Weather Briefing for Tuesday, April 02, 2024

General Forecast Through Thursday Night

Franklin Area

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after 3am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

A slight chance of rain showers before 5am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.

Thursday

A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 20%.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.

Today

Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A slight chance of showers between 7pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40mph. Chance of rain is 20%.

Thursday

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

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Windy.

Today

Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after 3am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Windy.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected across the Tennessee Valley this afternoon. This band of storms will track east into the North Carolina mountains late this evening and move across the foothills/Piedmont overnight into early Wednesday morning. A few severe thunderstorms will be possible across the area with the primary hazard being locally damaging winds. An isolated tornado and very isolated hail cannot be ruled out either.

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On This Day

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 273 days remain until the end of the year.

In common years, it is the first day of the second quarter of the year. The exact moment the second quarter begins occurs at 6 a.m. on this day. In countries that use summer time the actual exact time of the start of the second quarter in a common year is at 7:00 a.m. for locations in the northern hemisphere, or 5:00 a.m. for locations in the southern hemisphere.

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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins

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