Cooler Start to the Week, Record Heat & Rain Back in the Forecast Later this Week!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

6 hours ago

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

After hitting 88° in Jackson for the first time in March (since we have been keeping records), last night’s front dropped temperatures about 25-30° on Monday. As cool as it felt today compared to the weekend, we actually hit 65°, right where we are supposed to be this time of the year. Pretty crazy to drop 25° behind a front and still be at average temperatures the following day. Highs will make it back up to around 70° on Tuesday, 80° on Wednesday and upper 80s look likely on Thursday, up near record highs again. Another front is coming on Friday that could bring some spotty showers, that front’s cool down will be short lived too. Above average temperatures are expected, for every day of the rest of the month of March, after Saturday. We will have the latest on the record heat and rain chances as well as a look into your upcoming weekend forecast coming up here.

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THIS WEEK:

After reaching up to near 90° both days this weekend, we cooled back down to normal across West Tennessee for our Monday. Highs reached up to the low to mid 60s on Monday and we will fall down to the mid 40s tonight. Clouds will be increasing tonight and the winds will be light out of the northeast. Showers are unlikely tonight and although a few sprinkles could show up on Tuesday as the front lifts back through, most of us will be dry until Friday.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com 24 HOUR TEMP CHANGE 3:20 PM Colby 2 Kansas City 14° St. Louis -41° Wichita -1° Indianapolis -43° Springtield field Spring 32 Evansville -36° Lexing gton -30° Tulsa -25° Oklahoma City Jackson 27° Little Rock 22° Knoxville -22° Huntsville 24° After hitting 88° in Jackson for the first time in March, last night front dropped temperatures about 25-30° on Monday.'

Tuesday will be a transitional day as a weak front will drift back through. This will keep clouds around early in the day before they clear out later in the day. The winds will come out of the east most of the day but could turn to the south Tuesday night. Tuesday highs will reach the upper 60s to near 70° in Jackson depending on when the boundary moves through. Tuesday night lows will fall down to around 50°.

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The warm up kicks in on Wednesday with highs reaching the upper 70s to near 80°. The winds will be light and come out of the south during the day. We should see plenty of sunshine as well but there will be some clouds lingering around into the afternoon. Dry weather is expected to continue and Wednesday night lows will fall down to the low 60s due to the increase in humidity from the southerly winds.

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Another day of possible record highs is coming in on Thursday. The record is 86° in 2020 and the current forecast is 87° and could climb higher as the week goes on. Expect another mostly sunny day and it will be a little humid for this time of the year as well. Thursday night lows will fall down to around 60° and the winds will kick up some late in the day as the next front gets a little closer.

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The next front in the forecast is going to pass late in the day on Friday. As the front passes, some showers or weak storms appear possible but severe weather seems unlikely at this time for West Tennessee. Some of the forecast data has the rain missing up completely from the front, but that also seems unlikely that we won’t see some showers Friday afternoon and evening. Friday highs will only reach the low to mid 70s as clouds will be sticking around most of the day and the showers could show up before we can reach the 80s. Friday night lows will fall down into the upper 30s, possibly cold enough for a frost if the skies can clear out by Saturday morning. The rain should be gone by sunrise Saturday as well.

May be an image of map and text that says 'STORM STORMTEAM TEAM WEATHER wbbjtv.com EXTENDED FUTURECAST FRI 8:30 PM RAIN MIXED Union City 49° Ridgely 49° The next front is coming in on Friday and could bring some weak storm activity and scattered showers SNOW Martin 49° Paris 49° Dyersburg 49° Trenton 50° Hunting don 50° Camden 52 Alamo 50° Ripley 50° Brownsville 50° Coving oton 50° Lexing ton 54° Jackson 50° to our area, but severe weather seems unlikely at this time from that front for us. Parsons 54° Henderson 52° Memphis 52° Somerville 51° Bolivar 52° Selmer 59° Savannah 57°'

THIS WEEKEND:

We are looking at a much cooler weekend across the Mid South than the previous weekend but it still looks like it is going to be quite nice. Highs on Saturday will reach the low 60s after starting out the morning in the 30s. Expect a sunny day for the most part on Saturday with the low humidity due to the northeast breeze moving in behind Friday’s front. Saturday night will be a little cool with lows falling down to around 40° on Sunday morning. The winds will try to change back to the southeast during the day on Sunday and that will bring temperatures back into the low to mid 70s by Sunday afternoon. A few more clouds will move in on Sunday but we should still see a mostly sunny day. Sunday night lows will drop down to the low 50s to kick off next week. The weekend looks like it is going to be dry for everyone in our viewing area as of now.