Chilly Today But Warming Through Midweek; Showers & Cooler Air Again Return Late Week

Good afternoon! Check out temperatures as of 12:30 pm. Quite chilly across the area, with values over 15 degrees cooler than average. Not only that, dense cloud cover and spotty showers make things feel even worse. The good news is we begin warming back up, temporarily, tomorrow through Thursday. Highs will find themselves back up in the upper 60s to low 70s Wednesday and Thursday, before falling back on the chilly side once more thereafter.

As far as rain amounts, we remain desperately in need. A cold front and associated low pressure system will slide east Thursday, bringing increased cloud cover through the day and eventually showers overnight and through Friday. These will continue at times into the early weekend, before another disturbance pivots through late weekend to early next week. The Weather Prediction Center has us picking up near an inch Thursday night through Saturday, but this may be a bit high right now and we likely fall more in the 0.25-0.75" rainfall range. Even so, this will be beneficial rain and we will take all we can get right now given the ever so growing drought conditions. 

For a sneak peak at early season snow, check out our video forecast below. Hint: the smokies are a little white! We'll see improving conditions through Tuesday, sunshine Wednesday and a portion of Thursday, before showers return Thursday night through Friday, with lingering activity Saturday. Temperatures will also fall back into the 50s to low 60s this weekend to early next week.