Near Freezing Tonight, Wet Valentine’s Day on the Way for West TN!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

3 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

Behind last night’s front, a much drier air mass has returned to West Tennessee and that will allow temperatures to get close to freezing tonight. Highs today were about 15° cooler than on Tuesday but it still was a pretty nice day with plenty of sunshine. Tonight will be the coldest night in the forecast as highs and lows are expected to stay well above normal for the remainder of the forecast and probably the rest of the month of February. No show or any sort of winter blasts are coming our way anytime soon, but another rain system is coming for the weekend. There still could be a few storms in our area but severe weather seems unlikely at this time. Catch the latest and full forecast details coming up here.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com CURRENT TEMPS 4:31 PM Union City 54° Ridgely 54° Martin 54° Paris 54° Dyersburg 55° Trenton 55° Behind last night's front, a much drier air mass has returned to West TN and that will allow temps to get close to freezing tonight. Highs today were about 15° cooler than on Tuesday Ripley 55° Huntingdon 54° Alamo 57° Camden 54° Coving Covington ton 57° Lexingto ton 56° Brownsville 57° Jackson 57° Henderson 58° Parsons 55° Memphis 58° Somerville 55° Bolivar 58° Savannah 59° Selmer 59°'

THIS WEEK:

It was a nice and sunny day, but a dry one behind Tuesday night’s cold front in our area. Highs still reached the mid 50s on Wednesday and we will fall close to freezing again by Thursday morning. The winds will be light and come out of the north allowing temperatures to get close to the dew points that will be sitting in the low 30s tonight. The north winds on Wednesday will shift to the east on Thursday and that will help keep the temperatures down a bit with highs making it up to the upper 50s on Thursday. Expect another mostly sunny day and night for Thursday.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com wbbjtv com STORM TEM 7 WEATHER FUTURECAST THU 6:00 AM RAIN MIXED Union City 31° Ridgely 32° SNOW Martin 32° Paris 33° Dyersburg 31° Trenton 32° Hunting gdon 32 Camden 35° Ripley 33° Alamo 32° Covington Coving gfon 32° Brownsville 33° Jackson 33° Lexington ton 33° Parsons 33° Henderson 33° Tonight will be the coldest night in the forecast as highs and lows are expected to stay well above normal for the remainder of the forecast Memphis 37° Semerville 35° Bolivar 32° Selmer 34° Savannah 32°'

Friday night lows will start out around 40° as some clouds are forecast to move in Thursday night. There could be a stalled up front developing later in the day that could produce a few showers, but rain chances are currently only 20-30% for Friday. Friday highs will reach the low 60s and Friday night lows will dip to the low to mid 40s to start the weekend. The winds on Friday will slowly shift to the southeast by Friday allowing the humidity to climb some just in time for the weekend.

THIS WEEKEND:

There is a decent shot for some storm activity this Valentine’s Day weekend in the Mid South and maybe here in West Tennessee. As of now, the bigger threat for severe weather looks to be just south of the Tennessee border but if the position of that low shifts even a little bit to the north, it may become a bigger problem for us and we need to watch it closely this week as the system develops and gets closer to our area.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com .com EXTENDED FUTURECAST SAT 7:00 AM RAIN MXED Union City 45° SNOW Ridgely 45° Martin 44° Paris 43° Dyersburg 46° There is another system heading our way for the weekend and we have some good news on that front; at least for us here in West Tennessee Trenton 46° Hunting don 45° Camden 45° Ripley 46° Alamo 46° Coving ton 47° Brownsville 46° Lexing ton 46° Jackson 46° Parsons 46° Henderson 46° Mem phis 51° Somerville 49° Bolivar 48° Selmer 49° Savannah 47°'

Highs on Saturday will make it up to around 60° and possibly the mid 60s depending on where the warm sector sets up from the weekend’s area of low pressure. The winds will come out of the south or southeast on Saturday but will move back to the northwest on Sunday as the system clears out. Expect a mostly cloudy weekend with only a few peaks of sunshine on Saturday and even lower chances for sunshine on Sunday. Saturday night lows will fall down to the mid to upper 40s again, depending on that warm sector associated with the incoming system. Sunday will be a little cooler with highs in the mid 50s.