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Nashville Braces for Showers and Possible Thunderstorms, Seasonal Weather Ahead

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Published on December 17, 2024
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The National Weather Service in Nashville has released a forecast for the coming days, indicating a mix of partly sunny skies with potential showers and seasonal temperatures. According to the National Weather Service latest update, today's weather will be partly sunny with an expected high near 60 degrees, while the north wind will gently shift to the east in the afternoon.

Tonight, the Nashville area should anticipate being greeted by rain showers and possibly thunderstorms after midnight, with temperatures holding steady around 57 degrees. The forecast predicts a 90% chance of rain with potential new rainfall amounts between a quarter and a half of an inch. The calm wind will become a soft south-southwest breeze at approximately 5 mph after midnight, according to the NWS.

For Wednesday, the forecast calls for showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 pm, followed by a possible break in precipitation in the afternoon. The temperature will likely peak at around 61 degrees by 9 am before declining to about 50 degrees later in the day. Winds are anticipated to be more pronounced, shifting from south-southwest around ten mph, potentially gusting as high as 20 mph, to north-northwest in the afternoon.

Transitioning to Wednesday night, the weather is expected to become partly cloudy, with lows around 34 degrees and north winds from 5 to 10 mph. Looking ahead to Thursday, skies will be mostly sunny with a high nearing 49 degrees, and the north wind will remain light, around 5 mph, before calming down. The mostly clear conditions are set to continue into Thursday night with a low close to 33 degrees.

The NWS Nashville's extended forecast projects that the mostly sunny trend will persist into Friday, when temperatures will reach a high near 43 degrees, complemented by northwest winds of 5 to 15 mph, with potential gusts as high as 20 mph. Friday night may see increased cloud coverage, leading to a low of around 27 degrees. As the weekend arrives, expect more sunny skies with highs hovering around the low 40s and nighttime lows dipping into the mid-20s.