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« Reply #180 on: January 20, 2007, 02:27:14 PM »
NWS in Nashville also taking wintry mix of any kind out of forecast for most of middle Tennessee. Rain and 35* for nashville tonight. Rain and 36* here in Marshall county. Its over folks. Next.
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« Reply #181 on: January 20, 2007, 03:52:48 PM »
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
 335 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007
 
 .SHORT TERM...CLOUDS HAVE FINALLY OVERSPREAD THE MID STATE WITH
 TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S MOST AREAS.
 HOWEVER, THE SURFACE AIR REMAINS DRY, WITH DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS
 AVERAGING 20 DEGREES OR SO AREA-WIDE. THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH LIGHT
 PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED INTO WEST TENNESSEE, IT WILL BE A FEW
 HOURS BEFORE IT STARTS REACHING THE GROUND HERE.
 
 SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 20Z SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW STILL CENTERED OVER
 NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS BEING PUSHED UP WELL
 AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL FRONTAL SYSTEM. BY 18Z TOMORROW, LOW CENTER
 WILL HAVE MOVED INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI, ALTHOUGH BY THEN THE
 DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL HAVE MOVED EAST OF NASHVILLE.
 
 IN THE MEANTIME, MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION MAY
 MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING, ALTHOUGH THE LOW-LEVEL TEMPERATURE
 PROFILE (UP TO ABOUT 700 MB) WILL BE ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOVE
 FREEZING. EVAPORATIVE COOLING, OWING TO THE LARGE DEW POINT
 DEPRESSIONS, WILL PROBABLY FORCE TEMPERATURES DOWN ANOTHER COUPLE
 OF DEGREES WHEN THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. BUT OVERALL, THE
 ENVIRONMENT IS JUST TOO WARM TO SUPPORT PURE WINTRY
 PRECIPITATION. SLEET WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN AREAS NORTH OF
 NASHVILLE AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, WHERE ELEVATIONS ARE
 HIGHER AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER.
 
 WHATEVER SLEET DOES MIX IN WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK
 TOMORROW AS TEMPERATURES WARM, OWING TO AN INCREASING SOUTHERLY
 FLOW. AM LOOKING FOR ALL RAIN AFTER 14Z.
 
 .LONG TERM...PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
 EVENING, BUT LOOK FOR CLOUDS TO REMAIN AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY, AS
 THE 500 MB SHORTWAVE WON`T ACTUALLY PASS THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT.
 
 A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE NORMAL
 RANGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO
 AFFECT THE MID STATE ON WEDNESDAY, WITH SNOW POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
 NIGHT AND THURSDAY, BUT AM STICKING WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IN
 THOSE PERIODS SINCE IT`S SO FAR OUT.
Views expressed are my personal views and opinions and should not take the place of official forecasts and warnings issued by the NWS and your local media.

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« Reply #182 on: January 20, 2007, 04:05:57 PM »


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« Reply #183 on: January 20, 2007, 06:42:00 PM »
I'm at my parents' house in southern Cheatham County (just west of Nashville).

It is SLEETING here.  :shock:

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« Reply #184 on: January 20, 2007, 07:00:30 PM »
Got sleet here too...

 

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