First Alert Forecast: Very warm Easter Sunday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – We’ll see near-record setting heat for any outdoor Easter egg hunts today.

It’s going to be a nice holiday with highs climbing into the mid to upper 80s this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. The record high temperature for today’s date is 87º. Our forecasted high is just a degree shy of that. The rain looks to hold off until tomorrow, making it a nice day to be outside for any Easter festivities.

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Overnight, a line of showers and storms will move in. These do not look to be severe, but a few rumbles of thunder will be possible. The rain should clear out by mid-afternoon to our southeast. The rain will help cool our temperatures back down to the mid-70s for Monday afternoon.

Tuesday looks dry and partly cloudy with a high of 80º.

Most of Wednesday will be nice in the lower 80s, then some rain showers move in late in the evening.

The end of the week looks to be warm and unsettled with high rain chances, but low chances of anything severe. Plan on scattered showers and thunderstorms Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We may see a strong storm or two during that time period, but the severe threat is very low.

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Highs will be in the upper 70s and lows will be in the low to mid 60s for the end of the week and into next weekend.