Weather

FOR: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 4:20AM, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

EXPIRES: 3:30PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAIN MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGES TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SOME SNOW LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE DAYBREAK...BUT AREAS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY GET MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION ON SATURDAY...AS THE MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINTRY WEATHER COULD AFFECT TRAVEL PLANS...SO STAY TUNED. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. * EVENT...LOW PRESSURE AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...MAINLY THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD LINGER AT LEAST INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE UPSLOPE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OCCUR.