Staff Photo by Laura-Chase McGehee/Chattanooga Times Free Press/ – Hamilton County Highway Department employees Chris McNair, driving, and John Hale, passenger, man a salt truck on Sims Road on Mowbray Mountain in Soddy-Daisy. Freezing rain is predicted for Wednesday/Thursday days after snow. TDOT salt trucks are out salting the roadways in anticipation of the weather.After wintry weather Sunday caused problems throughout the area, road crews are getting ready for the second wave expected to hit tonight.
Forecasters say timing will determine how much accumulated snow or freezing rain the Chattanooga area can expect.
“The key is how fast the precipitation moves in,” said WRCB-TV Channel 3 meteorologist Paul Barys.
Barys said he expected a warm front to move into the city about 5 p.m., where it will slam into the frigid temperatures that have been hovering over the area all week. If the front arrives earlier than expected, there could be some accumulation, he said.
“If it gets here earlier it will be colder and the precipitation will stick,” he said, and there could be some “glazing” of roads with ice Wednesday evening, especially in the mountains.