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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 843 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

- No impactful weather is forecast for the next 7 days.

NEAR TERM

(Rest of tonight and Thursday) Issued at 843 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

High pressure will continue to remain the main influencer of the local weather tonight through Thursday. Satellite imagery shows mostly high clouds streaming overhead from west to east and these should linger through the night. This will slow radiational cooling tonight with temperatures only dropping down into the upper 40s to lower 50s, which is a few degrees warmer than last night.

Another mostly sunny day is in store for Thursday with afternoon highs once again rising into the mid 70s. Compared to the last few afternoons it will not be nearly as windy as the winds aloft are not as strong. However, dewpoints are expected to mix out and drop down into the lower 30s by the afternoon. This results in RH values dipping into the 20-25 percent range. While winds will not reach any critical fire wx criteria, conditions will certainly be dry enough to cause some issues if a fire were to ignite.

SHORT TERM

(Thursday night through Saturday) Issued at 843 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

As we head through the end of the week and into the weekend, the NW flow aloft becomes more zonal. A weak mid level ridge amplifies across the Southeast bringing a gradual warming trend to our local temperatures. Expect afternoon highs Friday in the upper 70s to lower 80s and then the mid 80s on Saturday. Southerly sfc flow will continue to advect in a more moisture rich airmass off the Gulf bringing dewpoints back into the 50s by Saturday.

LONG TERM

(Saturday night through Wednesday) Issued at 843 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

By the weekend we will be solidly within a zonal flow pattern aloft maintaining our benign yet warm forecast. At the surface, high pressure to our east will induce southerly flow prompting a prolonged period of moisture and WAA. This will keep temps in the low to mid 80s and dew points in the 50s through the duration of the long term period.

At the start of the work week, zonal flow aloft will give way to a ridging east/troughing west pattern as a low pressure system develops in the northern Plains. Through the first half of the work week the low pressure system and associated surface front will drift across the central CONUS. Along and ahead of the front winds at the surface and aloft will veer to the SE supporting additional moisture advection from the Gulf, raising our dew points to the high 50s to low 60s. Cloud cover will also increase late Tuesday ahead of the front. Models continue to weaken the front as it approaches the TN Valley and subsequently have slowed down the arrival of any precip. The latest model runs have pushed the highest rain chances from Tuesday afternoon now to Wednesday afternoon as models struggle to resolve when and if the front will actually move through our area. Small fluctuations in the rain chances and best time frame for rain are likely over the next week as the system draws near however models have been fairly consistent in keeping rain chances near 30%. Thus, this likely will not be the event that provides aid to our ongoing dry conditions.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 556 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2026

VFR conditions continue through the TAF period. Winds remain light overnight before becoming breezy late tomorrow morning.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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