For those of you who deal with heavy duty winter weather, this won't seem like much. But for us wussy Nashvillians, this is a big deal!! :::::::::::::::::::::: Issued by The National Weather Service Nashville, TN Sun, Feb 15, 3:11 am CST ... WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING... BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS SUNDAY MORNING... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS... 5 - 7 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILL VALUES... FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. :::::::::::::::::::::: There are other dire warnings about frostbite dangers, ice and sleet, freezing rain, black ice, hazardous travel conditions etc. This is from the National Weather Service. One of the local forecasts I saw yesterday evening predicted 8 - 12 inches of snow. We live in a new subdivision. It's at the top of a very large hill (small mountain?) and when you leave the subdivision, there is exactly ONE access road that runs up one side of the hill and down the other, leading to the freeway on one side, and a main street on the other, about a 2 mile drive either way. The road is very winding and steep, heavily shaded, mostly country scenery with lots of trees and a small scattering of houses. Assuming these weather conditions actually come to pass (and we all know that oftentimes they don't) I don't plan on going in to work tomorrow. Well, even IF I planned to, I don't think I could actually get out of the neighborhood! I've heard some pretty harrowing war stories from some of the locals about driving conditions on McCrory Lane when the weather's bad, with people slipping and sliding off the road, skidding down the hill, landing upside down etc. Nope. I don't think so.
That sounds like a regular weather forecast here in Ontario lately! I don't like it either, and usually stay home on nasty days like that, if possible. Stay warm Ronni, and safe. Spring is around the corner!
That is bad for that area! My son lives in Antioch and has quite a drive to work. I keep reminding myself that he learned how to drive in snow country and does have a larger SUV. It's just the other drivers I worry about. Stay safe and warm.
Antioch is on the opposite side of town from me....about a 30 minute drive by freeway. I'm in Bellevue. You're exactly right though, about the other drivers. I KNOW I'm not very experienced driving in ice and snow, so if I HAVE to be out in it, I drive carefully. They seem to be completely oblivious of the road conditions....either that or they just don't care....and drive accordingly. I remember several instances over the past 20 years where some driver has passed me driving in a way that I just KNEW he was headed for an accident, and sure enough, somewhere further up the road I've seen the car, in a ditch, or in an accident with another vehicle, or having connected with a tree or some such. I KNOW damn well I'm not bulletproof, and drive accordingly. Some of the other drivers? Not so much.
Mother Nature is certainly sending out some curve balls this winter! We are used to snow and cold here in Nebraska, but it has been relatively mild so far. I wish we had more snow. The cold I can do without... it is cold, cloudy and windy today with a forecast for a little snow...maybe. Just dreary. February can be a real test of patience. Hurry up spring! In any case, Ronni- you stay warm and safe!!!
You're right to be worried Ronni about both the weather condition and other drivers.I'd Stay home and put your feet up until the weather calms down and driving becomes less of a hazard.
Our forecast went down a bit in terms of number of inches of snow. But the prediction of ice and sleet entered in. At this moment, what's falling is sleet. I can hear it hitting the house, sort of like someone's throwing tiny pebbles at the window, faint but crunchy-sounding. There's probably an inch or so of sleet on the ground which, given the temps in the teens, is just turning to solid ice. The sleet is supposed to continue through the day, turning to snow later. The current predictions for that snow are 3 - 6 inches. So. When it's all said and done, we'll have several inches of snow on top of several inches of ice, with temps predicted to not get above freezing till Saturday. Which means I have no idea when we're going to be able to get out of our little subdivision. I'm looking out my window right now, which is at the back of the house, and I can see Interstate 40 in the distance (good views all round...we're on a tall hill, remember?) Normally at this time of the morning, while it's not bumper to bumper it's very busy. I 40 heads straight into downtown about 15 miles further on from what I can see. Anyway, at this moment, I see zero cars on the freeway. ZERO. Nashville has pretty much shut down across the boards.
We have been pretty lucky with under the amount of snow we usually get in Wisconsin.....we are going through some very cold spells but nothing that we haven't dealt with before. Stay warm and good luck with your weather. We just went through some -30's with the strong wind chills.
Some photos from out the front door and through the window...it's COLD out there! Not particularly artsy. But I wanted you to see that this stuff coming down is ice, folks! It's not fluffy snow that you can compact into snow balls, or kick up dust from. It's SOLID.
That is the worst kind...I hate it when we get it. I don't have to work but my husband would have to drive in it and everyone else that works around here. We get our share of it but people know enough to slow down most of the time. You always get some that don't listen and they end up in an accident or in the ditch on the side of the road. I hope the weather gets better for you....
Oh my! Ice like that is not good. I have had to drive in conditions like that so I know how dangerous that is.
Couple more. The limbs of the trees have doubled in thickness from the ice! I'm grateful this is a new subdivision and there are no big tree limbs overhanging the house or they may well snap off from the weight of the ice! And this is the sidewalk. After you kick and scrape the loose, surface layer of sleet away, it's a solid block of ice underneath! Imagine trying to drive on the roads under those conditions. And it's still coming down.
I think I'd be hibernating indoors while that ice storm was going on. I hope you've got plenty of food to keep you going until it thaws.
We have had light rain off and on all day, but we also have a high temperature in the low 30's. That means it will freeze tonight and be slick as a cow on ice tomorrow morning. My husband has brought the generator into the garage, just in case, and I have soup thawing if anyone on the highway gets stranded and needs a bit of comfort. The hens have two heat lamps (hey, they are Texas hens and anything below 30 degrees is Antarctica for them) and the heater is on for their watering station. Will this winter never end? I want to plant potatoes and onions and peas and lettuces! Dang it.
