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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1134 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

- Afternoon RH values will drop into the 25-35% range each of the next several afternoons (mainly in Southern Middle Tennessee and NW Alabama), creating the need for extra caution regarding outdoor burning through midweek.

- Medium chances of showers and a few storms will return to the forecast late Saturday night into Sunday.

NEAR TERM

(Today) Issued at 305 AM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

Another day that feels like a rinse and repeat in this pattern. Grab that jacket before heading out the door to your morning commute or the bus stop as temps will start off the day in the 40s. Still under sfc high pressure that is spread across the Southeast and the Mid Atlantic, conditions will remain dry across the TN Valley today. The low over in the Plains will stream in some mid to high cloud cover, but temps will still quickly warm up into the lower 70s by this afternoon. Will note that we'll keep an eye on Fire Weather again today as min RHs will only be up to 40% today, and thankfully wind values will remain light. Please use extra caution regarding outdoor burning today.

SHORT TERM

(Monday night through Wednesday) Issued at 858 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

High pressure will remain the dominant influence during the early to mid week, but the center of it will flatten and shift east into GA/SC by late Tuesday into Wednesday. This will allow a couple of weak shortwaves to move north and east from the Mid South into the Ohio Valley, clipping our area. With the air mass completely devoid of appreciable moisture, the impact will mean nothing but some cloud cover which will create periods of partly to mostly cloudy conditions. Despite this, sufficient breaks in the clouds and light southerly winds will still allow temperatures to reach the mid to perhaps upper 70s each afternoon.

LONG TERM

(Wednesday night through Sunday) Issued at 858 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

Another ridge will attempt to build back into the Tennessee Valley late this week, resulting in sunny/dry weather Thursday and Friday and highs climbing to around 80 degrees each day. The ridge will begin to shift east on Saturday, with an area of low pressure developing over Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley Saturday night into Sunday. As it stands right now, Saturday (Halloween) looks to be a warm/dry day with increasing cloud cover -- with potentially some low rain chances returning to the forecast Saturday evening. Medium chances of showers will return to the forecast late Saturday night into Sunday as the low quickly shifts eastward across the Deep South. This will give the Tennessee Valley, it's best shot at appreciable rainfall in a couple weeks. We will need to resolve the timing of the system better, but our greatest confidence appears to be on Sunday for now.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1134 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through the period with light winds with only some scattered bands of cirrus passing overhead.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AL...None. TN...None.