URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
758 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2010
…SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE… MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A DOVER TO PULASKI LINE…
.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST NORTH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT…BRINGING WITH IT A SURFACE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE MID STATE TONIGHT…AND AN OCCLUDED FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ALONG AND EAST OF A DOVER TO PULASKI LINE…WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU…WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY…
* TIMING: LATE CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW IN MOST AREAS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU…WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE PLATEAU…WITH UP TO THREE INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THIS UPDATE FROM THE ICY COLD CROW IS A SERVICE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC AND SMITH’S AUTOMOTIVE.
