While ever-shrinking piles of plowed snow hang around to remind us of the big snow that was, we look ahead to a multi-inch rain that could bring flooding.
It wasn’t too long ago we were looking at snow accumulation maps that resembled this, but rain in these amounts is a different ballgame. Much more water will fall from the sky and will likely run right off into local ponds, streams, creeks and rivers due to the saturated ground.
After dark a weak cold front will move through, pushing a few light, scattered showers ahead of it. No big deal.
Cold air will file in overnight, waking up to 37°, high only 54°. It’s still winter.
Still have snow in your yard? Yeah. It’ll be gone today or tomorrow.
NWS Area Forecast Discussion
Sunshine and warmer temps?
Highs the next couple days will be 10° above average.
The HRRR has showers beginning to come through the area around 9 PM. They should be out of the area before daybreak Thursday, giving way to more sunshine Thursday afternoon.
The surface front that brought some showers early this morning is making its final eastward exit out of the Plateau.
Clearing skies today will stick around with us for a good portion of the work week with mild temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
A beautiful day awaits with high temperatures around 50º. Lots of melting will take place. With that being said…
Ice missiles are still a threat. Continue clearing off the tops of your vehicles.
Keep an eye on your ceiling. There might still be ice in your gutters blocking the water’s path off your roof. The only way for it to go is down… into your house. Clear your gutters of ice if you can.
Ice missiles fly off the tops of cars and truck and onto the windshields of cars and trucks behind them. These are this weekend’s biggest hazard. Sometimes the ice doesn’t missile backwards causing property damage or an accident. Sometimes it slides forward and covers your windshield while you are driving. Clear the top of you car and truck before going out.
Clean off your car.
It’ll only take a few minutes to do:
And keep windshields from looking like this:
The GOES-East satellite still shows some snow cover this morning.
The National Weather Service estimates 3 to 4 inches of snow fell between Wednesday and Thursday.
Please clean your ride before you drive. How long does it take?
In those 8 minutes, you prevent doing this to the unsuspecting person behind you:
Be cool, and clean the ice off.
After messing with us a few times last night with some brief sleet, the atmosphere finally had mercy and unleashed a snow event. Many received 3-4 inches of new snow on top of the crusty ice, leaving several inches of sleadable powder with snow continuing today. It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen those snow rates we had last night and reminded many of us of years like Jan. 2016 or even Jan 2003. Although our totals this time were a little less, it came down quickly and was fun to watch.
Road conditions are still extremely hazardous across Middle Tennessee.
Enjoy the sun this morning but don’t expect anything to melt. High temperatures will be hard pressed to make it above freezing. Anything that falls today and tomorrow will sit on top of this stubborn layer of ice.
The 18z HRRR model run thinks snow will pass north of us Wednesday morning. By sundown Wednesday night, we begin several hours of snow ending around 1 AM Thursday morning. Then a pause until sunrise, when a sleet/snow event begins then transitions quickly back to snow and continues at least through noon Thursday. Then the model cuts off.
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