Daily Weather briefing for Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Outlook

Cold Canadian high pressure will bring below normal temperatures through the middle of the week. Temperatures gradually return to near normal late in the week. The next cold front crosses the area Friday night. Seasonal high pressure slowly builds in by Monday.

News Brief

• At 2:12pm Monday, a magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred near Fincastle, Tennessee (94.4 miles northwest of Franklin near the Tennessee-Kentucky border). Many local residents felt it and reported it via social media. A number of similar quakes have recently occurred in the region, though none were as widely felt. [Facebook] [Article]

• At 4:41 pm Monday, Macon County EMS and Otto VFD First Responders were dispatched to stage at Addington Bridge Road and South Skeenah Road until law enforcement could arrive and secure the scene of a reported gunshot wound at 1333 South Skeenah Road. A homeowner shot at a person during a breaking and entering. MAMA-2 was put on standby, then taken off standby at 4:56pm and the response of Otto VFD was discontinued at 5:01pm by a deputy with the Sheriff’s Office. More will be added as details are released.

Public Safety Log

Today’s log is available and will be updated as needed. [LINK]  

Yesterday’s log is also online. [LINK] 

THREE DAY GFS FORECAST
This animated image shows a forecast of precipitation, air pressure and thickness level (cold-air damming) for three days in six-hour increments.
Green, Yellow, and Red indicate rain. Orange and Purple Indicate Freezing Rain or other freezing precipitation. Blue indicates snow.

The Weather Channel broke the server farm where the images for the forecast loop are kept, so here is a look at the current shot of cold air that has descended into the lower 48 states today. The current cold snap is expected to break up later this week.