SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT: Old Man Winter to be Unkind This Week

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
517 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

 
…TWO PUNCHES OF COLD FROM OLD MAN WINTER THIS WEEK…

WEST TENNESSEE RESIDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE TWO PUNCHES OF COLD THIS WEEK FROM OLD MAN WINTER. THE FIRST ONE ARRIVES TONIGHT WITH THE KNOCK-OUT PUNCH COMING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

FOLLOWING A DAY OF HIGHS IN THE 40S TO NEAR 50, THIS COULD LIKELY BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE COMING OUT OF CANADA, DUBBED AN “ALBERTA CLIPPER” OR JUST “CLIPPER” IS RACING SOUTHEAST TODAY INTO THE MIDWEST. IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT. AVAILABLE MOISTURE IS LIMITED, SO THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BRING ITS OWN. AND BASED ON COMPUTER MODEL PROJECTIONS THAT WOULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 0.02″. ONLY ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONT’S ARRIVAL THEN THE MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN ANY PRECPITATION FALLING IN THE FORM OF SNOW SHOWERS. IF ALL THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE FELL AS SNOW THIS WOULD RESULT ON ONLY ABOUT 0.2″ OF THE WHITE STUFF. IF THIS OCCURS IN ANY ONE LOCALE, IT SHOULD BE THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE.

WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE FRONT’S ARRIVAL AND WITH COLD AIR POURING IN ON TUESDAY, DON’T EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO MOVE MUCH FROM THEIR LOW OF 30.  SOME AREAS MIGHT SEE 35. OTHERS WILL REMAIN AROUND 32 OR 33 DEGREES. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE HANGING OUT AROUND 15-20 DEGREES TUESDAY. RESIDENTS OF WEST TENNESSEE WILL NEED TO DRESS FOR THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE SOME FLURRIES FLYING ON TUESDAY MORNING.

WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A BRIEF WARMING WITH HIGHS MAYBE REACHING 45 DEGREES BEFORE OLD MAN WINTER COMES AROUND WITH A “RIGHT HOOK” KNOCK OUT PUNCH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT – THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL EVEN BE MORE SCARCE WITH THIS NEXT “CLIPPER” SYSTEM THAT LEADS THE BITTER BLAST ARRIVAL.  WEST TENNESSEEANS WILL LIKELY AWAKEN THURSDAY TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS. I AM EXPECTING HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY TO RANGE FROM 19 IN PARIS TO 23 IN JACKSON AND MEMPHIS WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHS IN THE 20S.

ONCE AGAIN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FACTOR AND WILL BE BITTER ON THURSDAY. I SEE PROSPECTS FOR WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO BE RANGING BETWEEN 2 BELOW ZERO (-2) TO 6 ABOVE ZERO ALL DAY LONG.

FRIDAY MORNING, RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA WILL LIKELY SEE SINGLE DIGIT LOWS. GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 5 AND 9 DEGREES.

COLD WEATHER PREPARATIONS NEED TO BE MADE FOR THIS WEEK’S WEATHER. ADDITIONAL  STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

EH