Snowy Start for Some Friday Morning

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A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Friday in parts of West Tennessee including Jackson (Madison, Haywood, Hardeman, Fayette, Tipton, and Shelby counties) from 3am to 6pm tomorrow. This means that travel is possible but caution is strongly advised. Don’t get out if you don’t have to in these areas tomorrow.

Weather Update – 10:30 p.m. Thursday

Light snow flurries will be possible across scattered areas of West Tennessee. Temperatures will drop to the middle and upper teens and lower 20s by sunrise with maximum sustained wind speeds of 10 miles per hour making temperatures feel like they’re 10 degrees colder! Here’s a look at the forecast wind chills at 6 a.m.

Snow will move east into West Tennessee just before sunrise Friday and end early Friday afternoon. There’s a possibility for a dusting to 1″ of snow with a few areas near the Tennessee-Mississippi border getting a chance for a dusting to 2″. Friday will be a bitter cold day with wind chills in the low to middle teens all afternoon! Actual temperatures will reach highs in the lower to middle 20s.

Sunny skies will return this weekend but temperatures will still only reach low to middle 30s in the afternoons. Wind chills on Saturday morning will approach 0°F – the coldest point of this forecast. Stay tuned to WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast and with the VIPIR 7 Storm Team on-air and online for more updates!

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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