…SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND SLICK HIGHWAYS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SWEEP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, USHERING IN A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AIR, ALONG WITH PATCHY SNOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 30S DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY, WITH SNOW BECOMING LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. ONCE THE SNOW STARTS, TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY COOL TO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S, WITH SLICK SPOTS DEVELOPING ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOST TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DURING RUSH HOUR ON THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

BY THURSDAY EVENING, TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, TO BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH ELSEWHERE. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ON GRASSY AREAS AND ROOFTOPS. HOWEVER, SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.