Sunday, February 22, 2015

Another Chance for Winter Weather Tonight (Sunday, February 22nd)

The 'cabin fever' continues! Areas of southwest Tennessee may once again get a chance for snow, sleet, and freezing rain tonight.

Starting with the radar, you can see an area of mostly rain (green and yellow) with ice (purple) and snow (blue/gray) moving northeast toward the Memphis area.


Temperatures at 4:15pm were still above freezing across most of West Tennessee with 40s still being observed near Savannah.


However as temperatures inevitably cool down overnight, there will be a change over from rain to freezing rain and sleet and possibly snow across the area of southwest Tennessee later tonight. Once again, I-40 seems to be a good boundary for describing where the "heaviest" precip will fall tonight. Areas to the south of the interstate could see a half inch or less of snow and a quarter inch or less of freezing rain overnight while areas farther north should deal with lighter precip amounts or none at all. 

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued Winter Weather Advisories for Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, and Hardin counties from 9pm tonight (Sunday) through 9am Monday. In these locations, snow and ice will make driving difficult tomorrow morning.


The wintry mix will start pushing into the southwest corner of the state between 6 and 9pm with the bulk of the precip falling between 9pm and midnight. Make sure to check the road conditions outside before you decide to travel!

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