SPS: WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON & EVENING

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
605 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

 

…WINTER ARRIVED AT 6:04AM CST AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL WELCOME IT WITH OPEN ARMS…

LIVING IN WEST TENNESSEE, RESIDENTS KNOW THE WEATHER CAN BE IRONIC AT TIMES. TODAY IS A CASE IN POINT. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER AND ARCTIC AIR WILL BE POURING IN ON WINDS THAT WILL BE BLUSTRY AT TIMES. THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS. TONIGHT, WINDS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 15 TO 25 MPH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 DEGREES AND THE COMBINATION WITH THE WIND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

AREA RESIDENTS NEED TO DRESS FOR THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS YOU GO OUT TO CHURCH SERVICES TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HOLMES

JACKSON-WEST TENNESSEE AREA FORECAST

JACKSON-WEST TENNESSEE AREA FORECAST
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
545 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 

 
.TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY AND BRISK. BLUSTRY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 29. WIND NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS.

.TONIGHT…CLEAR AND QUITE COLD. BRISK THIS EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE. EVENING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. LOW 12. WIND WIND NORTHWEST 15 MPH AND GUSTY THIS EVENING BECOMING NORTH 5-10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY AND CONINTUED UNSEASONABLY COLD. HIGH 29. WIND NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT…BECOMING CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW 25 WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.

.TUESDAY…FREEZING RAIN LIKELY THROUGH MID-MORNING, THEN RAIN CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 50.

~~EXTENDED FORECAST~~

.CHRISTMAS EVE…SHOWERS LIKELY AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM. HIGH 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY AND COLDER WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE EVENING. LOW 35.
.CHRISTMAS DAY…DECREASING CLOUDINESS. HIGH 47.
.FRIDAY AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW 50. HIGH NEAR 60.

HOLMES