Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to become a hurricane within 24 hours, by Oct. 8, bringing dangerous winds and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.
For Nashville, it is expected to bring some much-needed rain and not much else, meteorologists with the National Weather Service office said.
"We are not expecting any significant impacts, just some much-needed rain (1-2 inches) and a couple breezy days," the weather service office in Nashville said.
Isaias is moving quickly. The disturbance strengthened into a tropical depression Oct. 6, and by Oct. 7 it was a named storm.
"Weekend weather is looking a little more interesting now that organization of a tropical system is underway in the southwest Gulf," the weather service said. "Heaviest rainfall is currently
expected Saturday evening through Sunday morning. Thankfully the rather progressive nature of the system is keeping rainfall amounts in check."
It's not yet clear what impact this system will have on the drought across Tennessee. Nashville is currently under a severe drought, an escalation from the previous week, according to the latest U.S. Drought monitor.
It is expected to continue to strengthen into a hurricane by 1 a.m. Oct. 8 and make landfall somewhere along the Louisiana, Alabama or Florida coast the next morning.
"We should transition back to drier, warmer weather early next week after this system departs to the northeast," the weather service said.
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