West Tennessee Weather Summary

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER SUMMARY

WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN

10:40 AM CDT Saturday, October 11, 2008

.SYNOPSIS

SKIES ARE CLEAR AT MID-MORNING OVER WEST TN. TEMPERATURES AT 10 AM WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. WINDS WERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH. HIGH PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER WESTERN PA THIS MORNING AND IT IS RIDGING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. MEANWHILE A STORM SYSTEM IS ORGANIZING OVER THE ROCKIES BRINGING SOME OF THE FIRST SNOWS TO THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY.

.TODAY THROUGH COLUMBUS DAY

MORNING SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW MOISTURE INCREASING OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LOW OFF THE SC COAST. THROUGH THIS PERIOD, THIS SYSTEM IS TO MOVE WEST ALONG THE GULF COAST. THIS WILL ALLOW MORE MOISTURE TO WORK IN BEHIND IT AND INTO OUR REGION. WE SHOULD NOTICE THIS ON SUNDAY AND COLUMBUS DAY WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS. HOWEVER, THE WEEKEND AND COLUMBUS DAY SHOULD BE DRY. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. LOOK FOR HIGHS NEAR 80 ON COLUMBUS DAY.

.TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION BY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SPRAWLED FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. MOISTURE WITH PACIFIC HURRICANE “NORBERT” WILL LIKELY GET CAUGHT UP INTO THIS FRONT SO THAT SHOULD RAISE THE PROSPECTS OF RAIN FOR US NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW THE TIMING ON THE FRONT’S ARRIVAL IS WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE COMPUTER MODELS PUT RAIN CHANCES AS HIGH AS 50 PERCENT BY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS VERY REASONABLE, IF NOT A BIT LOW. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE WEATHER NEWS OF NEXT WEEK. THE WEATHER MAY REMAIN UNSETTLED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WEDNESDAY’S FRONT BEGINS TO STALL OVER THE REGION. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH ON FRIDAY. SO FOR NOW, WE’LL GO WITH JUST A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

 

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