Two weather makers are going to pass by in the next few days. One today, one on Monday. Let’s dive into it.
A Tale of Two Fronts
Rain Clears Out for NYE
The Main Thing: The main thing we’re watching in this forecast is the potential for strong storms overnight Monday night into Tuesday morning. More below.
Rain moves back in during the day today. HRRR thinks it’ll be light/scattered, then pick up overnight tonight. Loop through 1 am.
Rainy Pattern Starts Today, Kinda
For the next 6 days or so, we’ll get a little preview of spring, as temperatures shoot well above average into the 60’s.
We’ll also see rain chances pick up today and this afternoon. Won’t amount to much – if any. Just a quick passing by shower.
A Good Break From Freezing Temps, Rain Chances Return End Of The Week
For at least the next 7 days, we won’t see the freezing mark, which is a welcome sight for many. For fans of winter, maybe not so much.
Rain looks to return Friday and Saturday. No severe weather or flooding concerns with this. Models are hopeful that the rain will move out before NYE night activities, this could change though.
A Welcome Warming Trend
It was a storm we’ll tell our grandkids about one day. With a gust of wind we plummeted into a nasty season of spending 88 hours below freezing, some of those below zero, with punishing wind chills. Rolling blackouts, broken pipes and hazardous travel were part of the narrative for many of us this Christmas. But, better days are here.
Winter Weather Advisory Until Noon, Warmer Weather Soon
Both of our counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory until noon today. Isolated snowfall amounts of one inch are possible in some isolated areas, but most places will be around half an inch.
We shouldn’t see any major travel impacts, but any snow that falls will stick, so take it easy on the roads and give yourself some extra time today. Snow should end around noon, and we may see temps briefly get above freezing, which will help with melting.
A Cold Christmas Brings A Warm New Years
Merry Christmas!
We’ll take waking up to temperatures in the upper teens, certainly feels like Christmas! Winds have died down, so wind chill isn’t much of a factor, but it’s still cold. Certainly not the 76° we had last year…but at least it’s not also a high of 15° like in 1983.
Relief From The Cold Is On The Way
As of 8:30am, BNA is reporting double digits temps (10°) for the first time in ~32 hours. Temps will rise to the low 20’s, along with some sun, will hopefully help some road conditions improve, but several roads will still be hazardous, continue to take it easy. The “warmer” temps should also help to relieve some stress on the power grid.
Dangerous Cold Will Stick Around, Then A Warm Up
Well, it snowed. Which has left some roads a mess, if you have to go out today, take it nice and easy. Also, the kiddos are probably going to want to play in the snow, however, this is not ideal playing-in-the-snow weather. In fact, it may be tongue stuck to flagpole cold. I wouldn’t try and see for yourself though.
Wind Chill Warning + Winter Weather Advisory Starts Tonight, Potentially Life-Threatening Cold
3:30PM Update:
This afternoon, Davidson Co. was upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. Snowfall totals of 1-2″ are expected, with a few pockets of 3-4″ possible. Impacts remain the same as mentioned below in the rest of the blog.
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