For those that thought today was it for winter weather this week. This was just the prelude. We will be on the front end of what some meteorologists are saying may be the biggest winter storm they’ve seen on the East Coast in awhile. A Blizzard watch has been issued for most of the East this weekend. A Winter Storm Watch goes into effect 1/20 for us.
According to NWS:
213 pm cst wed jan 20 2016
…Winter storm watch in effect from Friday morning through
Saturday morning…
The national weather service in nashville has issued a Winter
Storm watch…Which is in effect from Friday morning through
Saturday morning.
* timing…6 am Friday until noon Saturday.
* main impact…Snow on roads and bridges will create hazardous
Travel conditions.
Precautionary/preparedness actions…
A winter storm watch means there is a potential for significant
Snow…Sleet…Or ice accumulations that may impact travel.
Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
Ahead of this will be copious amounts of rain and possibly strong thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening.
A general timeline on what we’re thinking for this winter storm. We’ll be able to better refine timing tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/08GQk9YHHW
— NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) January 20, 2016
We will monitor the situation . Live weather radar here.
