Friday, January 24, 2014

More Accumulating Snow for Cookeville Area

Do you know how long we've been below freezing?
The answer is below, so keep reading!

BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING:
It's going to be another cold night for the area on Friday night. Currently, at 8:00 pm, we stand at 20°. Friday's high was 27.0° at 3:41 pm. It actually felt quite nice with the sunshine if you could find an area to shelter from the wind. We started out Friday morning at -1.1° at 6:19 am.

MUCH COLDER THAN ALASKA:
Thursday's high of 18° was nearly 30° BELOW NORMAL!
Juneau, Alaska was 47° for the high yesterday!



**WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY**

FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY FORECAST:
Clouds will be on the increase and along with that we'll see the temps rise a few degrees toward daybreak. Snow chances will also be on the increase and we can't rule out a 1/2" to 1" accumulation locally in Cookeville with higher amounts in the highest elevations of the Plateau. Saturday's high should be around 37° with snow wrapping up around lunch time. Expect gusty winds to 25 mph.

VERY COLD SATURDAY NIGHT:
Cold on Saturday night with clear skies late and a low of 15°

SNOW POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT:
Sunshine and warmer on Sunday with a high of 46° but we will see winds become gusty around 20 mph. Snow redevelops on Sunday night with a low of 29°. I'm not excited about any accumulation so be prepared to go to school on Monday.


BRUTAL COLD RETURNS:
Monday will see temps barely rise to 32° with gusty north winds to 20 mph. This will usher in even colder air and we'll be back into the single digits once again on Monday night. Tuesday will be very cold with highs in the lower 20's and lows again in the single digits near 0°. We may even have to tweak those temps down a few more degrees as we get closer to the event.

Wednesday's high is only expected to be around 24° under a sunny sky.

Looking out ahead, we may actually 'warm' to the 40's next weekend with rain chances!

COLD JANUARY FACTS:
Do you think it's cold? You're not alone.
Check out these January stats!

Average Daily High
January Normal - 46.2°
January 2014 - 43.2°
January 2013 - 48.3°

Average Daily Low
January Normal - 25.8°
January 2014 - 19.6°
January 2013 - 30.3°

We have recorded 6 days with high temps less than 32°.
January 2013 - we recorded just 1 day.

January 2013 coldest temperature was 17°.
January 2014 has been colder than that 9 mornings.
January 2014 has seen 2 days in which the high was just 18°.

**NEARLY 100 HOURS BELOW FREEZING:**
We went below freezing on January 21st at 10:51 am. We won't top 32° until around 11 am tomorrow which is 96 straight hours.

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