One Last Cold Night, 60s Coming for Everyone Real Soon!
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
We are going to fall down to around 20° for the last time in a while tonight behind yesterday’s cold front. Look out for icy spots later tonight and especially Thursday morning. Highs will only reach up to around 40° on Thursday but some of us could hit 60° on Friday. If you do not get to 60° on Friday, you will next week. Another front will move through late in the day on Friday, but it will be a dry front. It will create some gusty conditions on Friday though as the front passes. Much warmer weather is coming next week and that could bring a couple chances for storms as well and we will have the latest coming up here.

THIS WEEK:
Temperatures made it up into the 40s for most of West Tennessee on our Tuesday and rain showers developed in the middle of the day. The rain, with the combination of the warmer temperatures today, did a 1-2 punch on melting the ice and snow across the region. We still have some work to do and most of what is left will melt on Friday and anything remaining will be gone by Sunday and highs will be up near 60° from Friday through the middle of next week. The next shot for precipitation probably isn’t coming until we get closer to Valentine’s Day. We dropped down to around 30° Wednesday morning and we did see some more snow and ice melt off today.

The sun returned by the middle of the day on Wednesday but temperatures still only warmed up to the upper 30s. Some of us hit 40°, but most of us will fell short. It was a bit breezy on Wednesday as well with a blustery northerly wind making it feel quite cold at times. Wednesday night will be our last night for a while dropping below 30° as we should dip down near 20° with the clear skies by Thursday morning. There will be some icy spots on the roads early Thursday, but with mostly sunny skies and a high in the low 40s, more snow and ice will melt during the day. Thursday night lows will fall down to around 30°.

Friday is going to be the warmest day we have had in a couple weeks. Highs will reach the mid to upper 50s and some of us could even hit 60°. Most of the ice and snow left across the area will melt on Friday. We will see a sunny day as well with a light breeze out of the west or southwest. With the clear skies, we will again fall down to the low 30s to kick off our weekend.

THIS WEEKEND:
It appears a weak and dry front will clip us sometime on Saturday but it will not be bringing any precipitation or a major cool down with it. Expect a 10° drop from Friday but the front will stall out during the day, and be lifted back to the north as a warm front on Sunday. Sunday highs will make it up to around 60° and low to mid 60s are on the way as we kick off next week. This warm up and pattern change will put us back into more of a severe storm concern than a winter type storm concern. Expect a mostly sunny weekend with some clouds on Saturday as the front moves through. The winds will vary in direction on Saturday but be back to the southwest on Sunday.

Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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