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Light wintry mix late tonight
A nice Saturday
Rain and storms for the start of next week
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Vlog
48-Hour WX
Seven-Day Forecast
Daily Forecast Summary
Today: Mostly sunny.
Tonight: Chance for wintry mix, changing to rain as temps quickly rise above freezing by sunrise Thursday.
Thursday: Mainly morning rain showers. Otherwise, mostly cloudy.
Friday: Partly cloudy.
Saturday: Mostly sunny.
Sunday: Chance of afternoon and evening rain showers. Rain becomes likely overnight.
Monday: Rain and thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Mainly morning rain showers.
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Concerns
Any wintry mix that occurs tonight will likely happen while many of us are sleeping. However, just in case anyone may be out and about in the wee hours of the day Thursday I wanted you to be aware that there could be some slick spots when that rain first starts to fall. Temps are expected to quickly rise after midnight and should be above freezing by sunrise, just as many of us are headed to work and school.
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Discussion
Thankfully, that narrow window of opportunity for tonight’s wintry mix is looking more and more narrow. The wintry mix is also looking very light and will probably not cause any troubles. Never the less, if you must be out late tonight or before sunrise Thursday, be careful.
Another powerful storm system is poised to move in Sunday night. This system could bring heavy rainfall and even some thunderstorms. At this time, severe weather is looking unlikely. We could use the rain, as we are now over two inches below normal on rainfall for the month. Keep in mind that while we’ve had several little snows, that snow has very little moisture content. A snowflake is about 90% air!
On This Day in Wx History
1985- Nashville sets an all-time record low mean temperature of -5. Following a daytime high of 7 degrees, the temperature falls to -16 by midnight. The temperature at Crossville falls to -21 by midnight, establishing an all-time record low.
Almanac
Yesterday’s National Temperature Extremes
High: 81° at Brownsville, Texas
Low: -21° at Daniel, Wyoming
Today’s National Wx Hazards
Snowflakes are flying from West Virginia to New England today. Precip will start out as freezing rain tonight across parts of East TN. Heavy rain threatens parts of extreme southern California and southern Arizona.
Tomorrow’s National Wx Hazards
Snow is expected to fall across New England, where it could become heavy along the New York/Canadian border. More snow call be found across parts of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, as well as northwest Nebraska.
Weather Shots
I saw the most dramatic sundog in the sky yesterday evening that I’ve ever seen. I grabbed the camera, of course! (ha) A sundog results from the sun’s light reflecting off ice crystals high in the atmosphere, typically from Cirrus clouds. The sundog looks like a little rainbow, 22 degrees out from the sun. It’s like a ring around the Moon at night, which also forms a 22-degree arc.
NASA Nerdology
With a new presidential administration comes an end to the tenure of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Let’s sincerely hope that the Biden administration does not follow the dismal path of the Obama administration, who had little interest in NASA and their incredible mission.
NASA writes, “The failures of past efforts mean that Bridenstine, born in 1975, is the first NASA administrator not to have been alive when people last walked on the moon. “I think it’s important that I be the last NASA administrator in history that wasn’t alive when we had people living and working on the moon,” he said. “That’s a failure of the United States and of humanity. We need to make sure that we’re leading the world in a return to the moon and on to Mars.””
