Weather

Today started with a bit of a snowy surprise…sometimes the atmosphere gets the better of the best of us! In fact, here on Wednesday evening the snow is still falling, to the point where cleaning the car off will soon be necessary. That said, we have potentially a bigger snow situation coming Friday, and that’s what this blog is about!

Instead of my usual format, I’m going to treat each daypart as its own paragraph, starting with tonight. Yes, there are still snow showers. That will continue off and on this evening before tapering off to snow flurries. Could be some flurries in the cold morning, as lows will be around 14 degrees by then.

Thursday shouldn’t be a bad day at all. Clouds and flurries are possible early, then they’ll be gone. Most of the clouds depart as well, and we’ll get some sunshine in here. That won’t warm us up much, as highs just get to 30. Tomorrow night features clouds increasing once again, with lows around 17 by sunrise.

Friday is the big day. We’ll have clouds increasing as low pressure goes across the Gulf Coast and a cold front follows behind it. Clouds will start spitting out snow late morning into early afternoon…the farther west you are, the sooner snow you’ll get. Highs will be around 34 degrees, which could promote a mix of rain and snow. I think that’s going to happen and keep accumulations lower. More on that in a minute.

Snow continues Friday night off and on, as well as Saturday morning. Flurries may well continue for the balance of Saturday, to be honest, with cloudy skies. Highs will be right at freezing on Saturday.

As for accumulations, I’m thinking 2-4 inches of snow are possible for the Tri-Cities area and folks mostly east of I-81. West of there (including Kingsport), a 3-5 or 6 inch snow total is possible. While that is not a major event by any means, roads will be rough for some until all of them get the snowplow during the event. So be careful if you have to go out. Best thing to do is prepare early…tonight or tomorrow…and have everything you need before the first flakes hit the ground.

By Sunday, snow should be gone and sunshine is likely to return to some degree. We should get back up to 37 degrees to finish off the weekend. It does look like more snow showers are possible on Monday.

Thanks for checking here for the forecast…where the only exclamation marks you’ll see are next…hope you can enjoy the snow that’s coming on Friday!