WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
Joel Barnes,
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
A few spotty showers and weak storms will continue to move through West Tennessee overnight into the day on Friday. The showers will begin to clear out Friday afternoon. We are expecting a dry Friday night and a dry first half of the weekend. Some late weekend showers may also return and continue into Monday next week. There will be some scattered showers and storms each day in the forecast period. Catch the latest details and your hour by hour weekend forecast breakdown coming up
TONIGHT:
Most of the day Thursday was nice but a few late evening showers or weak storms will move back in. Rain chances will be increasing overnight into Friday morning, Thursday was another warm and humid day with highs in the mid to upper 80s. The winds stayed out of the south all day keeping the humidity up. Clouds built in as the day went on and we are expecting a mostly cloudy night too. Thursday night rain chances are 80% and temperatures overnight into Friday morning will fall down to the mid 60s.
FRIDAY:
Showers and storms are likely to develop and stick around for the first half of the day on Friday. As of now it does not appear to be a big severe weather type system for us but some storms will be likely. We are going to be encountering a cloudy day and rain chances are 80% as of now. The main question is when will the showers clear out on Friday. There is some uncertainty to when the showers will wrap up and if they will continue into Friday night. Friday will also be humid but a little cooler under the clouds and southwest winds. Friday highs will make it to the upper 70s and likely stay below 80°. Friday night lows will fall down to the low 60s to kick off your weekend.
THE WEEKEND:
As of now the weekend isn’t looking too bad for us in West Tennessee. Highs will make it into the low 80s and morning lows will hang around 60°. The winds this weekend are expected to come out of the northwest for a while on Saturday before changing back to the south into the day on Sunday. We are likely going to dry Saturday unless a few of Friday’s rain showers still linger around into Saturday morning. Rain chances will increase some late in the day on Sunday with a few weak evening storms being a possibility. Rain chances on Sunday are only 30% though. There will be more clouds regardless late Sunday if we see the storms show up or not.
NEXT WEEK:
We are expecting some showers and storms to kick off next week on Monday. There is a chance the showers and storms clear out in time for the fireworks Monday night for the Strawberry Festival, but it is going to be close. Highs will stay in the mid 80s for most of next week and morning lows will hang between 65-70°. It will be a warm and humid week with the winds coming out of the south for the majority of the week as well. There will be some pop up showers or weak storms in the middle of next week but they will be hard to forecast exactly when and where they will be popping up. The reason for these showers will be due to the high humidity each afternoon. There appears to be a better shot for rain and storms towards the back half of the week, unfortunately just in time for the parades in Humboldt on Thursday and Friday.
FINAL THOUGHT:
After a mostly dry weekend, rain showers and a few storms returned on Monday to West Tennessee as a cold front moved through. Behind the front, really nice weather is coming for the middle of the week before the next chances for rain and storms come back late in the work week. A mixed bag is on the way for the weekend as well. The current forecast keeps severe weather away from West Tennessee for the next 7 days but there will still be a few rounds of storms to move through.
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Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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