As much as two to three inches of rain could fall across the Upper Cumberland beginning early Wednesday morning and continuing through Thursday evening.
“We have a very slow-moving cold front that’s going to stall probably just south of I-40,” National Weather Service Nashville Meteorologist Faith Borden said. “We’ll have a series of low pressure systems riding along that cold front, dumping copious amounts of precipitation along and south of that area.”
As usual, the exact track of such fronts can change. The latest model runs Tuesday afternoon showed a more northern track for the heavier rains. Models suggest as much as four inches of rain in parts of middle Tennessee.
Borden says the heaviest rain should fall early Wednesday and early Thursday. A bit of a lull could take place Wednesday afternoon. Major flooding not expected to be a problem, Borden said.
“Chances are we will deal with some localized flooding,” Borden said.
The current weather pattern is more typical of late-winter than the early spring pattern the region saw in February, Borden said. After this week’s rain, Borden said the week ahead continues the trend of rain and a few days of dry weather.
