Snow Is Not Wasted On The Young...

My Grandson Ethan is approaching his 2nd birthday and is now old enough to appreciate how much fun snow can be.  Once you get to be an adult and have to get to work, shovel the damn stuff & deal with the aftermath of salt ruining your clothes, you appreciate hope much fun you had in your "Youth".

My daughter-in-law (Emily) took Ethan out to help shovel out the driveway.   But noooooo, Ethan didn't want that.  Nope, he went and got out his bike to "help" Mommy.   I can already see the future  snowmobile ability in him!  Unfortunately, there are many suffering from the snow & cold and not enjoying it at all.  Snow is never wasted on the young!

As you can see the worst weather tonight is from Fort Smith, Little Rock, Memphis on over to Nashville.  I-40 was totally closed in Arkansas.  As this system passes us by, colder air will return for Thursday and Friday bringing back another freeze threat.

The warm frontal graphic is outdated as you can see by looking at the temperatures and wind direction.  We never did get into the warm air except down south of the city.    Since we are back into the cold air, our threat for severe weather tonight has ended.  However, we still could hear a rumble of thunder or two.

In fact, they are several lightning strikes with the cluster of storms on the North Shore.  This is a cold rain that will make tonight an uncomfortable night to be outside.  We don't need to run any water tonight as the lows will be well above freezing.

Friday and Saturday mornings could be a different story, but we will have time to review that tomorrow.  The best news is a warm up is coming for the weekend and next week.  So keep the plants protected, the heavy coats at the ready and the knowledge that in the South, Spring (March) is just around the corner!  Stay tuned!