Frost & Severe Weather Potential – Main Weather Stories of the Week

5:05 am – It’s clear and in the 40s at this hour over West TN.  Temps range from 41 at Paris to 47 at McKellar-Sipes Airport in Jackson.  These readings are 5-10 degrees below average for late April.  High pressure ridging in from the southern plains will give us a mostly sunny morning.  Meanwhile a cold front with modified arctic air behind it will arrive this afternoon.  It will bring some moisture with it.  So look for some clouds and isolated showers and rumbles of thunder. 

The main story with this front will be the cold air behind it.  Temperatures will drop into the 30s tonight.  With mostly clear skies and light winds expected by sunrise, there will be areas of patchy frost.  Frost advisories may be needed.  The record low in Jacskon is 37º and we’re anticipating 35º.

It will be chilly on Tuesday – even with sunshine.  Highs will crest near just past 60º – more like mid-March rather than the end of April.

A nice warm-up will begin mid-week.  A potent storm system will be intensifying over the plains late in the week and will pose a threat for severe weather for us sometime of Friday.  I’ll be talking more about this as the week progresses.