Morning Update for Snow Chances Tonight (Wednesday, February 25th)

We're still dry in West Tennessee so far, but I can't say the same for our neighbors to the south across parts of Arkansas and Mississippi. This is a look at public reports through an interactive weather app called mPING* of precipitation types over the last 6 hours...

A lot of locations across Mississippi have reported sleet or rain recently with most of the precip having stayed farther south of a line from Tupelo, MS to Clarksdale, MS. Temperatures have been fickle, flirting with freezing in those locations, while most of West Tennessee, including Jackson, just got to 31° at 10:00 a.m. this morning. Temperatures will continue to rise in West Tennessee but in locations where snow, sleet, or freezing rain is being reported the temperature will remain steady or drop.

Our latest snowfall forecast from last night still had a dusting to 2" in southeastern-most parts of West Tennessee toward McNairy and Hardin counties. However, with the recent model trends showing the system staying farther south and hardly even making it over the Tennessee-Mississippi line, we could be looking at only a dusting in some areas. If the precip begins as rain, it'll be pretty hard for the snow to stick, making for a big bust in this forecast.

In other words, now it's time to wait and see! Send us your reports and pictures if you can! Precip will approach the southern counties of West Tennessee during the late afternoon and continue moving northeast from there on out through the evening.

*If you would like to use mPING to send in your reports of what type of precip you're seeing, you can - it's easy! All you need is a smart phone or tablet. For Apple devices the app can be downloaded on iTunes and for Android devices the app can be downloaded on Google Play. If you'd like to view the reports from others for yourself, you can do so on the app or on their website.

Another Round of Winter Weather Coming Wednesday

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Alcorn and Tishomingo counties in northeast Mississippi, and for McNairy and Hardin counties in southwest Tennessee from 6 a.m. Wednesday to midnight Wednesday night.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Tipton, Haywood, Madison, Chester, Henderson, Decatur, Shelby, Fayette, and Hardeman counties in West Tennessee from 6 a.m. Wednesday to midnight Wednesday night.

The clouds took a while to clear this morning but finally by the afternoon, we were looking at sunshine again. Temperatures warmed up into the mid and upper 30s across most locations but cold weather will return in earnest to West Tennessee after winter weather wallops West Tennessee once more on Wednesday.

Tonight, skies will become cloudy at times later on in the night with light winds out of the southwest. Temperatures will drop to the low and mid 20s by Wednesday morning. Wednesday will start out dry but as skies become mostly cloudy after noon, snow showers will start moving into southern portions of the Mid-South with temperatures warming up to the upper 30s and low 40s.

Snow showers will begin moving into southwest Tennessee just before sunset on Wednesday night. Afterwards light to moderate snow could be seen anywhere in West Tennessee, but will be likeliest south of I-40 where significant accumulations could occur. Counties that are under a Winter Storm Warning (McNairy and Hardin) could see 2"-3" of snow while other areas south of I-40 could get as much as 1"-2" including parts of Bolivar, Henderson, and Parsons which are in counties under a Winter Weather Advisory. Along and north of the interstate, as much as a dusting to 1" of snow will be possible.

Later on in the week, Thursday and Friday will be bitterly cold as a region of cold air moves into the Mid-South. The weekend will begin a warming trend as temperatures warm into the mid and upper 40s under partly cloudy skies on Saturday. March will begin on Sunday with even warmer weather but will also come along with rain showers from a cold front that will move into the area on Sunday night.

Stay tuned to the VIPIR 7 Storm Team for the latest on the forecast!

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!