It will rain from tonight until Thursday morning, with drier weather on Friday

Happy Wednesday everyone!

The cold front, which dumped up to 4 to 5 inches of rain in parts of the viewing area, moved south last night and stalled near the Tennessee River. The blocked frontal boundary will continue to produce isolated areas of showers and a few storms overnight and mainly through the first half of Thursday.

Due to the stalled and slow moving system, we have picked up some impressive rainfall totals over the last 36 hours with some Doppler estimates of up to 5 inches in some of our western counties.

…And the rain isn’t over yet, as more heavy rain clouds will form tonight into the early hours of tomorrow.

TONIGHT:

More rounds of isolated showers and a few weak thunderstorms are likely, with lows around 61 and light northerly winds around 5 mph.

THURSDAY:

Scattered showers and a few storms into the morning, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening. Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s and light and variable winds around 2 to 5 mph. Thursday night looks dry, skies will be mostly cloudy, lows will be around 50 degrees and a light northeast breeze will be around 5 mph.

FRIDAY:

Friday looks to be a dry day with partly sunny skies and a high around 72.

THE WEEKEND:

A rainy weekend is ahead, with a good chance of rain on both Saturday, Saturday evening and Sunday. Highs both days in the low 70s.

We continue to monitor the latest developments regarding Hurricane Rafael. As of Wednesday evening, Rafael has been somewhat weakened due to transiting land areas west of Havana, Cuba. Before crossing Cuba, Rafael had strengthened to a Category 3 storm with winds of 180 km/h and weakened slightly after crossing Cuba to a Category 2 storm with winds of 170 km/h. Here is the forecast path and course of Hurricane Rafael.

Veterans Day looks to be our next break in the rain, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the lower 70s. Another, more powerful system is expected to head our way on Wednesday next week, bringing heavy rain and windy conditions again, but currently models are pointing to a blast of cold air behind the system that will make for a colder end to next week.

Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 meteorologist
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