Issued Friday morning, March 20, 2026

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Spring officially begins at 9:46 a.m. today! (Meteorological spring began March 1)

Just as spring begins, our temps are really climbing! That will lead to a nice day on the plateau.

Saturday is looking nice but we have a weak disturbance sliding through in the afternoon that may be just enough to spark a shower or t-shower. It’s nothing to cancel outdoor plans over, but it is something to keep in mind if you’re outside.

By Sunday, temps warm right on up ahead of an approaching cold front. That front will cross the area Sunday night with little fanfare…maybe a sprinkle/light shower. Temps cool a bit for Monday.

By Tuesday, we start warming right back up again.

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Radar-Estimated Precip From the Past 24 Hours

Current Snow Depth

US Landmass Covered by Snow Today: 11%

US Landmass Covered by Snow Yesterday: 17%

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Temps have climbed well above freezing across the region, so any snow flakes that fall won’t cause any issues. It just came a really nice snow shower here in Rinnie at 11:35. My air temp is 41°, so nothing stuck,

The air is really dry and dry air causes precip to evaporate. That evaporation cools a layer of air at about 2-3,000 feet above our heads. That cold layer freezes the falling raindrops into snowflakes, even with surface temps well above freezing.

So, enjoy the flakes! lol You never know…these might be the last of the season….

Issued Wednesday morning, March 18, 2026

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Arctic air losing its grip….

Warmer air is moving in and that means it’s time for the arctic air to start moving out! Temps will warm from now through the weekend. The warmer air also brings a quiet streak of weather, as well.

The risk for light snow this morning is waning with each passing hour. The precip that we need for that is still over West TN this morning. By the time it gets here, temps will have warmed above freezing. Still, with so much dry air in place some evaporational cooling may lead to you seeing a wet snowflake or sleet pellet. Impacts are not expected.

A minimal chance of showers exists Thursday afternoon as warm air continues to move in. Most of us will likely stay dry.

The big warming trend continues through Sunday, when temps may even touch 80° for some of you!

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Current Snow Depth

US Landmass Covered by Snow Today: 24%

US Landmass Covered by Snow Yesterday: 34%

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Special update issued Tuesday evening of March 17, 2026

The sky was beautiful just before sunset and you can just start to see the leading edge of the clouds associated with the next system moving our way. This system is associated with a warm front that is moving our way. Moisture is limited with this one, but we could see enough to see snow showers on the plateau in the morning. There could even be some minor accumulation with the snow. Temps will be in the 20s.

The clouds from this system will actually keep us warmer tonight than we would otherwise be. Last night’s clouds kept us about five degrees warmer than we would have been with clearer skies.

I’ll continue to track this system and I’ll have a full update in the morning.

The snow showers that we’re tracking can be seen on the image below. Those are moving our way. It’s a disorganized, moisture limited system but it bears watching.

We will err on the side of caution and call Wednesday a weather aware alert day, especially in the morning.

And, of course, the threat remains on the low end side of things.

I’ll update the hourly forecast in the morning. Check out those afternoon temps in the upper 40s!

Notice I’ve changed my confidence from “medium” to “low” since the morning update. There are questions concerning moisture availability. If this system can ramp up some more moisture, confidence in snow accumulations would increase.

As always, I’ll monitor this closely and let you know if there’s anything you need to know about!

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