Wind gusts up to 25mph thru the overnight hours will continue to put more stress on trees and power lines, with potential for more to come down. Please remain vigilant around any lines or trees. Always treat a downed power line if it were live. read more

• Sleet will transition to freezing rain over the next several hours
• Road conditions are rapidly deteriorating, travel is highly discouraged
• Ice accumulations of 0.5 – 0.75″ will cause potential power outages/tree damage
• Dangerous cold to follow, temperatures will struggle to make it above freezing for days, wind chill near -10° early next week

Our focus is quickly turning from our snowy start to the potential for damaging ice accumulation. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

NWS Nashville has our expected ice accumulation at 0.5 – 0.75″. Those amounts would spell trouble for trees and electrical infrastructure. Travel would be very dangerous. read more

• Winter Storm Warning will be in effect Friday night thru Sunday evening
• Increasing concern for damaging ice totals, 0.5 – 0.75″ possible, which could lead to power outages and tree damage
• Travel will become treacherous beginning Saturday morning, with prolonged impacts thru early next week
• Below freezing temperatures will last for days, wind chill values Monday and Tuesday morning near -5°

Our confidence remains high in an impactful winter storm this weekend that will bring prolonged impacts with a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Details are becoming more clear, although there is still some uncertainty in the forecast. We’ll talk most likely scenario, then some caveats in the forecast that could change things. Preparation will be important for this event – hope for the best, plan for the worst. Stay connected for the latest updates! read more

• A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect midnight Friday night thru 6p Sunday night
• Travel will become hazardous starting late Friday night into early Saturday morning, worsening throughout the weekend
• Power outages and tree damage cannot be ruled out if some higher freezing rain totals occur
• Brutal cold to follow our winter storm, with lows near 0° early next week

It’s become increasingly likely that we see a mix of all frozen precipitation: snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Models have been fairly consistent on thinking that we will deal with more freezing rain/sleet than snow, although we’ll probably see some of it all. read more

At least twice on the briefing from the brilliant minds at NWS Nashville, I heard something along the lines of “this is a very difficult forecast.” I think that should speak for itself – prepare yourself to embrace uncertainty. You will not come away from this blog knowing exactly what is going to happen, but you will be more prepared. read more

What We Know:

• Confidence is increasing that we see impactful winter weather this weekend
• Models have been quite consistent on thinking that we could see impressive snow totals
• Travel will likely be impacted across the region this weekend

What We Don’t Know:

• How much it will snow in your backyard
• What time it begins in your backyard
• If school will get canceled

This is all the latest information – and can (and will) change. Predicting winter weather around here is hard, especially still ~100 hours out. There is still a good amount of uncertainty with this. Stay connected for the latest info! read more

Before we get into what you all clicked on this blog for, I do want to briefly address the cold[er than normal] temperatures this week. Lows tonight will bottom out near 14°, and we’ll see similar lows this weekend. Prepare to protect any exposed pipes, bring in the pets, all the cold weather things. read more

If you hear about any snow chances tonight, we are excluded. It’ll be a Plateau Exclusive event tonight – per usual.

Rain moves in around dinner time (5 or 6p) and stays rain the entire time. In the off chance some flurries mix in towards the very end, they wouldn’t stick – models keep us several degrees above freezing the entire time. read more

This morning, the Plateau is doing Plateau things – squeezing out some snow showers. For us? Nothing, except maybe a stray flurry or two. Certainly, no impacts.

Next chance of precipitation will be Friday afternoon/evening as we get another clipper system that swings thru. read more

Temperatures generally around average for this time of year. Tuesday and Thursday being the exceptions, with one day having above-average temperatures, and the other having below average.

Only real shot at some precipitation this week continues to be Wednesday. read more