Strong wind gusts continue with snow possible Wednesday night

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There was damage and power outages from Tuesday’s significant wind that impacted Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. The wind will continue and with colder air coming in with leftover precipitation, snow is in the forecast. Up to three inches are possible in eastern areas.

Wind Advisory

The highest wind gusts reported were 50-60 mph in our region from Tuesday evening! A Wind Advisory remains in effect for all of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky until 6 p.m. Wednesday. Gusts today will be between 30-45 mph with isolated higher gusts.

The wind gusts today will remain stout all day Wednesday. Today, those using high-profile vehicles while on north to south roads will experience southwest to west winds, and could cause travel impacts.

Rain changing to snow

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Putnam, Pickett, Van Buren, Warren, and White counties.

Today, showers will continue at times with colder air moving in. As the wind turns to the west and northwest, temperatures are dropping into the 40s and 30s. Tonight, another push of moisture comes out of Kentucky to the eastern counties. With temperatures below freezing and the higher terrain, snow will start and accumulate. This will also impact the roadways.

Snow amounts could range from 1/2 inch to as high as 3 inches for far eastern higher terrain areas.

The snow that falls on Wednesday evening into early Thursday should melt by Thursday afternoon as temperatures climb back to the 40s.