Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant snow... sleet... or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
Through Sunday daytime temperatures are forecast to remain at or below the freezing mark and with night-time temperatures forecast in the single digits and teens Nashville could be off to its coldest start of any year on record. Prior to 2010 the coldest first ten days of January was in 1942. Other cold starts were in 1879,1887, 1884, 1988, 1970, 1940, 1968, 1977 and 1979.
Temperatures will begin to moderate Monday and Tuesday with highs expected to reach into the upper 30s.