Enjoy the Winter Wonderland (if You Can Call It That…)

Pockets of snow dot the radar this morning. It will continue to fall through about noon.

Snow is sticking to some roads. Be extra cautious if you are driving this morning. Especially bridges and overpasses that may have some frozen patches. read more

Initial, big snowflakes now falling early this evening will melt on above-freezing surfaces. Temps are supercold and below-freezing above 3,000 feet. Temps are above-freezing below 3,000 feet. Flakes lack the time to change back to sleet or rain by the time they hit the earth. Splat. Melt. read more

We have a lot to follow in this forecast. Let’s start with this afternoon and early evening. We’re expecting rain to being this afternoon, and a rumble of thunder isn’t out of the question. We’ve recently been given a general thunderstorm outlook from the Storm Prediction Center (below). read more

Rain Thursday Night

Sunny skies and pleasant during the day. Southerly winds could gust upwards of 25 mph.

That’s all ahead of an approaching front tonight.

HRRR Model shows a weak band of showers moving through Thursday Evening into the overnight hours. read more

(Sunday’s forecast for Monday’s snow wasn’t horrible, wasn’t great. Looked like SE Will Co could get clipped and that’s what happened. The “place” forecast was good, the “amount” forecast was not. All the models “missed” this event, a reminder that weather models are not forecasts. Forecasts are not truth. Future prediction is hard. The arrogant forecast will be humbled. –David.) read more

It has been a tale of two counties this morning

Parts of Williamson County have picked up an inch…

Even nearing 2 inches near Thompson Station..

Those in Davidson County haven’t been as lucky

Moisture that has infiltrated Williamson has been losing the battle with the dry air north of I-40 in Davidson County. read more