It's going to be very humid over the next several days as the atmosphere charges up for a couple rounds of storms this week. Some of these storms, particularly Tuesday night, could be strong to severe, so we'll be keeping an eye on that here. Dew points have surged into the low 50s, meaning tomorrow is going to be very humid as these strong southerly winds bring in even more moist Gulf air. The rest of your forecast is coming up at 10
It has been a bit windy today but we have also seen a lot of sunshine. Temperatures will be a bit chilly tonight but highs this weekend are forecast to get close to 80° both days. The humidity will rise late in the weekend and into early next week setting the stage for the next chance for storms Tuesday night. Catch the latest on next week's storm chances and find out just how warm things are going to get next week; all tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
After a widespread 1-1.5" of rain over the last couple days, dry and nice weather will be returning Friday and sticking around into the weekend. The Forked Deer River will be running high in Jackson tonight approaching the flood stage. Rain will stay away through the weekend. Some storm chances will try to return in the middle of next week. Catch your weekend forecast hour by hour breakdown coming up tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
Heavy rain showers are impacting the Jackson area around 3PM and will be off and tonight and continue into the day on Thursday. Expect an additional 1/2-1" of rain with some isolated spots picking up 2 more inches by Thursday evening. The showers will be gone on Friday. Catch the latest on the weekend forecast and we will be tracking everything on the radar coming up tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
Showers are starting to increase behind a weak defused warm front (pseudo-warm front) thats set up right along the I-40 corridor. Showers and perhaps a few embedded storms will focus up on the boundary, albeit in a sloppy messy manner. The main and most probable effect will be the very heavy rain along with thunder and lightning. Should a storm manage to pack a punch, the main threat would be large hail and/oror locally strong wind gusts. Wind however will be more of a problem after midnight, but not from storms, but gradient winds.
Rain showers will be returning tonight and sticking around into Wednesday morning. Some storms will try to mix in, especially south of Jackson Wednesday afternoon and evening, some could be strong or severe. The rain will continue on Thursday before dry weather returns on Friday. Catch the latest on the storm threat and we will tell you about what appears to be a nice weekend on the way as well, all tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
Rain showers will be returning tonight and sticking around into Wednesday morning. Some storms will try to mix in, especially south of Jackson Wednesday afternoon and evening, some could be strong or severe. The rain will continue on Thursday before dry weather returns on Friday. Catch the latest on the storm threat and we will tell you about what appears to be a nice weekend on the way as well, all tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
After several large supercell storms dropped up to golf ball size hail across West Tennessee between 4-7PM, the storms are beginning to weaken. There still will be a threat for some small hail or brief heavy rain north of I-40 tonight but overall the severe weather threat is low. We will continue to track these storms tonight and if they become severe we will let you know!
The partial eclipse viewable in West Tennessee will continue until around 3:15pm. Skies will remain partly cloudy during the event. As we get going into the evening, rain showers will be moving up from the south. Get used to rain, showers are in the forecast for the next 4 days. Catch the latest on just how much rain we are going to see this week and find out when the most likely time for storms to be mixing in as well; all tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
We are watching several storms producing winds hail and some gusty winds tonight. The tornado threat appears to be very low but it isn't zero. A storm will move through Jackson Around 9pm, Martin around 9 PM, Henderson near 930pm. Jordan Hubbard will be keeping a close eye on things tonight, overall the storm threat is weakening quickly tonight.
Individual supercells are continuing to impact West Tennessee tonight. A couple of storms could be severe. So far the storms have just produced up to quarter size hail and wind gusts up to 60 MPH. There is a still a low threat for a tornado or two tonight so we are watching things closely. We will continue to update you on all WBBJ platforms tonight as the storms move through. The severe weather threat should wrap up between 9-10pm.
Storms are starting to fire along the I-55 corridor in AR/MO and moving into West Tennessee. We are keeping an eye on the cell currently moving into northwestern Dyer County. The timing for tonights storms is roughly 5-9 PM. It'll be quick due to the smaller warm sector of this system, however, the NWS and SPC have their eyes on us right now. The rest of your forecast is coming up at 5:30
A Marginal (1/5) Risk has been issued for Sunday and Monday. Both sets storms will be in the evening, so the skies north and west of Jackson should be clear enough to get a good look a the sun during the eclipse. The cold front that recently passed has swept away a lot of residual moisture, which is why the risk is currently low. We'll have a closer look at your forecast coming up at 6.
After a cold start to our Friday, it turned out to be a pretty nice afternoon. There is a better chance for frost tonight as the humidity will be a little higher, so protect those plants again. Saturday is going to be a great day, but some evening storms will try to pop up on Sunday. There is still a 50/50 chance the skies will break up enough for you to witness the eclipse in West Tennessee on Monday. We will have the latest up to the minute forecast details tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
Here is the animation of the Total Solar eclipse from the perspective of Jackson, TN starting at 12:40 PM, maximum coverage of 97.2% at 1:59 PM, the eclipse will end 3:16 PM CDT. Couple of notes... If can travel to the areas of 100% totality, it is absolutely worth it! I am ! But if not, we'll still have a pretty nice show over much of West Tennessee. By the way, at no point is it ever safe to look directly at the sun without your eclipse glasses in West TN (except one very small part of far NW Lake County.)
As the winds weaken some tonight and the skies become mostly clear, overnight temperatures are going to fall quickly and make it down to the mid 30s by sunrise on Friday. Friday afternoon and Saturday are looking pretty nice but showers will return on Sunday for some of us. Catch the full weekend hour by hour breakdown and find out your chances or being able to see the eclipse on Monday, all coming up tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
Spotty showers and brief downpours will continue off and on through this afternoon, especially when sun shows up and creates instability. Some showers will also have small hail with them, pea-sized... The cycle will diminish after 5 or 6 pm towards sunset...
Although the storm energy isn't very high, there is still plenty of rotation in the atmosphere in West Tennessee this evening. Although not likely, a small tornado or two cannot be ruled out this evening until the front passes. The front will move through Jackson around sunset and move past the Tennessee River a couple hours later. We are still watching everything very closely in the 7 Storm Team Weather Center. We will have a full report tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News.
We are still watching two cells that will move through Hardin county over the next hour. If you are in Chester county, or live in areas north and west of Chester county, your severe storm threat looks to be over. The storms in Hardin County will move out by 2pm. There could be a few non severe storms along the front later this afternoon as it passes by, but we are not overly concerned for them to become strong or severe at this time. We will continue to watch things closely in the 7 Storm Team Weather Center this afternoon.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued. until 9:00 AM CDT. This storm is capable of frequent/continuous lightning along with torrential rain along with penny to quarter sized hail. winds of 60 mph will be possible as well.
