Unseasonably colder temperatures are expected mid-week with an area-wide hard freeze likely Wednesday morning. Temperatures return to near normal late in the week.

Tuesday: Widespread frost, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 48. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 44. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Widespread frost after 9pm. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 23. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Thursday: Widespread frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 53. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Widespread frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Widespread frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday Night: Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Saturday: Areas of frost. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 64.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Source: National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices in Nashville and Morristown.

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