My sister took some pictures of the winter storm as it progressed over the weekend at our house in Apison, TN. This really helps put in perspective just how borderline our temperatures have been over the weekend. The storm moved in really fast on Friday, and then rapidly melted by Sunday afternoon.
Check it out:
It is hard to tell in this picture, but the low visability is actually heavy snow falling on Friday afternoon in our front yard. At this point it had been snowing for about an hour.
By Sunday, significant melting had taken place and temperatures were in the upper-30s. Over 50% of the snow was gone, but some isolated patches of 1.5" - 2" still remained in shady areas.
This is our house just as it was getting dark on Friday. The heaviest of the snow had fallen, and a blanket of just under 3" was on the ground.
This is what our house looked like during the late-afternoon hours of Sunday. A massive difference from 48 hours prior.
These shots of the rapid melting process is a great representation of how quickly the snow melted across the southern portion of Tennessee. Imagine my shock when I learned that Hamilton County schools were going to be closed for Monday. Guess ALL the snow has to melt before the kids can come back to school.
Despite how quickly snow in Hamilton melted away, most of Tennessee still shivers with a well-established layer of snow and ice. Temperatures in Nashville have bairly crept above freezing on Sunday for the first time since the storm struck. The storm dumped 5" on Nashville, and most of it is still expected to be there heading into the start of the week. Mondays high temperature is expected to reach 40 degrees, so the melting process will begin then.
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most of the problem doesn't lie with the bits of snow left, but the melted snow that has refrozen into ice. our driveway, which is mostly shaded is pretty dangerous right now, not to mention it's about a 30% grade. so the more remote roads in these parts right now could hide some pretty nasty slippery sections. all they need to do is drive around and selectively salt the road where these are happening and life can continue. but no, they shut down half the state cause 5% of people are driving on potentially unsafe roads. FAIL! on the bright side, the doughnuts in parking lots and "sledding" was tons of fun on Friday!
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