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

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-050515-
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
315 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009

...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...

SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON THUS FAR IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND...ALONG WITH A CHANCE
FOR SNOW OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA.

A COLD AIR MASS...OUT OF WESTERN CANADA...WILL OVERSPREAD THE MID
STATE...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...AND
THE CREATION OF POSSIBLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN
ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMMON. 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 IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
20S...SO ANY SNOW THAT FALLS SHOULD STICK...ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY
AREAS AND ROOFTOPS. SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES COULD ALSO 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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