Ben Cathey

Following a nice weekend, the faucet opens up early in the week

After some fog and hours of sunshine, you can expect some stray storms Sunday night. Most of them will be north of I-40.

That soggy pattern becomes a lot drier from Friday through Monday morning. Yes, there will be isolated rain but it's much more limited.

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Storms form over the mountains late morning, moving northwest into the Tennessee River Valley by 3:00 p.m. in many cases

Slightly drier weather is here on Sunday but we have a decent rain chance in the valley and mountains on Monday.

Rain chances are very on-and-off Friday and Saturday.

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The next three days, Thursday-Saturday, bring higher-end chances of rain. There may even be some very isolated flooding and higher rivers.

After a fairly dry spell, rain chances are looking more and more likely for the first 3/4 of the extended forecast.

Stormy weather is back for many of us this afternoon - but not everyone is getting rain. We have a WVLT WEATHER ALERT running from 3:00-8:00 p.m.

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Better widespread rain chances are finally back in the forecast, if only for a few days.That comes with a WVLT WEATHER ALERT for slow-moving storms that produce frequent lightning and very heavy rainfall. That ALERT goes through 9:00 p.m.

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Hot and mostly dry weather continue unabated through Sunday.

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Some of the most widespread rain in the coming week arrives this afternoon. It’s largely north of Interstate 40.

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The longest stretch of 90s of the summer continues for the first half of the week.

Today brings the best coverage of our area in rain and storms. As we get back to seasonable pop-ups later this week, the heat gets back to normal as well.

Mostly sunny this afternoon.

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Temperatures continue to inch up, but we also have more storms flaring up today. Enjoy the weekend ahead, with better rain chances next week.

Ben Cathey breaks down the extended forecast.

The start of the weekend is dry and hotter, but showers are back for the tail end of Sunday.

Ben breaks down the forecast, which is hotter and drier for the weekend.