Nice Weather to Wrap up the Work Week, Heat Coming Back this Weekend
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update
WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:
Wednesday was close to a perfect summer day in West Tennessee. Thursday is also going to be quite nice too. Friday we will start to heat back up above normal and heat indices will climb back into the triple digits for many of us this weekend. We are also expecting a mostly dry forecast, but there are a couple slight chances for some showers or storms. We will tell you when they may try to show up and catch the rest of your summer forecast coming up here.
TONIGHT:
The weather started to cooperate again on Wednesday and get used to it. The clouds cleared out during the day making for a really nice evening on Wednesday. The winds were a tad breezy at times and come out of west or northwest on the backside of Beryl as she will move to the north of us on Wednesday. The winds are likely to be calm tonight. Highs on Wednesday reached the mid 80s and will fall to the mid 60s Wednesday night.
THURSDAY:
Thursday looks to be a great day for all of West Tennessee. Skies will be sunny and there will only be a few clouds into the afternoon. The winds are forecast to come out of the northwest as well and that will keep the humidity down all day long. Highs will reach up to around 90° and Thursday night lows will fall to the upper 60s. Rain is not in the forecast on Thursday.
FRIDAY:
The great weather will continue on Friday for the entire Mid South. Highs on Friday will be a bit warm and reach the low 90s but the humidity is not expected to play a big role as the winds are still forecast to come out of the northeast on Friday. Friday night lows will drop down to around 70° to start out West Tennessee weekend. Rain is not in the forecast on Friday and skies are expected to be mostly sunny all afternoon long.
THE WEEKEND:
The nice and pleasant weather looks to be sticking around all weekend long for us here in West Tennessee. Highs will start to warm up a bit and the humidity will increasing as well towards the back half of the weekend. Highs are forecast to reach the mid 90s. The heat index on Saturday will be close to 100° and Sunday could reach as high as 105°. Another heat advisory could be issued this weekend.
The winds will come out of the west on Saturday but return back to the south on Sunday. Skies will be mostly sunny this weekend although there will some clouds popping up at times. Rain is currently not in the forecast this weekend, if we did see a shower chance, as of now Sunday seems more likely than Saturday due to the southerly winds.
FINAL THOUGHT:
The 2024 tropical season has started early and got off to a bang with Beryl. Not only was Beryl the earliest major hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin, it was also the earliest to become a category 5 storms too. Beryl nailed the southern Caribbean before making landfall again in south Texas. The storm brought tornadoes to East Texas on Monday and will try to bring severe weather to the Mid South again on Tuesday. Due to the location relative to Beryl, we need to stay weather aware and watch things closely on Tuesday for a few potential spin up tornadoes. After Beryl moves out, we could be looking at an extended dry period in West Tennessee, so picking up some rain from the tropical system might not be a bad thing, let’s just hope to avoid any tornadoes.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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