Snow has already begun to fall in Memphis and Nashville. Soon, the snowstorm will arrive in East Tennessee. Flurries are forecast to start falling in East Tennessee late Friday morning through the early afternoon,

If the precipitation is just rain or just snow, the atmosphere is either greater than or less than 32°. When you add in a wintry mix — freezing rain or sleet — then one must evaluate the temperature at different levels of the atmosphere.

Nashville is expected to get anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of snow Friday as a winter storm system moves across the state.