MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- If you are already sick of winter and these sub-freezing temperatures, the Weather Service says it sees no relief in sight.
Waves of cold continue to sweep over the mid-state out of Canada. Temperatures are expected to fall into single digits tonight in Middle Tennessee. Wind gusts to 25 miles an hour will push the “feels like” wind chill factor to well below zero.
A quick warm up is forecast for this weekend with Sunday’s high pushing into the 50s, but the extended outlook calls for another cold front to drop the mid-state back into the deep freeze beginning Monday.
Nashville based Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Unger says we can expect more of the same.
“Even in the extended forecast, ten plus days away, it doesn’t look like anything’s going to change. So, we’re going to get this constant swing of temperatures where we’re going to see single digits at night and then we’ll see a bit of a warm up over a couple of days and then fall back down into those cold arctic temperatures again.”
Unger says the Weather Service is especially concerned about wind chill. He says strong winds pushing these fronts through the area mean exposure could turn dangerous within minutes.