SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 733 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 300 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
...OLD MAN WINTER GETS A FIRM GRIP ON MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON IS POURING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
THE COLD AIR COMBINED WITH A MINOR UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS PRODUCING
SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES. COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ARE REPORTING A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW.
TEMPERATURES AT 7 AM AROUND THE AREA ARE IN THE MIDDLE TEENS OVER
NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND IN THE LOWER 20S ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
WITH WIND SPEEDS RANGING FROM 8 T0 16 MPH...WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ARE IN THE 2 TO 5 DEGREE RANGE.
COLD AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES UPSTREAM
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI ARE IN THE 5 TO 10
DEGREE RANGE.
THE COLD WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK WITH A RE-ENFORCING
ARCTIC BLAST EXPECTED AROUND MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER STRONG
ARCTIC COLD FRONT SLAMS INTO THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW
WITH THIS FRONT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THIS BONE
CHILLING COLD...CHECK ON THEIR ELDERLY FRIENDS...AND BE CAREFUL
WITH THE USE OF PORTABLE HEATERS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO COME THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY, AND WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING NEARLY ALL OF THE COMING WEEK, THERE IS A
CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM.
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