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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 707 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026

- Light snow across northeast TN and southwest VA continues through the afternoon hours.

- Cold weather to continue today through tomorrow morning before a gradual warming trend occurs and returns the region to warm weather by the weekend. Mostly dry conditions midweek through the weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 135 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026

Currently some light isolated snow showers going on across northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia as cold air continues to squeeze out moisture from the low level clouds. Expect to see on/off snow showers into the afternoon hours, but with more and more sun peaking through it's going to be difficult to see additional accumulations outside of the mountains. Another cold night with continued cold air funneling in at the lower levels will lead to widespread sub- freezing temperatures and dropping into the teens across southwest Virginia. Skies begin to clear out on Wednesday and warmer air advects in from the south.

We'll see a warming trend through the rest of the week as generally increasing heights through the mid levels begins to build in. Some models try and bring in a weak frontal passage Thursday into Friday which doesn't impact temperatures too much, but could bring a quick shot of rain to the region. A more pronounced cooldown looks to arrive heading into next week dropping temperatures back to near normal.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 707 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026

VFR conditions are forecast through the period, with light winds. Midlevel clouds tonight will lower closer to 5 kft tomorrow, but remain VFR. Winds around 10 kt from the W this evening will decrease shortly and become S-SW tomorrow.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Chattanooga Airport, TN 30 55 35 68 / 10 10 0 0 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 26 50 33 63 / 10 10 0 10 Oak Ridge, TN 25 50 33 62 / 10 10 0 10 Tri Cities Airport, TN 19 46 30 57 / 10 10 0 10

MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE.