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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 835 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

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

NEAR TERM

(Rest of tonight and Tuesday) Issued at 835 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

Another subsidence inversion will set up tonight leading to another night of a ridge/valley split among temperatures. At the surface temps look to dip into the low to mid 40s while elevated locations will remain in the high 40s to low 50s. While winds will be calm overnight, expected cloud cover for most of the night will dissuade fog formation.

While high pressure influence through the day tomorrow will keep the profile dry and mitigate rain chances, a dampening short wave to our northwest will prompt additional clouds to filter in through the day. The additional clouds will limit highs to the mid to high 70s.

SHORT TERM

(Tuesday night through Thursday) Issued at 835 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

The aformentioned upper level short wave looks to pass to our north on Wednesday brining with it much heavier cloud cover. While the profile will remain dry with no rain chances, mostly cloudy conditions will plague the TN Valley and keep temps in the mid 70s.

Post shortwave, the upper level pattern will become much more zonal with westerly flow aloft dominating. Unfortunately there will be little to no change in our influential surface features. This will mean more of the same through the end of the week with cool conditions each night and warm and dry conditions during the day through the end of the work week.

LONG TERM

(Thursday night through Monday) Issued at 835 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

The long term period will begin with zonal flow aloft as the TN Valley sits between low pressure off the western Atlantic and an amplifying ridge over the southern Plains. This will ultimately result in tropical air advection ahead of an upper wave progged to move across the central Plains and into the upper Midwest over the weekend, bringing increased moisture and above normal temperatures to the area. There is some indication that a secondary low may form across the Ozarks/mid MS River Valley that would enhance synoptic lift closer to home and would bring increasing rain chances on Halloween. For now we will stick with blended guidance, bringing low to medium (30-50%) chances for rain beginning Halloween afternoon and increasing overnight, and continuing through Sunday. While severe weather does not look to be a threat with this system at this time, low chances for thunderstorms will exist on Sunday.

This system will exit the area late Sunday and high pressure will move into the area by the start of the next work week. This looks to be short lived, as another and potentially more dynamic system sits just beyond the day 7 period and could bring additional rain and thunderstorms to the area early next week. Since this is beyond the 7 day forecast period at this time, we will hold on for better forecast consistency but feel it will bear watching as it may impact Election Day.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 558 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at both terminals through the duration of the TAF period.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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