The National Weather Service (NWS) in Memphis has provided a detailed forecast for the coming days as the New Year unfolds, offering a glimpse of what residents can expect from the weather. According to the forecast, New Year’s Day will see mostly sunny skies with temperatures peaking near 46 degrees and a gentle north northwest wind around 5 mph, giving a somewhat mild start to 2025.
Tonight’s outlook indicates partly cloudy conditions with a low around 31 degrees, calm winds will hold steady, setting a serene stage for the evening's festivities and gatherings as the New Year is welcomed in amid the tranquil cloak of winter's chill. The successive days will maintain a pattern of mostly sunny weather with highs hovering around the 50-degree mark during the day and lows dipping into the low 30s at night; Friday continues this trend, met by sunny skies and a high near 46 before a mostly clear night where the mercury will fall to around 27 degrees.
As reported on the NWS website, this weekend instills a comparable forecast with mostly sunny conditions on Saturday and a high near 42 degrees, whereas by Saturday night, there's a shift with a 20 percent chance of showers after midnight, the buildup of clouds leading to increasing temperatures and a low around 33. Sunday, however, will bring showers and a notable high reaching almost 49 degrees with the likelihood of precipitation rising sharply to 80 percent.
Heading into the end of the weekend and the start of next week, showers will likely persist mainly before midnight Sunday, with the cloud cover persisting and overnight lows approximating 31 degrees, a reality that underpins the unrelenting march of the season's wheel; Monday's forecast maintains a 20 percent chance of showers amid mostly cloudy skies, which firmly asserts the capricious nature of winter's grip, temperatures peaking near a chilly 38 degrees moving into a colder Monday night with a low around 21. The NWS forecasts a return to mostly sunny skies by Tuesday with a daytime high near 33, indicative of the unpredictable rhythm of winter's dance.
