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I am Brendan Schaper, a professional broadcast meteorology student at Mississippi State University, here to be the bearer of good weather news! Nashville stays quite chilly today, but temperatures will be climbing back to near-normal Thursday and above average temperatures are expected for the weekend.
Current Radar
The rain should pull away by 9 PM. Here’s the HRRR’s prediction:
Notice the snow at the TN/KY line. As the precip moves out, there is a possibility we’ll briefly see a little sleet/snow mix north of I-40 tonight — we are already below freezing at 5,000 feet. No local accumulation or travel problems expected.
Current Radar
Well unfortunately we are not escaping the rain quite yet.
Today into Tonight HIGH 43 LOW 33:
Rain showers will resume around the early lunch hours and on into the rest of the day. These showers will stay around pretty much the entire afternoon. The showers remain constant throughout the day and will continue into the evening hours. No major flooding is a concern today; however some localized flooding on smaller roads is still possible with how much rainfall has been seen in the past 24 hours. The temperature will stay around the low-40°s throughout the day. The temperature will drop into the evening hours, but is not expected to get below freezing. Since most of the moisture will be out of our area by the time the temperature drops, there should be little to no snow accumulation into tonight.
Current Radar
Now that our little bit of winter precip is over, it is all rain for here on out!
For the rest of your Monday: We have rain, and lots of it. Some of the rain will be heavy, but the good news is it will start to wind down by this evening. We don’t expect flooding to become a big issue, but some localized problems are possible. The highs today will only be in the low-mid 40°s with a wind chill getting down into the 30°s.
Current Radar
After a few early afternoon hours of sleet and snow, the rain left.
Now the ice is trying to come back for a few hours tonight.
Just issued by NWS, statement — "wintry mix will continue this evening north of I-40." pic.twitter.com/HA73WEgJiX
Current Radar
This should work down I-24 this morning, and mainly impact areas along and north of I-40. There is not much of it, but as I write this, temps at the surface and aloft are all below freezing, so it should be snow. Yet the air aloft is also pretty dry, meaning much of this snow will evaporate before we will even see it. So, we think this will be a little “pre-event” light snow, but not a big deal.
Current Radar
Updates from this morning in red.
Precip will move in Sunday afternoon. We are calling it “precip” because it may take many forms during the day and night, depending on the time, your exact location, and maybe even your elevation. This is life in Middle Tennessee, right on the line of stuff.
Current Radar
Notice that the HRRR model has a few flurries possible late this evening as the surface low moves east.
Right now there is no reason to be worried about these.
High pressure will be in full control of our weather for Saturday, driving in frigid temps on a north wind.
Current Radar
We’ll get to the mid/upper 20°s overnight tonight and into Friday morning, but there should not be anything left to freeze.
The snow that was in the Dakotas earlier today has made it down to parts of Iowa and even Missouri this evening:
Current Radar
As you can see from the above radar, a long, narrow ribbon of snow continues to drive down I-24.
Dry air aloft, personified by the Dry Air Monster, has been eating (evaporating) some of the precip, but not all of it. If you have a window, you can verify. The DAM hasn’t been hungry.
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