Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Bitterly Cold Air Here (60's by Weekend)

(Picture is courtesy of Kent from TNHills.com)

Cold air with strong winds and snow has invaded the Cookeville, TN area.  It feels more like Chicago than Middle Tennessee today.  Expectations are for temperatures to rise to the 20's later this afternoon and the snow should taper off.  Overnight lows are going to be right back down near 10° once again under a clear sky.

*Latest, Local Forecast *

WARMING UP!
The great news ahead is a warming trend.  Latest forecasting models show 60's for both Saturday and Sunday.  We'll stay above normal for several days after we get through this cold spell.

From the Nat'l Weather Service...
...SNOWFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 645 AM THIS MORNING...

SNOWFALL OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MANY ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED
AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE PLATEAU AREA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SNOW AMOUNTS FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES ENDING AT
645 AM THIS MORNING.

PICKETT...ONE HALF INCH. FENTRESS...2 INCHES. OVERTON...1 TO 2
INCHES. PUTNAM...A DUSTING TO AN INCH WITH ISOLATED 2 INCH
AMOUNTS. WHITE...A DUSTING. CUMBERLAND...1 INCH.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Think putnam county schools will be closed Thursday?

Michael Detwiler said...

No, I don't think they will...it will probably be bus driver discretion.

Anonymous said...

Schools are closed!

MTWC said...

Boy Mike, Putnam's gotta be running low on snowdays. Sure hope the kids don't have to get their summer cut into your way. For someone who has just 4" of snow on the year you all seem to be getting the snow days! Hope all is well in Cookeville.

-Clay in Oak Hill

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