Deer Lodge in Morgan county here in east TN was hit hard last night. Prayers for those impacted. 🙏
EAST TN/KY LOW SEVERE RISK TONIGHT: There may be a few strong/severe storms tonight into tomorrow morning, mainly northwest of Knoxville where there is a marginal risk for hail or wind.
A low-end tornado risk is possible back toward middle TN. I’ll post a video update with more info later today.
Snow accumulating near Athens and Riceville, TN on I-75 south of Knoxville. #tnwx
Snow tie alert! ❄️❄️❄️
I think it’s more like 2-5 inches unless a heavier band develops, but significant either way.
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WATCH Friday morning through Saturday morning for a potential 3-7 inches of snow across east TN and southeast KY. ❄️❄️❄️
Get all the info at wvlt.tv/weather and in the WVLT First Alert Weather app!
Sleet came down briefly at my place in Knoxville, then quickly switched to freezing rain. #tnwx
SUNDAY MORNING RADAR UPDATE: A mixed bag of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain on radar moving through KY and middle TN this morning. Let me know what you are seeing! 1/5/24
FREEZING RAIN, RAIN OR SNOW?
A brief period of sleet or freezing rain is most likely Sunday because of a warm layer aloft (above 32°) which we call the melting layer.
It will likely change over to snow showers Monday because the air will be below 32° all the way up through the atmosphere. 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY has been issued for parts of east Tennessee from Crossville to Jamestown all the way back to Sneedville.
I mentioned this possibility yesterday. Plan for slick roads, especially bridges and over passes Sunday in these areas. This does not include Knox County at this time.
We may have a shallow layer of cold air in place with temperatures around freezing or just below as precipitation comes in Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. That would allow for a period of freezing rain in parts of east TN. This is developing still…more updates ahead.
PIPE-BURSTING COLD! The long range data is still very consistent with a true arctic blast between the 8th and 14th. Some areas could go below zero by the 10th or 11th. 🧊🧊🧊
NORTHERN ALASKA has an EXTREME COLD WARNING in effect tonight with temps as low as -50° & wind chills as low as -75°.
#perspective
Rainbow in Pikeville, TN this afternoon from Jennifer Grant. #tnwx
Christmas Eve sunset at Lakeshore Park in Knoxville from Stuart O’Neill. #tnwx
Large Meteors or some type of space junk captured in the sky tonight over Henning, TN in Lauderdale county (west TN) just after 10 PM from Courtney Rogers.
Anyone else see it?
Fog, frost and a Big Orange sunrise near Fountain City, TN this morning. 🍊
📸 - Betty Richardson
Here comes another shot of snow for the higher elevations of the Smokies and the Cumberland Plateau tomorrow into Sat morning. A dusting to an inch or two within some of those locations. Just a cold shower or flurry in Knoxville.
Big orange sunrise in Hamblen county TN this morning from Kenneth Latchford. #tnwx
WVLT Weather team photo day. ❄️⛈️☀️
Maryville, TN from Tricia Shelton. #tnwx #snow
West Knoxville snow at my place. Frosty the Snowman and his cousin seem to like it. ☃️☃️
Sunday morning sunrise in Kodak, TN from Nestor Valenzuela. #tnwx
Christmas card photo of the snow falling at Dollywood from Adam Wolfe. #tnwx #Dollywood
Check out these rare light pillars in Seymour, TN last night.
📸 - Stephanie Hambleton
It still looks unseasonably cold Thanksgiving Day through the first full week of December. All of the long range data is pretty consistent on this setup…the only question is how cold.
I’ll have more info here and WVLT this week at 5, 6, 10 and 11 PM.
Smoky Mountain sunset from Melissa Russell tonight. 🔥
Snow covering the ground in Harlan, KY from Jerry Phillips. #kywx
