Winter Weather Advisory

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
402 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009.

SHORT TERM (TDAY-MON)...KOHX-88D RADAR SHOWS SWATH OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVG NE. COOL BOUNDARY LAYER WITH RAIN AMOUNTS ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. COLD CANADIAN HIGHPRES SINKS SOUTH DOWN THE PLAINS TODAY...WITH SFC LOW PRES HEADING NE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPS. AS A RESULT EXPECT STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES TODAY. AIR IS COLD ENOUGH FOR TRANSIIION TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON IN NW MID TN...INCLUDING METRO NASHVILLE LATE. COULD BE SOME LIGHT ACCUMS IN EXTREME NW MID TN BY 00Z. SNOW ACCUMS MORE OF AN ISSUE TONIGHT. AS FOR TONIGHT...MODELS TRACK UPPER CLOSED LOW SE FM AR INTO C MS THIS EVENING WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LIKELY IN WEST TN. SNOW WL EXTEND EAST INTO MID TN WITH POSITION OF H7 CLOSED LOW. HIGH ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO POST A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOST OF MID TN. SNOWFALL UP TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...LIGHTER AMTS EAST. SNOW SHOULD END EARLY WITH COLD CONDITIONS SUN-MON.