Take Your Precautions
Friday, November 6, 2026 · 11:21 AM
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Cooler temperatures this weekend. Overnight lows in the upper twenties and low thirties are expected Saturday and Sunday nights. Mostly dry conditions for the next several days with only low rain chances late next week. While recent rains will put a pause on worsening drought conditions, severe to extreme drought continues across much of Middle Tennessee. Lower clouds stream in from the north As the cold front exits east A drier air mass settles over the soil High pressure looming in the Ohio River Valley The sky turns clear but the dark freeze awaits Severe to extreme drought holding the mid-state A shadow falls on the autumn land For the first time this season the cold awakes Make sure your work is done before midnight! The mercury collapses in the dark! Lows crash down to the upper twenties! Hear the prophecy delivered to the earth! Take your precautions! Cool afternoon giving way to fifty degrees Partly cloudy skies creep in by evening Upper level troffs trekking through the west While the freezing floor drops beneath our feet Get everything done before the sun goes down! The mercury collapses in the dark! Lows crash down to the upper twenties! Hear the prophecy delivered to the earth! Take your precautions! Crashing into the low thirties! Upper twenties on Sunday morning! The freeze has arrived! Take your precautions! Take your precautions!
The forecast discussion
KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 1112 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2026
- Cooler temperatures this weekend.
Overnight lows in the upper 20s and low 30s are expected Saturday and Sunday nights.
- Mostly dry conditions for the next several days with only low rain chances late next week.
- While recent rains will put a pause on worsening drought conditions, severe to extreme drought continues across much of Middle TN.
SHORT TERM
(Rest of today through Saturday) Issued at 1044 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2026
Lower clouds are streaming in from the north on satellite this morning, as the reinforcing cold front that entered the mid-state begins to exit into east Tennessee.
Highs today will be in the 60s as that colder and drier air mass settles in, with frosty and freezing conditions expected tonight.
Lows will be in the 30s across the area, for the first time this season for many areas.
Saying this because if you have any precautions you need to take, make sure you get them done before tonight.
Saturday will be another cooler autumn day, with lows in the 50s.
Skies will initially be clear in the morning, as surface high pressure continues to hang out in the Ohio River Valley.
We will see some partly cloudy conditions creep in in the afternoon and evening, but no rain expected.
Lows into Sunday morning will crash into the low 30s, with some areas in the upper 20s being possible.
LONG TERM
(Saturday Night through next Friday) Issued at 1044 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2026
A complicated pattern aloft will evolve into next work week, as an UL trough forms in the SW and treks across the south into mid-week.
It is a complex pattern with not a lot of model agreement currently, but we could get some rain out of it. We will see some warming into the upper 60s to low 70s for highs before this occurs, with lows remaining cold in the 30s and 40s.
Models suggest another cold push into the end of the week next week, continuing the fall temperatures and dropping them back into the 50s and 60s for highs with freezing morning lows.