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Looks Windy Again. Sustained winds of 17 MPH by mid-afternoon, gusting into the 20s range in the afternoon.
Rainy Night. We think it’ll start raining sometime after dark. May be wet as the game lets out, but we think the steadier rain will arrive later Sunday night.
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And on a Saturday! When we’re hosting All-Star Weekend!
To be clear, yes, the All-Star Game is inside — I actually got a ticket! — but with so much happening outside, we need to dig into this forecast.
Current Radar
Overnight, we will drop below freezing, but then the winds will turn south and we’ll make it to a sunny 52° on Thursday.
Winds will briefly switch back north as a snowmaker drives by to our north — nothing for us — and drops Friday down to 30° early, 46° in the afternoon.
Current Radar
A cold front will broom some rain across Middle Tennessee tonight and overnight. The HRRR model illustrates:
This will help wash some of this snow away.
When the rain ends, a cold northwest wind will blow our wee hour temps down from 46° into the mid-40°s, where they’ll be stuck until dark, when we start to move toward freezing.
Current Radar
Remaining Snow/Ice will refreeze tonight. The overnight low is 30°. Secondary roads are especially vulnerable because they are often shaded and less trafficked.
We don’t know the road conditions, we can only tell you how we think the weather might be impacting them. Consult traffic sources on Twitter (such as @TrafficJamSam) and the TDOT Smartway map/cameras.
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When the weather balloon went up just after 5 AM, it was 14°; however, there was a large “inversion,” a fancy weather word that means it’s warmer overhead than it is down here on the ground. Temps from 5,000 feet all the way up to 10,000 feet were above freezing. Why am I boring you with that? Because it’s a good sign we’re going to warm up today. Sunshine is on the way. High 37°. Some ice and snow will melt.
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Measurements are still coming in (you send in yours on Twitter via #tSpotter, include photo/location, and measure from a hard, flat surface), but here’s the preliminary total from NWS-Nashville:
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https://twitter.com/jscates/status/690643559628836864
At 7:17 AM, if you were on the NW side of this line, you were on your way winning the snow lottery. Snow was accumulating as an impressive convective snow band raced north up 65.
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It’s happening!
Hit up the radar above, turn on local news, and follow along on Twitter @NashSevereWx.
Major travel impacts expected.
Temps will fall into the 20°s after noon. Stuff will freeze and hang around for the rest of the day, tonight, overnight, and with temps not forecast to get above freezing Saturday, much of Saturday too.
Current Radar
Rain is arriving from the south tonight. Consult the above radar or your favorite radar for current conditions. We may even see a few thunderstorms, but nothing severe, and no icenadoes.