday. A nice warm up is coming early next week but also a round of rain showers with the warm up. Catch the latest up to the minute forecast information, coming up here.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com COLD WEATHER ALERTS FROM 9PM FRIDAY UNTIL NOON SUNDAY, WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS LOWAS-5° -5° CRITERIA FOR WEST TENNESSEE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY Issued when the apparent temperature drops down between 0-5° in West Tennessee or wind chill near -10° EXTREME COLD WARNING Issued when the apparent temperature drops down cooler than 5° 10° or a wind chill near -20°'

The next front approached on Wednesday but struggled to push completely through West Tennessee and stalled up just north of us. Highs hit the mid 30s on Wednesday and we were even warmer and reached the mid 40s on Thursday. Thursday night lows will fell down to the mid 20s under a mostly cloudy sky. The winds turned to the northeast overnight as the front started to move through. After the front moved in late Thursday night into Friday morning, cooler weather slowly crept back in. Highs struggle to get above freezing on Friday only reaching the upper 20s and low 30s. We saw a mix of sun and clouds on Friday with a steady breeze out of the north. The periods of sunshine did help melt off some snow and ice into the afternoon hours. Friday night lows will be quite chilly falling down to the low teens, but the winds will make it feel even colder. The wind chill could fall down between 0 and -5° at times.

THIS WEEKEND:

After starting out close to 10° to kick off the day, highs on Saturday will only make it up to the low 20s° with a wind chill in the single digits most of the day. We will see partly cloudy skies and possibly some clearing Saturday evening into Saturday night. Another cold air advisory has been issued from Friday night through the middle of the day on Sunday. The winds will be blustery on Saturday and come out of the north between 10-20 MPH. Saturday night lows could drop into the single digits depending on the amount of cloud cover we get Sunday morning.

May be an image of map and text that says 'eattle nd DismarCk Billings STORRPTEAM WEATHER Minneapolis ait Lake CiLy wbbjtv.com Denver Quebec Ottawa St. COLD WEATHER ALERTS COLD AIR BLASTING AS FAR SOUTH AS THEGULF THE GULF AND FLORIDA Wichita St. Louis Cincinnati Y Washington Jackson Dallas The front is now pushing south of West Tennessee and temperatures are going to continue to drop down to the low teens tonight for most of us. Raleigh Atlanta Houston Jacksonville Cold weather alerts go as far south as Miami Florida from this system Miami'

The winds will weaken on Sunday and we should see more sunshine, this will warm us back up to the low 30s. Sunday night lows will be mild and fall down to the low 20s as a southwest breeze is expected to return late Sunday and stick around into early next week. We are not expecting much to melt off this weekend as temperatures will be near or below freezing all weekend long.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com STORM TEAM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST, SUN 3:00 PM HAIN MIXED Union City 32° Ridgely Ridg 33° SNOW Martin 31° Paris 31° Dyersburg 33° Highs will only reach the mid 20s on Saturday, but we should be back into the mid 30s by Sunday. Trenton 33° Hunting don 32° Camden 32 Alamo 33° Ripley 34° Brownsville 34° Coving fon 35° Jackson 33° Lexington 33 Parsons 33° Henderson 33° Memphis 36° Somerville 35° Bolivar 34° Selmer 34° Savannah 33°'

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. Highs on Monday will warm back up into the mid 40s and that will start melting more snow again. Monday night lows will fall down near 30° as a west or southwest breeze will be hanging around. Expect a mostly sunny day on Monday but more clouds will be moving in late in the day on Tuesday. The next front will pass by sometime late on Tuesday and could bring some cold rain showers our way. The system will not bring much in the way of showers or way and if it does, snow and ice chances are looking quite slim at this time. Highs will reach the upper 40s on Tuesday and fall down to around 40° on Wednesday. The big question is, how cold will we get by Tuesday night if the showers are falling and we are thinking low to mid 30s is where we will bottom out. So we will need to monitor the forecast closely for next week as being off by a few degrees could change up the forecast.