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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1252 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-042100-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1252 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS...

SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON THUS FAR IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE.

A COLD AIR MASS...OUT OF WESTERN CANADA...WILL OVERSPREAD THE MID
STATE THIS WEEKEND...AND PRODUCE TEMPERATURES SOME 10 TO 15
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE GULF COASTAL AREA...AND TRACK EAST NORTHEAST...TO JUST OFF
THE GEORGIA COAST BY EARLY SATURDAY. THESE TWO WEATHER EVENTS WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR AN ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
TO 3 INCHES. A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER OTHER EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN AREAS...MAINLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 65 AND THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU...AND NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER.

SATURDAY MORNING LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 20S...SO ANY SNOW THAT FALLS SHOULD STICK...ESPECIALLY ON
GRASSY AREAS AND ROOFTOPS. SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES COULD DEVELOP
ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AND MOTORISTS PLANNING TO CROSS THE
PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO HOLD THE MID STATE IN ITS
FRIGID GRIP SATURDAY NIGHT...EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES BY SUNRISE
SUNDAY MORNING TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE TEENS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU...AND IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S ELSEWHERE.

LAST YEAR THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN NASHVILLE ON DECEMBER
11TH WHEN 1.0 INCHES WAS MEASURED. SNOWFALL IN JANUARY TOTALED
ONLY 0.4 INCHES AT THE AIRPORT...ONLY A TRACE FELL IN
FEBRUARY...WITH 0.3 INCHES FALLING IN MARCH. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL
LAST WINTER WAS 1.7 INCHES.

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS AREA FOR A WHILE REMEMBER THE
SNOWS OF THE 1960'S. THE WINTER OF 1959 AND 1960 WAS THE SNOWIEST ON
RECORD IN NASHVILLE WITH 38.5 INCHES.


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