The National Weather Service reports that a cold front will bring "much colder temperatures and snow" on its way through the Chattanooga region.
Light snowfall will transition to rain during the daylight hours today as temperatures warm again.
However, snow will likely fall in the mountains due to the colder air at higher elevations. And once temperatures drop below freezing tonight, light snowfall is expected to pick up throughout the valley.
Moderate to heavy snow is expected to continue through Wednesday throughout the East Tennessee Mountains, with amounts of six to 12 inches possible along mountain peaks, the National Weather Service predicted.
Several previous forecasts for snow have yielded little accumulation in the immediate Chattanooga area, though some snow has accumulated on the mountains and in outlying areas, and cold temperatures combined with rain to create icy road conditions.
WRCB meteorologist David Karnes has called for "light snow showers" this evening, as well as areas of patchy ice on Tuesday morning as temperatures drop into the 10s and 20s.
"The main feature of Tuesday's weather will be much colder air settling in," Karnes wrote in a morning update.
TUESDAY CLOSINGS AND DELAYS
Tennessee
- Bledsoe County Schools will be closed
- Grundy County Schools will be closed
- Hamilton County Schools will be delayed two hours. School age childcare will be closed.
- Marion County Schools will be closed
- Orange Grove buses will run two hours late
- Polk County Schools will be closed
- Rhea County Schools will be closed
- Sequatchie County Schools will be closed
Georgia
- Catoosa County Schools will be delayed two hours
- Chattooga County Schools will be delayed two hours
- Chickamauga City Schools will be delayed two hours
- Dade County Schools will be delayed two hours
- Murray County Schools will be delayed two hours
- Walker County Schools will be delayed two hours
- Walker County Transit will be closed
Alabama
- DeKalb County Schools will be delayed three hours
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
Tennessee
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Marion County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Sequatchie County
Georgia
- Catoosa County
- Dade County
- Murray County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County