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Current Condition
70°
Mainly Cloudy
Humidity: 82% Dew Point: 64°
Wind: W 8 mph Visibility: 10 mi
Pressure: 1012 mb
Conditions as of 11:15am
Saturday
82°
Daytime highs approaching 82 under sunny skies.
9%  
6:20am   8:31pm
Saturday Night
57°
Mainly clear skies with lows around 57.
2%  
6:20am   8:31pm
Sunday
78°
High temperatures reach up to 78 under partly cloudy skies.
9%  
6:19am   8:32pm

7-Day Forecast:

Saturday
5/17
100_day
82°
Daytime highs approaching 82 under sunny skies. West winds 20 to 25 mph.
9% WSW 17 mph
Sunrise: 6:20am  Sunset: 8:31pm Moon: Last Quarter
9%
WSW 17 mph
Saturday Night
120_night
57°
Mainly clear skies with lows around 57. Westerly winds 8 to 15 mph.
2% W 9 mph
2%
W 9 mph
Sunday
5/18
150_day
78°
High temperatures reach up to 78 under partly cloudy skies. Westerly winds 8 to 15 mph.
9% WSW 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:19am  Sunset: 8:32pm Moon: Last Quarter
9%
WSW 7 mph
Sunday Night
150_night
57°
Lows level off around 57 under partly cloudy skies. Winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph.
6% W 4 mph
6%
W 4 mph
Monday
5/19
430_day
78°
Mainly cloudy skies expected with a chance for scattered thunderstorms. High temperatures reach up to 78. Winds turning west around 5 mph.
52% W 2 mph
Sunrise: 6:18am  Sunset: 8:32pm Moon: Last Quarter
52%
W 2 mph
Monday Night
430_night
61°
Low of 61 under increasing clouds with a chance for scattered thunderstorms. Winds becoming southwest around 5 mph.
35% SW 2 mph
35%
SW 2 mph
Tuesday
5/20
450_day
79°
Scattered thunderstorms likely, otherwise cloudy skies expected. Highs level off around 79. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
69% S 3 mph
Sunrise: 6:18am  Sunset: 8:33pm Moon: Waning Crescent
69%
S 3 mph
Tuesday Night
450_night
63°
Cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms likely. Lows dip down to about 63. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
79% SSW 3 mph
79%
SSW 3 mph
Wednesday
5/21
450_day
74°
Scattered thunderstorms likely, otherwise cloudy skies. Highs level off around 74. Winds out of the southwest 8 to 15 mph.
80% SW 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:17am  Sunset: 8:34pm Moon: Waning Crescent
80%
SW 9 mph
Wednesday Night
450_night
53°
Overnight lows approaching 53 under mainly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms likely. Westerly winds 8 to 15 mph.
66% W 7 mph
66%
W 7 mph
Thursday
5/22
230_day
64°
High temperatures reach up to 64 under overcast skies with a chance for scattered rain showers. Westerly winds 8 to 15 mph.
44% WNW 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:16am  Sunset: 8:35pm Moon: Waning Crescent
44%
WNW 9 mph
Thursday Night
230_night
47°
Chance for scattered showers, otherwise partly cloudy. Lows around 47. West winds 8 to 15 mph.
29% WNW 7 mph
29%
WNW 7 mph
Friday
5/23
230_day
66°
A mix of clouds and sun with a slight chance for scattered rain showers. High of 66. Westerly winds 8 to 15 mph.
20% W 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:16am  Sunset: 8:35pm Moon: Waning Crescent
20%
W 7 mph

Next 36 Hours

12:00pm
120_day
72°
Clouds and Sun
WSW 14 mph
1:00pm
100_day
76°
Mostly Sunny
WSW 15 mph
2:00pm
100_day
79°
Sunny
W 16 mph
3:00pm
100_day
81°
Sunny
W 18 mph
4:00pm
100_day
81°
Sunny
W 19 mph
5:00pm
100_day
81°
Sunny
W 18 mph
6:00pm
100_day
81°
Sunny
W 17 mph
7:00pm
100_day
79°
Mostly Sunny
W 15 mph
8:00pm
100_day
76°
Sunny
W 12 mph
9:00pm
100_night
70°
Clear
W 10 mph
10:00pm
100_night
67°
Clear
W 9 mph
11:00pm
100_night
65°
Clear
W 7 mph
12:00am
100_night
63°
Mainly Clear
W 6 mph
1:00am
150_night
61°
Partly Cloudy
W 5 mph
2:00am
150_night
61°
Partly Cloudy
W 5 mph
3:00am
150_night
59°
Partly Cloudy
WSW 4 mph
4:00am
150_night
58°
Partly Cloudy
WSW 4 mph
5:00am
150_night
58°
Partly Cloudy
WSW 4 mph
6:00am
150_day
58°
Clouds and Sun
WSW 4 mph
7:00am
150_day
56°
Clouds and Sun
WSW 4 mph
8:00am
150_day
58°
Clouds and Sun
WSW 4 mph
9:00am
120_day
61°
Clouds and Sun
W 5 mph
10:00am
150_day
65°
Clouds and Sun
W 6 mph
11:00am
150_day
68°
Clouds and Sun
W 7 mph
12:00pm
150_day
70°
Clouds and Sun
W 8 mph
1:00pm
150_day
72°
Clouds and Sun
W 9 mph
2:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 9 mph
3:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 9 mph
4:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 10 mph
5:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 9 mph
6:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 8 mph
7:00pm
150_day
76°
Clouds and Sun
W 6 mph
8:00pm
150_day
74°
Clouds and Sun
W 4 mph
9:00pm
150_night
68°
Partly Cloudy
W 3 mph
10:00pm
150_night
65°
Partly Cloudy
W 2 mph
11:00pm
150_night
63°
Partly Cloudy
W 1 mph

March 14, 2025 Tri-Cities Weather Blog Forecast

Friday, March 14

We’ve wandered into Spring a bit early, with some nice warm temperatures here recently! That’s going to lead to some severe weather issues across a lot of the South, and it’s a bit uncertain as to what happens up here. We’ll break it down on today’s Tri-Cities Weather Blog forecast.

Tonight looks fine, with partly cloudy skies and a low of 47. And to be honest, I don’t see many problems with Saturday, as we’ll have clouds increasing and a few showers possible during the day. It’ll be windy and warm, with highs around 77.

A word about the wind…things are quite dry around here, at least they will be until Sunday morning, so the wind and everything being dry is a big risk for wildfires. Be careful, and try to delay lighting up anything like brush piles until another week until things are less dry and windy. There is a Red Flag Warning in the mountains along the Tennessee border with North Carolina all the way through Sunday morning because of those winds and dry conditions.

Tomorrow night is when more clouds move in and showers and storms become possible. While the biggest chances of rain and storms come after midnight, don’t be surprised to see some rainfall at any time. As far as timing, I think we’ll stay away from severe storms until at least the early morning hours Sunday. Looks like things are more favorable for severe weather from 3 AM to 9 AM, but rain and storms will be around from midnight to noon Sunday.

Types of severe weather entails pretty much anything at this time. The computers are putting up some numbers that are favorable for storms, but not necessarily for wind shear that will help tornadoes form. Regardless of that, I’m not ruling out a tornado as storms move through with that cold front Sunday morning. The big thing is gusty winds in general, from the non-storm based ones through tomorrow night to the storm induced winds early Sunday through noon.

Like I said, there’s a lot of fuzziness with this forecast. It’s not as clear cut for us as it is for Mississippi and Alabama for tomorrow, that’s for sure. I’ve heard from folks around here that have very low confidence in the severe storm forecast through Sunday. I’ll keep an eye on things in the next little bit between now and then to see if things get clearer.

The message for Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia is simply this: Be ready. No, it’s not a high risk, level 5 of 5, torcon 9 of 10 or whatever you want to paint over us. But any severe weather chance, for tornadoes or damaging winds or hail, is better than zero. And besides that, if you get ready for this event, you’ll be ready for others, too! Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, right?

So…while the weather is calm, make sure you know where to go in the event of a tornado warning. Be able to get the warning, either by turning emergency alerts on in the settings on your phone or making sure your weather radio works. Once that device goes off, go where you need to go, the lowest floor of the building you’re in, with as many walls between you and the outside as possible. Get helmets and shoes for everyone down there or where you can easily get to them also, just in case.

If you live in a mobile home, work now to figure out where you will go in the event of a tornado warning, because mobile homes are not safe spaces, no matter where you are. Same thing goes for cars. If you plan on driving, please plan around the storms. Leave early or late if you need to…I’ve seen plans change from Spring Breakers coming back from the Gulf Coast already…that’s a good idea to leave early to get in ahead of the storms.

Like I said, hopefully we don’t need any of this, we’ll get some loud but non-severe storms and be good to go. But in case we need it, you’ll know what to do. There’s also a Severe Weather Safety Rules page on the blog with more information.

After the storms Sunday morning, more showers are possible for the rest of the day as the cold front moves through. Highs should get to around 70 before things start cooling off behind the front. There could be a rain shower as late as Monday morning, but we’ll clear out during the day. It’ll be cooler for sure, with highs back around normal at around 57.

And if you know anyone from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama or that might be traveling through there, let them know what’s going on. The weather there is going to very likely be awful tomorrow, and they’ll need to be safe from it as well. In fact, if there are warnings here, make sure your loved ones up here know about it also!

There’s a lot going on, but after Sunday morning things should calm down quite a bit, at least for a little while. This is Spring, so we’ll see a few chances of severe weather between now and summer…which is why getting prepared for these storms is important, whether we get them or not!

In the event of tornado warnings, I’ll be on several stations: WHCB 91.5 FM, WETB 790 AM/93.7 FM, WPWT 870 AM/96.3 and 100.7 FM, WHGG 1090 AM/100.3 and 97.3 FM, and WABN 1230 AM and 104.1 FM. Since there are so many stations and varying coverage patterns, the location of the warning will determine which stations I’m on first. The goal is to start on WHCB, so a preset for 91.5 FM (or download our app or listen live on our website) and we’ll go from there.

Have a great and safe weekend!