Thanks to Henry Rothenberg with the Eyewitness Weather team for an update on what to expect on Tom Lee Park this weekend. Overall, Rothenberg says, temps will be great, with just a little bit of humidity. And how about the rain? He says: “We’re going to keep with tradition.”

I talked to him this morning and he says: “We’re going to have highs tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday of 83 but kind of a gray day with some isolated and scattered thunderstorms — not constantly long-lived thunderstorms but they’re in, they’re out, here comes another one. That’s going to be the trend Friday and Saturday. Sunday we may get more scattered storms maybe a little longer lived — 78 will be the high.”

Rothenberg puts the positive spin on it: “What is Beale Street Music Fest without rain? It makes for the fun, going out in the elements being out in the rain and mud and having a good time with friends.”

Well, he’s right, because it gets proven year after year.

If you go, look me up — I’ll be blogging here, tweeting (follow me at jonwsparks) and doing some backstage videos.

See you in the mud.

–Jon W. Sparks