Knoxville and East Tennessee get new storm forecast
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Knoxville will remain at the cusp of freezing or below at least through Saturday, Jan. 31, according to the National Weather Service. The highest temperature Knoxville will see all week is 35 degrees. Lows are very cold — in the single digits and low teens.
As the storm shifts north, the line that divides snow, ice and freezing rain moves with it. Here's the latest.
Following the winter storm, temperatures in East Tennessee will remain freezing. A strong cold front will usher in arctic-like air into the region with wind chills dropping to 3 to 8 degrees above zero across much of the region, according to the National Weather Service's Jan. 24 report.
A bout of extremely cold weather is moving into the region to start the week, raising concerns about safety on wet, icy roads on Monday.
Meteorologists say it can be difficult to forecast in East Tennessee, and it's good we were prepared because the winter storm was much worse just a few hours away.
Forecast: Sunny with a high of 36 today, temps dropping to 21 at night; warmer Wednesday with a chance of showers.
Knoxville police are asking drivers to stay off the roads, if possible, because of the ice. Here's what's closed Monday and Tuesday.
As the winter storm shifts out of Georgia and toward the Northeast, officials are beginning to tally just how much freezing rain fell across the state.