Snow Tonight with “Some Slippery Spots”

Radar at 4:07 pm shows some light to moderate precipitation driving down I-24 from W Kentucky and S Illinois:

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Wx models keep that precip coming. Almost all precip today has fallen as snow flurries, which should continue tonight. The HRRR thinks we’ll be up to an inch of accumulated snowfall as of 4am Tuesday morning. Keep in mind, this is just one weather model, not a forecast, and could be wrong:

Total Accumulated Snowfall based on the HRRR wx model. It's just one model & may be wrong.
Total Accumulated Snowfall based on the HRRR wx model. It’s just one model & may be wrong.

But, will it stick?  The NWS think it might, mostly in Davidson County:

MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS SEEN TEMPERATURES REMAIN AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BELIEVE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY ALONG UNTREATED ROADWAYS, BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, AS THE SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES. SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG ROADS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE MID-STATE, ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE I-24 CORRIDOR (INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA). EXPECT UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IN AREAS JUST WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, RANGING TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA. read more

Monday’s Meager Snow Chances

Here’s what happened overnight:

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Today we may see snow in the air from time to time, some of it falling as rain, some of it as snow. Temps will be above freezing, so we don’t expect it to stick to much – mainly just decks, grills and elevated surfaces – if anything at all.

More of the same tonight.  NWS says:

NASHVILLE WILL BE JUST BELOW FREEZING AND WILL LIKELY WARM UP ENOUGH ON TUESDAY MORNING THAT ANY PRECIP WILL CHANGE TO A RAIN SNOW MIX BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY AND COOL. read more

Marchuary Continues…Snow!

No need to panic or party, but seriously, it’s late March and we think it’ll snow tonight and tomorrow night. Counting both nights, look for “around an inch.”

The NWS Graphicast:

NWS Snowfall

Here’s the text for tonight into Monday: “less than one half inch.”

AS FOR THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL...THE FIRST DISTURBANCE WILL EFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU COULD SEE ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS NON PLATEAU AREAS OF NORTHERN MIDDLE TN...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN...NO MORE THAN A TRACE IS EXPECTED. read more

After the Rain…(a cold wind, snow in the air)

This post is brought to you by a song I really still like no longer like anymore, from Nelson.

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Even though we may still see a few more drive-thru showers this afternoon, the majority of the rain and all of the storms are gone. Strong winds are piling into Middle TN. Wind gusts were found to our west, and moving our way, in the 20 and 30mph range around 3:15pm today: read more

NWS Special Wx Statement - Afternoon Storms

From our NWS. Radar Image from 2pm.

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD THROUGH 345 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AT ABOUT 200 PM CDT... THE BAND EXTENDED FROM NEAR PORTLAND...TO NEAR FRANKLIN...SMYRNA AND LEWISBURG. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. March Update read more

As Storms Arrive…

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NWS Significant Weather Advisory for Small Hail & 40 mph Winds

20130324-122006.jpg…A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 215 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON…

AT 1208 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS…SOME STRONG…EXTENDING FROM
JUST WEST OF CLARKSVILLE…TO NEAR LOBELVILLE AND WAYNESBORO…MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. read more

Wind Advisory with Afternoon Rain + Monday Snow?

Today expect rain this afternoon with a small thunderstorm chance, falling temps tonight, maybe a few snowflakes overnight with little or no accumulation, and a lot of wind. This is “Marchuary” (a term used by Tom Johnstone, who is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS in Nashville) at it’s finest. read more

Next Three Days: Wet, then Cold & Dreary

The map below shows rainfall totals under a half inch from Sunday morning through Wednesday morning. Most of this rain will fall this afternoon into Sunday morning and afternoon.  We may see a stray thunderstorm or two, but nothing to worry about. read more

Models Keeping Us Dry Most of Saturday

There’s still a small chance these models are wrong, but on this they agree: no rain until around dusk tonight, probably later.