SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 649 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-032030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 649 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...BIG CHANGES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK... A WARMING TREND WILL SEND TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S TODAY...AND INTO THE LOWER 70S IN SOME AREAS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR NASHVILLE TOMORROW IS 71 DEGREES. HOWEVER...THESE PLEASANTLY MILD TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST LONG. ON THURSDAY...YOU CAN EXPECT A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW OF AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY. RAINFALL TOTALS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED BE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OVER MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS ARCTIC AIR PUSHES DEEPER INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS WEEK ...YOU CAN EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES...AND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF NASHVILLE...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SLEET IN THE NASHVILLE AREA EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. IT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT AN ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER AT LEAST THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE MID STATE FRIDAY NIGHT ...BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF EARLY SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW...IT LOOKS LIKE MAINLY A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE. HOWEVER...IF THE COLD AIR PUSHES DEEPER ACROSS TENNESSEE THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED... ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES AS WELL. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND, COMPUTER MODELS SHOULD HELP METEOROLOGISTS DETERMINE IF ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE NEEDED. FOR THIS REASON...YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES TO KNOW HOW BEST TO PREPARE FOR THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ANOTHER EPISODE OF WINTRY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:35:08 +0000
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