Residents in Memphis can expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures climbing near the 93-degree mark today. The weather outlook includes heat index values which could soar as high as 102 degrees. Light winds from the west southwest at around 5 mph are anticipated to pick up in the afternoon, according to the latest update from the National Weather Service.
The nighttime will bring mostly clear conditions with a low around 74 degrees. The calm south southwest wind is set to persist through the evening. Tomorrow's forecast introduces a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms post 1pm. The National Weather Service predicts a continuous pattern of high temperatures near 93 degrees, with heat index values that could just reach as high as 103, while southwest winds will continue to blow at a 5 to 10 mph clip.
For Friday night, the chance for showers and thunderstorms drops slightly to 20 percent, although mostly clear conditions will still allow temperatures to dip to around 75 degrees. Going into the weekend, Memphis will face a greater likelihood of afternoon thunderstorms with a 40 percent chance on Saturday, which will increase to 50 percent on Sunday. Despite this, the National Weather Service expects sunny skies with a high nearing 95 degrees.
Saturday night's forecast is predicting a change, including a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. As the week progresses, these sporadic rain patterns are expected to continue, "with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm," states the National Weather Service. Monday night's conditions appear to ease off to a slight chance of thunderstorms, leading to a partly cloudy sky and a low around 75.
The start of the next workweek maintains a trend of mid-90s temperatures and intermittent storm chances. Tuesday and Wednesday are forecasted to bear a 40 percent and 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, respectively, during the day, maintaining partly cloudy evenings with lows steady at 75 degrees. Throughout this period, the high temperatures are consistently forecasted to reach the mid-90s, as per the National Weather Service.
