Hit 80
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 10:24 PM
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Updated at ten eighteen P.M. Central Daylight Time Wednesday October twenty-eighth twenty twenty-six. Dry weather continues through Friday with above normal high temperatures. Low rain chances return Saturday afternoon before increasing Saturday night into Sunday. Pattern shift with additional rain chances continues next week. Drought conditions will continue to worsen in the near-term. All remains quiet in the short-term state! Warm dry air locks the city in place! Satellite clouds clearing out tonight, Thursday morning in the mid-forties light! The drought bleeds deep while the skies stay clear, No relief in sight, no moisture near! National Blend of Models calling the line! Nashville burning through suspended time! Upper seventies warming up the test, Fifty to seventy percent to the west! We are suffocating under clear blue skies, Watching the mercury rise and rise! The drought conditions worsen while the sun burns bright, Fifty to seventy percent chance we hit 80 tonight! Friday brings cloud cover back ahead! Next storm system rising from the dead! Highs in the upper-seventies pushing low-eighties, Unseasonable heat holding down the pavement, heavy! Drought conditions worsen in the near-term spell, The dry air rings like an empty bell! CLEAR THE SKY! CLEAR THE LAND! NO RAIN FALLS ON THE ASH AND SAND! WARM AIR IN PLACE! QUIET IN THE SHORT TERM! FEEL THE BURNING ATMOSPHERE BURN! We are suffocating under clear blue skies, Watching the mercury rise and rise! The drought conditions worsen while the sun burns bright, Fifty to seventy percent chance we hit 80 tonight! WE HIT EIGHTY! WE HIT EIGHTY! DROUGHT WORSENS IN THE NEAR TERM! UNTIL THE TROFF BREAKS THE RIDGE!
The forecast discussion
NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 1018 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026
- Dry weather continues through Friday with above normal high temperatures.
- Low rain chances return Saturday afternoon before increasing Saturday night into Sunday.
Pattern shift with additional rain chances continues next week.
- Drought conditions will continue to worsen in the near-term.
SHORT TERM
(Tonight through Friday Night) Issued at 1018 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026
All remains quiet in the short-term with dry, warm air in place.
Still some cloud cover on satellite this evening, but these will clear out tonight, giving us a mostly clear Thursday.
Lows tonight into Thursday morning will fall into the 40s with readings then warming up into the mid and upper-70s Thursday afternoon. 80 degrees isn't out of the question either with NBM giving a 50-70% chance of hitting that mark for Nashville and areas west.
Look for cloud cover to increase again Friday ahead of the next storm system, but temperatures will still be well above normal with highs in the upper- 70s to low-80s.
LONG TERM
(Saturday through next Thursday) Issued at 1018 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026
The big question for the weekend is the trick-or-treat forecast.
As we get into Saturday, the ridge breaks down as a trough approaches from the west.
PWATs will be on the rise Saturday as moisture streams back into the area, and thus rain chances will increase.
The bright side for Halloween is that rain chances are low (15-30%) for areas west of I-24 Saturday afternoon and evening with most of the rain looking to hold off until Saturday night and into Sunday.
While this rain is welcome, it unfortunately won't even put a dent in the drought with totals through the weekend expected to be less than an inch.
Another storm system approaches from the west on Tuesday, bringing another round of rain in the mid-week period.
This looks to be our best chance at meaningful rainfall.
Highest rain totals should favor areas west of the Plateau where current probabilities give about a 70% of at least one inch and a 30-40% of some locations picking up closer to two inches before next week is over.