• 4th January 2010 - By Kelton Halbert

    The coldest temperatures of the winter are about to occur, with lows in the single digits! Plus, 1-3 inches of snow possible! Read this Special Weather Statement by the National Weather Service!

    …ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL BE
    FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY COLD AIR…

    WINTER WILL CONTINUE ITS GRIP ON THE MID STATE…WITH ACCUMULATING
    SNOW A GOOD POSSIBILITY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY
    THURSDAY. EXACT AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME BUT WIDESPREAD 1
    TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP
    RAPIDLY OUT OF CANADA ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
    AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY
    NIGHT… AND ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY
    THURSDAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ARCTIC OUTBREAK
    THAT WILL BRING EXTREMELY COLD AIR…COLDEST OF THE SEASON SO
    FAR…WITH SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS AND HIGHS
    ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY IN THE TEENS. OVERNIGHT WIND CHILL
    TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN AHEAD FOR THE POTENTIAL SNOW
    AT MID-WEEK AND THE EXTREME COLD TO FOLLOW. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
    TAKEN TO KEEP WATER PIPES FROM BURSTING…LIVESTOCK AND PETS WILL
    NEED CARE FROM THE COLD. CAR BATTERIES SHOULD BE CHECKED TO ENSURE
    THEY WILL START IN THE EXTREME COLD. MONITOR THOSE THAT MAY SUFFER
    FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD…ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

    I will try to get more information on this event if I can. Stay warm!

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