After lows in the 20s, we will see some high cirrus clouds on Sunday, but still enough sunshine to push temperatures into the low to mid 60s for highs.  On Monday, mid 60s should be the rule before showers push in on Tuesday.  We expect some thunderstorms on Wednesday and Wednesday night into early Thursday, but at this time, it does not look like a severe weather situation.  However, it is still early, and that could change, so we will keep you posted on our expected mid week storms.

Today, temperatures cracked the mid 50s with our high so far on the hourly reports at 55 (it could have gone higher between hours).  Despite the warm up today, temperatures will be on the chilly side tonight, dropping to the mid to upper 20s by daybreak on Sunday. 

However, after the chilly start, we expect plenty of sunshine on Sunday with just a few high clouds with temperatures warming to the low to mid 60s by the afternoon.  Enjoy!

The clouds will hang in there today along with some very light snow flurries.  Temperatures today will probably not reach 40 in the cloud cover, staying in the upper 30s for highs.  Overnight tonight, however, skies will clear dropping temps to mid 20s for lows.  However we’ll see sunshine tomorrow with highs in the mid to upper 40s.

Meanwhile, we are seeing more and more creativity from yesterday’s snow in our southern and eastern counties.  As we head through the lenten season towards Easter, Shaynee Syler from Franklin County and her father Craig built this “snow chicken”, nest (from hay), egg and all.  Great job!

To see pictures of today’s snow see the previous entry.

Although there may be some lingering drizzle around Nashville and some light snow still falling along the Cumberland Plateau, for the most part, the precipitation is winding down.  Rush hour here in Nashville will be fine with temps well above freezing.  Tonight’s lows should be in the 20s, but by then Nashville’s roads will be dry.

However, the areas where the snow accumulated in south and east Middle Tennessee may see some slick roads tonight as temperatures fall into the 20s.

First of all, the precip you see on Stormtracker at the top of this page on this Monday afternoon is not reaching the ground. 

After a cloudy and chilly Monday afternoon, our next weather system will pass to our south, just grazing Middle Tennessee with flurries for most of us, and some possible accumulations in our south and southeastern counties.  We don’t expect any precipitation until after midnight tonight, and it may start with a little rain/snow mix turning to snow by Tuesday morning.  On Tuesday, places like Pulaski, Fayetteville, Winchester, Manchester, McMinnville, Sparta, Sewanee, and Monteagle may see an inch or so of wet snow.

I may be getting ahead of myself, but why not?   It’s what you want to know.  Another system that will pass to our south on Tuesday may supply a few showers tomorrow afternoon and evening, but by Tuesday (maybe starting late Monday night) it could bring flurries to Nashville, but a possible accumulation in our south and southeast counties.  The map above is “preliminary”.  We will be updating the situation on Monday.

By the way, Monday’s highs should reach the mid 40s out ahead of the shower chances tomorrow afternoon and evening.

As expected the dividing line between clouds and sun (about I-24) meant the difference between temperatures in the 50s and 40s, even 30s to the east.  The clouds will increase for all of us later tonight as our next weather system pushes in from the west (see below).

Once again, there is another system that is expected to pass to our south that could bring snow by Tuesday to parts of northern Alabama and Georgia.  Nashville may see a few flurries on Monday night and Tuesday.  However, I think it is possible that our southeastern cities like McMinnville, Sparta, Manchester, Winchester, Spencer, Sewanee, and Crossville may be clipped by this system, possibly bringing them an inch or so on Tuesday.  But that’s Tuesday. 

Tomorrow we expect cloudy skies with a chance for some afternoon showers with highs only in the mid 40s.

The big East Coast snow storm (their 3rd) is “backing up” and expanding, and for us that means that some of the fringe clouds are dropping into Middle Tennessee from the northeast.  It will become mostly cloudy this evening, and there may be some flurries in our eastern counties (especially on The Plateau) overnight into Sunday morning. 

On Sunday we may start out cloudy, but the clouds may recede to the east during the day bringing some sunshine back into Nashville while the clouds persist in our eastern counties.  Where we get the sunshine generally from Nashville west and southward, temps should reach the upper 40s to low 50s.  In the cloudy areas will remain in the low to mid 40s.

We have watched a new batch of snow flurries and snow showers develop in western Kentucky and move southeastward towards Middle Tennessee (see Stormtracker above), so the flurries and snow showers will continue (instead of tapering off at 2:30pm).  We still anticipate no accumulation, but you should watch bridges and overpasses, especially as the sun gets lower, and our temperatures drop through the 20s.  The flurries should taper off later tonight, but continue in our eastern counties.

Above:  The TDOT Smartway Cam on I-24 west of Briley Parkway on the northwest side of Nashville at around 11:25am this morning.

As of 11:40am, the snow was coming down  fairly well in Nashville.  No significant accumulations are expected, but a few grassy areas may have a slight coating.  Temperatures will be falling into the 20s this afternoon, so watch bridges and overpasses.  The snow should taper off before evening rush hour in Nashville, ending in the approximate 2:30pm time period (give or take 30 minutes) , but lasting through the afternoon for our east and southern counties.

Of course, the snow started earlier in Clarksville.  The above picture is from Woodlawn, just west of Clarksville at 8:30am this morning taken by William Claytor.

This picture is from Clarksville earlier this morning.