A fast moving clipper will push across the southern Appalachian region late this afternoon through Friday morning. Rain showers will change to snow across Southwest Virginia this evening and snow showers will continue to spread across the area overnight. Snowfall accumulations will be greatest along the Northern Plateau of East Tennessee and the Cumberland mountains of Southwest Virginia where 1 to 3 inches are possible. Elsewhere, up to 1 inch of snow is expected across valley locations, before tapering off around sunrise Friday morning. With surface temperatures below freezing, snow will accumulate on untreated roads. This may result in in negative travel impacts to motorists, especially during the Friday morning commute. (Image courtesy National Weather Service in Morristown)
Note: This story was updated at 11 a.m.
A fast-moving weather system could bring snow to East Tennessee as it pushes across the southern Appalachian region late Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, forecasters said.
Rain showers will change to snow across Southwest Virginia on Thursday evening, and snow showers will continue to spread across the area overnight, according to the National Weather Service in Morristown. Snowfall accumulations will be greatest along the Northern Plateau of East Tennessee and the Cumberland mountains of Southwest Virginia, where one to three inches are possible.
Elsewhere, up to one inch of snow is expected across valley locations, before tapering off around sunrise Friday morning.
With surface temperatures below freezing, snow will accumulate on untreated roads. This may result in in negative travel impacts to motorists, especially during the Friday morning commute, the National Weather Service said.
The forecast said 0.7 inch of snow is possible in the Oak Ridge area.
There is a 30 percent of rain and snow in the Oak Ridge area today, with a high of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the Weather Service said.
There is a chance of rain and snow showers before 7 p.m., then snow showers are likely, forecasters said. The chance of precipitation is 60 percent. The low could be 28, forecasters said.
There is a slight chance of snow (20 percent) on Friday morning and again Friday night.
Highs from Friday to Sunday are expected to range between 29 and 32 degrees, and the lows on Saturday and Sunday nights could be 16. The forecast low on Friday night is 18.
The forecast calls for a slight warming, a high of 40, on Monday.
The City of Oak Ridge said Wednesday that crews had started spreading brine on roads in Oak Ridge. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Anderson and Roane counties, officials said.
“With the possibility of light snow and ice in the forecast this week, our Public Works Department is already preparing,” the city said. “Response vehicles and snow teams will be on standby. We’ll keep watching the forecast and update you as things develop.”
You can read the city’s Winter Weather Plan by clicking on this link. It includes information on road prep and snow removal.
You can see the seven-day forecast for Oak Ridge here.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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