Weather

FOR: NORTH SEVIER, SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 4:24AM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

EXPIRES: 2:00PM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS WEEKEND. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY...ESPECIALLY AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

FOR: SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 1:49AM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

EXPIRES: 12:00PM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

...SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE DAYBREAK...BUT AREAS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY SEE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...AS THE MUCH COLDER AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS MOVE IN BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINTRY WEATHER COULD AFFECT TRAVEL PLANS...SO STAY TUNED. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LOW PRESSURE AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA. A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SMOKIES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF EAST TN. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD LINGER AT LEAST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE UPSLOPE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OCCUR.