Weather Briefing for Thursday, February 22, 2024

General Forecast Through Saturday Night

Franklin Area

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increaing and shifting to come out of the south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Patchy fog after 4am. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mphin the morning increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Breezy.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.

Today

Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Showers, mainly after 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows in the low-to- mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Windy.

Saturday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Windy.

Today

Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Areas of fog after 4am. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs in thye upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Breezy.

Saturday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.

It will be dry again today. Winds will increase tom orrow afternoon ahead of rain.

Dry air in place across the region will permit afternoon relative humidity values to fall to between 30 and 35 percent for several hours across the region. Although winds will be fairly light from the southwest, drying fuels and brush will combine with the dry air to increase fire danger this afternoon.

Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.