MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The best hope for a break from dangerously hot weather in Tennessee is now building in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Weather Service forecaster Bill Borghoff in Memphis said Wednesday that a tropical depression is expected to move northward over the weekend, spreading rain and slightly dropping temperatures.
In the meantime, it will remain dangerously hot in all of West Tennessee and abnormally hot in Middle Tennessee and in the lower valley of East Tennessee.
Daily highs between 99 degrees and 110 degrees are expected through Friday in western counties, creating heat index readings as high as 116 degrees.
Temperatures through Friday were expected to reach the upper 90s in Nashville and Chattanooga, mid-90s in Knoxville and lower to mid-90s in the Tri-Cities.