WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
We have one the last hot weekends of 2023 on the way tomorrow and Sunday as a legit cold front looks to be on the way late next week. Highs will make it up to around 90° with mostly sunny conditions. If you are looking for something to do on Saturday check out the Jackson Starlight Symphony at the First Presbyterian Church. If you are up for throwing some bags for some cash on Sunday, head over to the Century Farm Winery for some fun! We will have the latest on next week’s cold front coming up right here.
We have only seen over 0.10″ of rain twice in Jackson at the airport over the last 30 days and we had our best chance for rain this week on Thursday and the next chance will come next Thursday. For the first time in over 3 weeks we topped 90° for back to back days this week. We could see a few more 90s as we kick off October as well.
TODAY:
We are in for a great day weather wise with only some patchy morning fog to start off. Fog will give way to plenty of sunshine in the late morning and afternoon with high temperatures around the 90 degree mark. East winds around 5 mph.
THE WEEKEND:
The winds this weekend will come out of the east keeping the pleasant and mild weather around all weekend long. Expect only a few clouds as sunny skies will look to dominate the weekend across the Mid South. Highs this weekend will reach the upper 80s and some locations could even top 90° for the last day of September and the first day of October coming this weekend. Morning lows will start out in the low to mid 60s both mornings. As of now, rain showers are not expected this weekend, so be sure to take advantage of the nice weather and make some outdoor plans!
NEXT WEEK:
The unseasonably warm and dry weather will continue into the first week or October across West Tennessee. Highs will continue flirt with the 90° mark and overnight lows will typically fall down to the low to mid 60s. Skies will be mostly sunny to kick off the weak with the low humidity due to the easterly winds. By the middle of the week the winds will begin to shift back to the south and that will increase the cloud cover some and lead to a little bit more humid weather. Rain showers looks to stay away for most of the week. The next system could be on the way late in the week and we will be watching it closely for the potential of bringing back severe weather to Mid South as it gets closer late next week. Cooler weather will look to return by the following weekend to the Mid South.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Warmer weather will stick around for the first week of fall and continue into the the start of October. Shower chances remain slim in the forecast into the middle of next week. A weather pattern change looks to be heading our way towards the back half of the next work week that might finally bring some fall weather back to West Tennessee. The tropics look to be relatively quiet but we are watching an area of potential development in the gulf but it is not likely to become a tropical system. We are not done yet with hurricane season just yet folks. We got you covered in the WBBJ 7 Storm Team Weather Center as always.
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Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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