NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected in our region on Friday through early Sunday morning. There could be multiple rounds of thunderstorms impacting the area, and all severe threats are possible.
Severe Outlook
From Friday through 7 a.m. Saturday, areas west of I-65 are under the Enhanced Risk (level 3/5), a Slight Risk (level 2/5) for eastern Middle Tennessee & Southern KY, and far eastern counties are under a Marginal Risk (level 1/5). On Saturday through 7 a.m. Sunday, multiple counties southeast of Nashville are under the Enhanced Risk (level 3/5), with everyone else under the Slight Risk (level 2/5).
It is important to note that there remain many uncertainties at this point. However, Gulf moisture will be quite high, wind energy is projected to be strong, available instability is decent and we have a front to aid in thunderstorm development. Better model data will arrive Wednesday into Thursday to show us a better prediction of our environment for the storms. All threats will be possible.
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Future Tracker
Let’s look at the weather for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
On Thursday, thunderstorms are possible. While the severe risk is very low, there is a Marginal Risk (level 1/5) for parts of Alabama. This could trend northward for a wind gust and hail threat.
Rain chances jump up to 40% on Thursday with area showers and even a few thunderstorms. Clouds hopefully decrease to see the total lunar eclipse on Friday early morning.
On Friday, most of the day is dry with high temperatures in the 70s to lower 80s. South wind increasing and Gulf moisture moving on. Friday night into the early morning hours of Saturday, rain and storms will be increasing with all modes of severe weather possible.
Then, a second round of storms increases starting Saturday midday through late night. This is ahead of the cold front, so once again all modes of severe weather are possible.
While storms could be strong to severe on Friday night into Saturday morning, we also have strong wind gusts increasing for our region at that time. Saturday will also be very windy even outside of the storms.
The key takeaway: keep updated on our latest forecast. All severe weather ingredients are available for both rounds of severe storms including heavy rain, damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes.
Stay tuned for additional updates. The model data shown above is still on a poor resolution scale because the storm timing is far out. Better resolution and clearer model data will arrive late Wednesday into Thursday.
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