Weather

FOR: NW BLOUNT, BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 11:05AM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

EXPIRES: 7:00PM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .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 THIS AFTERNOON. ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. 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: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

EFFECTIVE: 11:03AM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

EXPIRES: 7:00PM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

...SNOW SHOWERS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON... .SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION. ...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...ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE UPSLOPE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OCCUR.