After dark a weak cold front will move through, pushing a few light, scattered showers ahead of it. No big deal.
Much Colder Thursday
Cold air will file in overnight, waking up to 37°, high only 54°. It’s still winter.
Category: Forecast Blogs (Legacy)
Weekend Rain Likely
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.
Showers Wednesday Night
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.
Transitioning from Snowy Szn to Rainy & Stormy Szn
Melting Continues; Rain on Its Way Overnight to Wash Away Snow Creations.
Enjoy the Sunday Sunshine!
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, Ice Dams, Sunglasses, Melting, Rain ETAs, Warmup, & a Look at Next Snow/Sleet/Rain Mehevent.
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.
Sunshine Returns, Warming Trend Starting This Weekend
Let’s Start With Something Important…
Clean off your car.
It’ll only take a few minutes to do:
And keep windshields from looking like this:
Sunshine Returns
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.
Snow Moving Out; Clean Your Ride Before You Drive
If You Read Nothing Else
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.
It Snowed!
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.
Winter Storm Warning Wednesday–Thursday: Timing, Impacts, Other Details
More Snow Beginning This Afternoon
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.
This Week’s Second Winter Storm Watch: Timing, Ranges, Amounts, Uncertainties.
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.
Very Cold Today, More Borderline Sleet/Snow/Rain Arriving Wednesday & Hanging Around Thursday.
It is bitter cold out there with the highs only reaching 22 degrees today. Wind chills no more than 10. The only snow removal will be manual.
Another Round of Snow, Sleet, and/or Rain Wednesday and Thursday
Models disagree where the snow – sleet – rain line will be. Early this morning NWS-Nashville summarized it like this: