Category: forecast


  • The coldest night of the season

    After a cold day with a high of only 41 degrees at the Memphis airport and at WXLIVE! in Bartlett, temps are plummeting this evening. At 6:40pm, the WXLIVE! sensor is down to 29 degrees as wind has gone calm and skies are clear. Under strong Canadian high pressure, the dewpoint is 14, which means…

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  • Another cold blast coming for winter weather awareness week

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    Winter weather awareness week has brought one round of cold weather already this week. Early this morning, another cold front moved through and cold air is once again settling over the region on a brisk northerly wind. Temperatures leveled out around 50 early this afternoon and will fall back into the upper 20s tonight with…

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  • Cool weekend on tap; extended looks wet!

    Astrong cold front moved through the Memphis area late yesterday afternoon bringing much cooler and breezy weather today. High pressure will dominate through the weekend with a reinforcing shot of cool air Saturday evening. That will keep temperatures mainly in the 50s for highs this weekend with lows dropping into the 30s each night, particularly…

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  • Can’t blame it on the rain

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    Borrowing from a 1989 Milli Vanilli hit that reached the top of the charts, if you don’t vote today, you can’t “Blame it on the Rain!” A gorgeous day is setting up for Election Day across the Mid-South, and in fact a large portion of the country. The only weather problems of significance will be…

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  • October recap and a look ahead

    October is in the books, Daylight Savings Time has ended, and Election Day is tomorrow! October RecapTemperatures at Memphis International Airport were slightly below normal for October with an average high of 73.8 and an average low of 53.2. Precipitation was above normal by just over an inch. The airport received 4.34″ during what is…

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  • Cold snap coming

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    Though we’ve had some cool mornings so far this fall (today is no exception – low of 37 at the weather station in Bartlett this morning), the first real Canadian express cold front of the season is on track for an early evening arrival on Sunday. No precipitation (in fact no real cloud cover) will…

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  • A forecast worth writing!

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    Finally, I get to write a forecast I am more enthused about presenting to my visitors! The end of the current heat and humidity spell is winding down (the last Heat Advisory expired last evening) as high pressure starts to lose it’s grip and a cold front approaches the region with a pretty decent chance…

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