Light Snow Bands to Continue This Evening, The Next Storm will be Here Wednesday
Monday Evening Forecast Update
Monday Evening Forecast for February 15th:
Please stay inside tonight! The wind chill in West Tennessee will be between -5 and -10° all night long. More snow, ice and freezing rain are headed this way on Wednesday and Thursday. Another Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the next storm coming in. Find out who is most likely to see snow and who is most likely to see ice right here!
TONIGHT:
Some flurries could continue tonight, but no more snow accumulations are expected from Monday’s storm. As the skies turn to more mostly cloudy, the cold air will funnel on it behind the storm system. Overnight lows are expected to be in the middle single digits and the wind chill will be below zero all night long. Winds will be blustery out of the northwest.
TUESDAY:
It will be a VERY cold start to our Tuesday so bundle up and give your car plenty of time to warm up before you head up. Roads are expected to be very slick and snow packed in some area so TAKE IT EASY. Highs will only reach the upper teens and the wind chill most of the day will be near 0°. Tuesday night we should drop down to the low teens.
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:
The next storm system will show up on Wednesday and move out into the day on Thursday. The forecast models are all over the place and this is a difficult forecast. A wintry mix is almost guaranteed but snow and rain are also expected at times. Some places could be 6 inches or snow, some places could get a half inch of ice and some areas might only get a cold rain.
The strange part about this storm is that it is expected to the be the opposite of Monday’s storm which started out as sleet and then turned over to snow. Wednesday’s storm is expected to start out as snow, but then as a warm front moves in, start to switch over to sleet or freezing rain and then even to a cold rain only overnight into Thursday. The storm is likely to move out early on Thursday though.
We will try to have a better idea of what to expect from this system after the current storm system clears out. But make sure you are prepared for another major winter storm to impact West Tennessee in the middle of the week. Here is a first look at the ice and snow forecast from the WBBJ Storm Team Weather Team.
FRIDAY/THE WEEKEND:
Dry weather is expected for the end of the week and the start of the weekend. West winds will keep it cool on Friday, but the winds will start to come out of the south by Saturday and that should start to warm things up a bit across the region by the weekend. Highs will only make it into the 20s on Friday but mid 30s are expected on Saturday and 40s on Sunday.
The mid week system could pack a serious punch as it comes by and we will watching it closely in the WBBJ Storm Team Weather Center.
Storm Team Chief Meteorologist
Joel Barnes
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