High pressure allows for generally clear skies tonight. Lots of cold air sets the stage for a cool weekend. Rain/ snow mix with light accumulation into Sunday...
It'll be just a few high level clouds passing through the area tonight. That won't be enough cloud cover to insulate the surface overnight. So we're expecting another cold one tonight with a low of 21.
That high pressure will slide east during the day Saturday. Temperatures will only reach a high of 43. Low pressure and frontal boundary crosses the Smokey Mountains Saturday night/Sunday. Meanwhile, plenty of cold air will continue to spread into the region from the north. We'll see a rain/snow mix with sprinkles getting started around midnight Saturday night. Any precip will quickly change to all snow & continue for most locations north of RT 50 into Sunday morning. Southern-most zones will see a slower transition to snow Saturday night and will also contend with brief and patchy pockets of freezing rain as the system crosses the mountains. Another hard freeze is in store for Saturday night with a low of 26. Low-lying areas will see an inch, maybe two inches of snow by Sunday morning. Mountain counties may have 6 or 7 inches by 10 AM Sunday. To the south, accumulations will be limited to a dusting on grassy spots.
Cool temperatures will stick around into the first part of next week. Sunday's overnight low will be in the upper teens! Another system will bring rain Wednesday, maybe a snowflake Wednesday night/ into Thursday. Cool air and zonal flow aloft will not allow for much of a warm up through the end of March. More rain & cloudy skies are on tap for next weekend.
It'll be just a few high level clouds passing through the area tonight. That won't be enough cloud cover to insulate the surface overnight. So we're expecting another cold one tonight with a low of 21.
That high pressure will slide east during the day Saturday. Temperatures will only reach a high of 43. Low pressure and frontal boundary crosses the Smokey Mountains Saturday night/Sunday. Meanwhile, plenty of cold air will continue to spread into the region from the north. We'll see a rain/snow mix with sprinkles getting started around midnight Saturday night. Any precip will quickly change to all snow & continue for most locations north of RT 50 into Sunday morning. Southern-most zones will see a slower transition to snow Saturday night and will also contend with brief and patchy pockets of freezing rain as the system crosses the mountains. Another hard freeze is in store for Saturday night with a low of 26. Low-lying areas will see an inch, maybe two inches of snow by Sunday morning. Mountain counties may have 6 or 7 inches by 10 AM Sunday. To the south, accumulations will be limited to a dusting on grassy spots.
Cool temperatures will stick around into the first part of next week. Sunday's overnight low will be in the upper teens! Another system will bring rain Wednesday, maybe a snowflake Wednesday night/ into Thursday. Cool air and zonal flow aloft will not allow for much of a warm up through the end of March. More rain & cloudy skies are on tap for next weekend.
