70 On The Street
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 12:16 AM
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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. Clear sky tonight, falling in the mid-forties Warm air static over middle Tennessee National Blend of Models hitting the screen Fifty to seventy percent chance on the stream Highs in the upper-seventies Thursday afternoon Pushing to low-eighties coming real soon Nashville burning on the western line No rain falling, everything is fine! Static pressure on the regional radar Moisture blocked off, locked out so far Fifty to seventy percent chance! Fifty to seventy percent chance! Clear sky burning, heat won't yield Drought conditions tightening in the field Fifty to seventy percent chance to hit Seventy on the street Friday morning clouds start creeping in slow Precipitable water trying hard to show Interstate twenty-four holding back the stain Trick or treat waiting on a whisper of rain Near-term worsening, crack in the clay Mid-seventies, upper-seventies dragging the day! Eighty! Break the ridge! Troff from the west! Less than an inch to clear the chest! Drought worsening! Worsening! Seventy on the street. Pattern shift coming. Eighty degrees. Zero rain.
The forecast discussion
KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 1215 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 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.