The threat of heavy rainfall is the primary story for this weekend. We have a storm coming northeast out of the southern Plains that runs into a large Canadian Polar High over Ontario. That blocks the front from getting too far north and results an extended period of showers and thunderstorms from late this afternoon into Monday morning. Rainfalls of over 2 inches are more than possible over a large part of our area by Monday morning. It will be cooler than normal through the weekend thanks to that blocking Canadian high.
Today: Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Northeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 42. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 11am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 66. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday’s high temperature in Jackson was 63 at 1:15 PM, the low was 40 at 5:57 AM.
Normal high for today is 64. The record high is 82, set in 1970.
No precipitation yesterday. Month to date: 3.91 inches. Highest wind gust was 45 mph.
Sunrise today at 6:36 AM EDT, sunset at 8:35 PM EDT.
