Friday, March 7, 2008

It's almost like home...

I know this will make some of you feel better...This was in my inbox today from Vanderbilt Medical Center Communications:

WINTER STORM WARNING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AS RAIN. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST, ENABLING SNOW TO MIX WITH THE RAIN. THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. BY MIDNIGHT, ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WILL HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND NASHVILLE, TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE UPPER PLATEAU.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET, AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

I know that it is nowhere close to what you all have...but this is a lot for down here. We'll wait to see if it really happens!
~Audra

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