Little Rain Early, Heavy Rain Late
We wake up under cloudy skies and mild temperatures (around 50) for mid-November. A little light rain or some sprinkles possible across the morning. If you are heading down to the Good Morning America and the live concert this morning (6:30-7:30) with Miley Cyrus just bundle up- there will be a little bit of a southeast wind and perhaps a sprinkle:
Later Today heavy rain is possible, perhaps a flash of lightning or two. It looks like the best chance of heavy rain will be during the evevning hours.
The rain will be around all night into tomorrow morning. Then a mostly cloudy thursday with highs in the upper 60’s. Next big rain late Friday day and into Friday night. Some cold weather moves in for the weekend. Perhaps a few flurries on Saturday with a cold wind and highs only around 50!
Lots Of Wet Weather To Come
As you can see on the Stormtracker image above from 11:58 A.M. that there is a lot more rain to head our way. Although there were showers on radar this morning, not all of it was reaching the ground. My back porch was slightly wet, but the airport didn’t report anything in their rain gauge. Neither did our rain gauge here at our studios in Nashville. However, lots of rain that will be reaching the ground is on the way. I would put our chances at 70-80% for tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night and Thursday morning as low pressure moves into the Mississippi Valley and then heads our way. I think that by Thursday we could see a 3 day total between 1.5″ to 3″.Â
 On Friday another front will push through with a decent shot of cold air for the weekend. I still think that on Saturday some drizzle could change to snow flurries as the day wears on and during the evening hours.
GMA Comes to Town
Tomorrow morning Miley Cyrus will perform live in downtown Nashville as part of the Country Music Awards on ABC tomorrow night. Sam Champion from Good Morning America will be going live down on Broadway for the big event. Come get in line early- there will be a HUGE crowd! And dress warm! Temperatures will be in the low to mid 40’s with some rain possible… along with winds from the southeast at about 10mph. Plan for rain!
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Late that day will be the walk by stars along the Red Carpet. Our own Brad Schmidt will be live from the carpet through the afternoon. Same forecast, ready yourself for rain!
Some Wet Weather Ahead
Expect cloudy skies for much of the rest of the work week. Some light rain around this morning here and there but rain chances increase as we get into the afternoon and evening. Highs today in the mid 50’s. It still appears that the best rain will fall tomorrow when we could actually get a couple of heavy rain events through the morning and evening. The rain stays in the forecast Thursday and Friday with the last spits of rain on Saturday maybe turning to spits of snow on the plateau and rim. Predictor shows a band of rain coming through this afternoon:
Pink… one of the many shades of autumn!
Mark Fagan captures a pastel sunset on Old Hickory Lake
Last Nice Day Before Rain Chances Arrive
The News 2 City Cam above shows something we will not see much of the rest of the week: blue skies. Rain chances begin overnight tonight and on Tuesday, but really pick up Wednesday and Wednesday night through Thursday morning. Tonight and tomorrow, showers will be sporadic, but by Wednesday P.M. and Thursday morning, we could see a more widespread steady rain, with possibly a few t’storms.
We still anticipate a temporary break in the rain Thursday afternoon with temps soaring into the upper 60s, only to be followed by some showers and t’storms on Friday ahead of another push of cold air. I still think that shot of colder air could produce some drizzle that may change to snow flurries on Saturday.
Cold Start, Sunny Start
We’ll start our Monday below freezing under clear skies. The sunshine will quickly get us into the mid-50’s by afternoon as we watch clouds move in from the west later today. Those clouds bring slight chances of rain overnight and tomorrow morning. But the rain chances really start to show up Tuesday late and into Wednesday. Not a steady rain the whole time and probably not much of a heavy rain but the chances stay high for a couple of days. Perhaps a dry day on Thursday before another shot of rain by Friday as some very cold air arrrvies. Flurries Saturday night as the system leaves is a possiblity.
Cold & Frosty Night; Mild Monday Afternoon; Rain Chances This Week; Flurries By Weekend?
We’ve got a lot to talk about: First of all, with clearing skies overnight, temperatures will drop into the mid 20s in many of the outlying areas with around 30 near the city of Nashville. It should be a frosty rush hour commute, so give yourself some extra time to scrape the windshield in the morning. However, by afternoon, we should reach the mid to upper 50s in abundant sunshine.
Overnight Monday night into Tuesday expect some showers to push in, followed by a pretty steady rain on Wednesday. Temps Tuesday and Wednesday should top out in the 50s. By Thursday, we get a break from the rain, and with some sunshine we could see upper 60s to near 70 for a high.Â
Then another front pushes through on Friday with a few showers followed by much colder air. Indications are that on Saturday, a few leftover patches of drizzle become snow flurries as the cold air streams in. Highs on Saturday may struggle through the 30s to try to barely reach 40 degrees. Of course, the weekend is still a ways away, and a lot of things could change.
Clearing & Chilly Tonight; Sunny & Mild Monday; Then Rain Chances
Stormtracker showing the clearing line crossing the Tennessee River and pushing eastward.
As anticipated, the clouds made for a gloomy and chilly Sunday. The clouds will clear out tonight with temps dropping to near 30 in the city, with 20s in many of the outlying areas. However, in the sunshine on Monday, temps should rebound to the mid to upper 50s by afternoon.
Rain chances begin overnight Monday night and Tuesday and really pick up on Wednesday with highs in the 50s. Though we may have a break in the rain chances on Thursday with highs in the 60s, another front will approach on Friday yielding a few more showers then.
Clouds On Sunday To Keep Temperatures Chilly
The low clouds are hard to predict in the cool air, but my thinking is that it will be cloudy in Nashville until the mid to late afternoon hours. That should keep temps near 49 for a high. They may get some sun a little sooner in south and west Middle Tennessee, so 50s are possible there.
On Monday, we should see upper 50s under partly cloudy skies. But the 7 Day Forecast to the right shows off and on rain chances Tuesday-Friday with leftover drizzle on Saturday. That is the most rain chances we have put in the 7 Day Forecast since last spring. It’s way out in voodoo land, but Saturday’s anticipated leftover drizzle could produce some flurries on the Plateau.
