This Just Isn’t Winter – Near Springtime High Temps
We cannot emphasize enough how unusually warm these last several days have been. The trend will continue through Friday before, finally, a cold front sweeps away the unseasonably hot air and replaces it with air ~20 to 30º cooler.
Using the NWS graphical forecast, look at the temperature trend for the next several days:
In 24 hours, a 33º difference in high temperature forecasts…wow.
Windy, Storms Possible Friday, Some Strong
As mentioned, a cold front will send us back to more winter-like temperatures. In order to get to that point, however, we will have to make it through a chance for rain and thunderstorms Friday afternoon. In addition, winds could gust as high as 30 mph during the day on Friday.
The latest thinking from NWS Nashville:
The actual fropa (frontal passage) will occur Friday
evening with showers and tstms accompanying the front. With high
temps reaching 80 degrees on Friday, there will be plenty of lower
level instability. Furthermore, as some upper level energy begins to
catch up with the boundary, organized linear omega fields will
engage with favorable shear levels. Thus, a round of strong to svr
tstms looks possible, mainly for areas east of I-65, during the
evening. Damaging winds looks to be the primary threat. read more