Dreams of spring dashed by mid-week snow chances
Rain and strong winds are likely Saturday with wintry weather and plunging temperatures hitting Memphis mid-week.
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Rain and strong winds are likely Saturday with wintry weather and plunging temperatures hitting Memphis mid-week.
Global Café, an international food hall in Crosstown operated by immigrant and refugees chefs and staff members, spent Friday, Jan. 10, delivering warm meals to people in need at Hospitality Hub and First Baptist Church.
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Historical trends, including El Niño and La Niña, can help predict what might occur in Memphis during the upcoming winter season.
“We have some huge rainfall deficits that have built up, not only over the last year but the last few years,” said the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub.
Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland will join Millington and Memphis-Shelby County Schools by closing schools Wednesday.
Tickets can be exchanged at the FedExForum box office only starting Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. Central time.
The declarations from Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis Mayor Paul Young are necessary to access state and federal disaster assistance.
The National Weather Service said Mid-Southerners can expect more precipitation through Monday evening, with a total accumulation of 4 to 6 inches for the area. City prioritizes clearing ice off streets for Grizzlies' MLK Day gameRelated story:
Some schools in Shelby County have decided to close Thursday due to the threat of ice and winter weather.
The National Weather Service said most data points showed that snow would accumulate along and north of the Tennessee - Mississippi state line.
The National Weather Service says the Mid-South can expect snow for Thursday, Jan. 6.
Two days into 2022, we’ve experienced both snow and record heat. The Jan. 2 snowfall follows a New Year’s Day high of 79 — the warmest ever recorded in Memphis in January. Meanwhile, some MLGW customers remain without power.
Few residents had seen them, even though they’ve been in the suburb’s fleet a few years. But this week’s snow provided an opportunity to use one of its plows as the city continues to clear major thoroughfares.
Solid waste collection is suspended in Germantown through the end of the week. It will resume Monday.
View the gallery to see how Mid-Southerners experienced the more than 4 inches of snow.
In case you wondered, the National Weather Service refers to the Memphis area’s current precipitation as “freezing fog.” They even posted a tweet from Beale Street.
Dillon Brooks can’t wait to make snow angels in Memphis. Ja Morant wants no part of it.
Wind chills could fall as low as -5 Saturday night and Sunday morning. Warming centers are open for those who have no heat or no place to go, and the Office of Emergency Management will provide transportation.
It wasn’t much of a snow but it beautified the January landscape for a few hours as it fluttered across Shelby County and neighboring sections early Monday.
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