A Storm 5 Alert remains in affect as snow and freezing temperatures could make roads dangerous in the mid-state.
ADDED.BEAUTIFUL RL -- AND WE HADSNOW FALLING FOR SOME AREASTODAY AND VERY SIMILAR TO LANDLAST THURSDAY.WHERE SNOW IMPACTED AREAS,MAINLY SOUTH OF NASHVILLE, ANDAND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW WHICHMORNING AND IT DID LEAD TO AHANDFUL OF SCHOOL CLOSURESEXAMINE THERE ARE?STARTING LATE TOMORROW, ANDWE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTEAND FOR NOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOUSOME MORE WONDERFUL PICTURESCOME IN AND YOU CAN E-MAIL ME TOMY 5 -- THE NUMBER FIVE -- SOMY5 ON NEWS CHANNEL 5.COM ORJUST USE MC5 AND THIS IS INTHOMPSON STATION AND THEY MADEIT AN ENTIRE SNOW FAMILY ANDTHEY HAD JUST OVER TWO INCHES OFSNOW THERE AND THEY'VE GOT FOURPEOPLE HERE AND SOME HAPPY KIDSAS WELL.SO THOSE THAT WERE HOME OR HAVEBEEN HOME VIRTUALLY, I THINKTHIS IS SOMETHING TO HELP YOU GOOUT OUST AND RUN ENERGY.JUST LIKE LAST THURSDAYS SO ISHOWED YOU EARLIER, DUSTING HASBEEN REPORTED AND FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BUT THE HEAVIEST TOTALSWERE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THEEAST AND MOST OF THE SNOWACTIVITY HAS SHIFTED NOW NORTHOF I 40 AND IT'S BEGINNING TOTAPER OF AND FIVE ALERT EARLYAS LONG AS ROADS STAY UNDERCONTROL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OFHOURS.THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE SNOWSHOWERS MOVING INTO THE DOWNTOWNAREA.TOWARDS OUR MORE HEAVILYTRAVELLED ARTERIES AND WE'VE GOTSNOW IN PARTS OF CHEATHAM COUNTYAND THIS STRACHS DOWN ALONGINTERSTATE 55 AND FRANKLIN.YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG OLD FLAKESCOMING OUTSIDE AS WELL AND ACOUPLE COMING OUT ACROSSINTERSTATE 55 OF TOWN AND SUMNERCOUNTY DIDN'T SEE MUCH UNTIL THEAFTERNOON HOURS TODAY BUT NOWYOU'RE GETTING THAT SECOND PUSHIN COME AND YOU'VE GOT A YELLOWRIBBON OF LIGHT SNOW THAT'STREKKING ACROSS HERE AND THEREWASN'T WERE MOISTURE FOR THISCYST URGE TO WITH BUT IT FOUNDEVERY LITTLE WATER MOLECULE ITCOULD, AND HAS SQUEEZED IT OUTAS A SNOWFLAKE TODAY.HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SNOWSHOWERS THAT ARE FALLING INFRANKLIN RIGHTS NOW.SO YOU SEE THE FLAKES ARE QUITELARGE AND SOME SPOTS HAD SOMEREALLY WET, HEAVY SNOWFLAKESTODAY AND THOSE ARE GOOD FORSNOWMEN MAKING AND SOME HAD DRY,FLUFFIER FLAKES.TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THELOW 30s SO PLENTY COLD TOSUPPORT THIS SNOW.SO AS FAR AS CLOSURES OR DELAYSFOR TOMORROW, RUTHERFORD ISOPENING TWO HOURS LATE TOMORROW.JUST IN BEDFORD, LINCOLN ANDLAWRENCE COUNTY WILL BE CLOSEDFOR TUESDAY.BECAUSE A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARESTILL IN KIND OF A HYBRID --HYBRID VERSION AND VERYIMPORTANT THAT YOU CHECK WITHYOUR DISTRICT AND SOME DO -- ALLCLOSURES, MEANING NO STUDENTSAND NO TEACHERS REPORT AND SOMEENCOURAGE TO YOU LEARN ON YOURVIRTUAL LEARNING RESOURCES ANDTHIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHTNOW, A COOL NORTH FOR EAST WITHTEMPERATURES RIGHT ABOVEFREEZING AND THE SNOW WILL WINDDOWN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BUT THETEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO TUMBLEDOWN INTO THE 20s SO THAT MEANSANY WET ROADS ARE GOING TOBECOME LIKELY ICY ROADS.I MENTIONED THE SNOW WINDSINGDOWN AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THATCOMPUTER MODELING AND FLURRIESBY MIDNIGHT AND WE'RE DONE WITHTHE ACCUMULATING SNOW ANDSUNSHINE -- HALLELUJAH, IT'SCOMES BACK TOMORROW AND 46DEGREES IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKEA HEAT WAVE AND 50s BY THEMIDDLE OF THE WEEK IS GOING AFEEL LIKE THE DEAD OF JULY,RIGHT?COMPARED TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
A rainy weekend is likely with chances increasing as we head into Saturday night and will stick around Sunday.
Rain is expected to return to the mid-state Thursday with highs in the 50s.
