WINTER STORM WARNING Issued for all of West TN Thursday night into Friday

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update

January 8, 2025

Joel Barnes,

WBBJ 7 Forecast Update:

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a winter storm warning for all of West Tennessee. The snow will move in between 10pm-midnight Thursday night starting around the Mississippi River and moving east. The heaviest bands of snow will occur Friday morning and early afternoon. The snow will move out and cross the Tennessee River close to Sunset. Snow totals will be between 3-7″ for most of West Tennessee with the highest amounts being near the Mississippi border and the lowest amounts being near the Kentucky border.

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The temperature will drop in the teens tonight and drop down close to the single digits Wednesday night in the wind chill department although the winds will be calm most of the night. It looks like we will be avoiding single digit temperatures this cold spell but it is still very cold. Please remember to leave your pipes dripping if you have had plumbing issues in the past. Please bring in your pets and do not leave them outside. Please bundle up in winter gear, hats and gloves and winter coats if you are heading out or sending the little ones out for any reason! We will stay dry until Thursday night when the next winter storm is expected to be coming in; so the roads will not be too bad for a few days as far as icy spots and slick bridges.

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Snow chances and heavy snow is looking highly likely for West Tennessee on Friday. All 4 long term forecast models I check out are showing snow all day Friday in our area. It is too early to talk about accumulations but the latest long term forecast trends are hinting at around 2-7″ right now depending on where you are at in West Tennessee. Obviously this far out we are not sure who and where across the Mid South is going to see the most, but it sure looks like some serious snow is on the way.

THIS WEEK:

Wednesday temperatures remained cold and again only reached the mid 30s. We did see mostly sunny skies on Wednesday and the winds were light out of the north. The wind chill again will make it feel in the 20s most of the day and Wednesday night lows is where we will bottom out for the current cold spell. Temperatures will fall into the mid teens Wednesday night with the wind chill hanging around 10° for Thursday morning.

The next system will be getting closer on Thursday and clouds will move in Thursday evening/night. Snow is expected to move in sometime Thursday night with the snow coming up from the southwest. There is a shot for a wintry mix, ice or freezing rain from the system but it looks to bring snow to most of us. The most likely place to see the freezing rain and ice would be near the Mississippi border but that is where the snow will be the heaviest and wettest as well. Highs on Thursday will reach the mid 30s but fall below freezing Thursday night into the mid 20s before the snow shows up.

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Snow is looking likely on Friday and accumulations look highly likely as of now. Latest forecast model trends have shown totals as high as 6-7″ with some as low as 3-4″. It is still a little early to make a forecast on the actual snow amounts across West Tennessee and to determine which areas will see the most, but I would prepare for at least a few inches for everyone between 10 Thursday night and 6pm Friday. The snow should wrap up by Friday night but it will be sticking around through the weekend. As of now, if the forecast holds, there will be school and business closures on Friday. This forecast will change as the system gets closer, we could see more or less snow that what we are thinking, but snow is coming…. stay with WBBJ this week for more information.

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THE WEEKEND:

The snow coming in on Friday is forecast to move out by the time the sun comes up on Saturday. But it will be too cold this weekend to melt any of the snow that we will be receiving on Friday. Highs on Saturday will reach the mid 30s but we should warm to the upper 30s on Sunday. Both weekend nights we are expecting the overnight temperatures to again fall into the 20s. The clouds will likely hang around all day on Saturday before clearing out on Sunday. The winds will come out of the west on Saturday as the system moves out and try to turn to the southwest on Sunday before the next front comes in early next week!