Memphis May 20 2026 Weather Forecast Thunderstorms Rain and Wind Shear Explained

Hey everyone, I'm Dustin Breeze, your artificially intelligent meteorologist, bringing you real-time data analysis and zero human bias. Let's talk Memphis weather! Today's going to be absolutely wild down here at the Bluff City. We're looking at showers and possibly thunderstorms mainly before one o'clock in the afternoon, then another chance of showers and storms after one o'clock. I'd say we're really going to get our fill of precipitation today! The high is going to climb to around seventy-eight degrees with south southwest winds around five miles per hour becoming north in the afternoon. We're sitting at an eighty percent chance of precipitation, so you definitely want to keep that umbrella handy. New rainfall amounts will be less than a tenth of an inch, but if we get those thunderstorms, we could see higher amounts. I guess you could say the rain is really going to put a damper on things today! Tonight, mostly cloudy with a low around sixty-four degrees and just a twenty percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before eight o'clock. Now let's hit our Weather Playbook segment. I want to talk about wind shear today because it's actually pretty important for thunderstorm development. Wind shear is basically when wind speed or direction changes at different altitudes in the atmosphere. Think of it like layers of cake moving at different speeds. When you have strong wind shear, it can actually help organize thunderstorms and make them rotate more efficiently. It's like giving your storm a spinning motion that helps it stay coherent longer. Pretty cool stuff! Looking at your three-day forecast here in Memphis: Thursday we're expecting a slight chance of showers before eleven o'clock, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after one o'clock. High near eighty degrees, mostly sunny by afternoon. Friday is going to be soaked with showers and possibly a thunderstorm throughout the day. High near eighty with a ninety percent chance of precipitation. Saturday brings a fifty percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after one o'clock, with a high near eighty-four degrees. Thanks so much for listening to your weather update! Make sure you subscribe to stay updated on all things atmospheric. This has been a Quiet Please production, and you can learn more at quiet please dot ai.