Extreme Life Threatening Winter Storm Coming this Weekend to West Tennessee!

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

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Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

A monster of a winter storm is shaping up and will move through West Tennessee this weekend. The precipitation will move in between midnight and 6am Saturday morning and hang around for 36 hours before moving out late in the day on Sunday. Significant amounts of snow, sleet and freezing rain appears to be on the way to West Tennessee. As of Wednesday evening, our location is in the most difficult area to forecast in the entire country from the system.

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Areas in West Tennessee, depending on how far north you are, could end up with over a foot of snow or more and some areas could up with an inch of ice or more. Locations closer you are to the boot hill of Missouri will see the most snow and the closer you are to the Pickwick damn area, the more ice you are going to see. Areas along I-40 will likely see both snow and ice from the system. The magic temperatures looks to be around 15°. If you are cooler than 15°, the rain will have enough time to refreeze to produce snow. But if you are above 15°, the rain will NOT enough time to refreeze and will freeze when it hits the cold surface and stick as ice.

Trust me when I say this, you would rather have 12″ of snow than 1″ of ice. I really hope we see some changes in the forecast over the next 48 hours and we all get snow. Join us tonight at 5 on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast information.

THIS WEEK:

The showers from Wednesday’s system should move out this evening and we should see partly cloudy skies tonight and fall down to around 30°. Thursday will be the nicest day of the week and you should take advantage of up and get your home affairs in order and make sure you are ready for a potential big winter storm this weekend. Highs on Thursday will make it up to around 50° and Thursday night lows will fall down to the low 30s by Friday morning. There will be some clouds in the morning and some sun in the afternoon before more clouds build in later in the day. We will call it a partly cloudy day on Thursday with the winds varying in direction as the day goes on.

The morning on Friday looks decent but a cold front will pass early in the day. The front could bring a spitting shower or two, but we are not expecting much. Highs will only reach up to the upper 30s to near 40°. We might see a bit of sun early in the day but overall we are looking at a mostly cloudy day on Friday. The winds will predominantly come out of the northeast on Friday and temperatures will drop quickly towards the back half of the day. We are expecting showers to move in late in the day. There is a chance we get a period of cold rain, before turning to a wintry mix and ice before transitioning to all snow overnight. Friday night lows should fall to the upper teens by the time we kick off your weekend.

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THE WEEKEND:

There is the potential for a significant winter storm to impact the Mid South and West Tennessee this weekend. This system is going to bring heavy snow and ice with it. The areas that could see the most ice and the most snow are still up for discussion and we will be spending a lot of time this week analyzing the storm. Saturday is going to be wet with snow being the most likely culprit at this time because highs are forecast to be in the low to mid 20s on Saturday. The showers are expected to fall most of the day on Saturday before clearing out by Sunday morning.

This system has the potential of bringing several inches of snow. The main area of concern for an ice storm, as of now, appears to be just south of West Tennessee, but obviously 4-5 days out, a lot can change in the forecast. Saturday night lows will fall down near 10° and Sunday highs will only reach the mid to upper 20s. The coldest air from the system is likely coming in Sunday night into Monday morning when the skies clear out and single digit temperatures seem likely at this time. Look for more updates during the week in the 7 Storm Team Weather Center as the system gets closer.