Icy Hot

Remember everyone, Winter does not begin for 3 more days. DECEMBER 21. :)

Just a friendly reminder before everyone gets warm winter depression. Winter doesn't begin until December 21. Lets enjoy the current below norm temps and chase a chance of snow Thanksgiving night.

This morning's 34 will feel quite balmy with tomorrow morning's predicted low of 21! Brrrr

Round 4 or 5, just reached Kingsport. Strongest gusts yet, more heavy rain and several lightning flashes. When the sun comes up it wll be interesting to see how much tree damage occurred from the 2:30 a.m.storm.

Round 2 just went thru Kingsport. 47 mph wind gusts, heavy rain. Easily exceeded the 1/2" predicted for today.

Just had 2 cells move thru Kingsport. One 2 miles to the North brought a deluge, multiple lightning strikes and pea-sized hail.

All the while NE TN will be mid to upper 40s and even 50s all next week. Time to put out grass seed.

What's the location?

Could the warm nose really reach all the way into OHIO? Seems overdone.

Wow look at that convection from the GOM feeding into NC. What a frozen tundra that would be!

So once again the cold gets pushed back for East TN. MRX a.m. disco- "Models are keeping more of the colder air to our north and northeast"

MRX says no frozen precipitation in NE TN Valley this week. Wish it were false, but it is what it is.

And???

MRX put border counties of East TN in a Winter Storm Watch for 3-6 inches. Kingsport 1-3 so that will be a Winter Weather Advisory.

Interesting how often the finger of death shows up in the valley.

Surprise- Snow, sleet, rain and 42 in Colonial Heights.

Moderate snow in Colonial Heights, 29 degrees, and over an inch on the ground now.

30 in Kingsport, light snow, ground is now white.

Just a few very fine flurries in Kingsport.

But MRX is only showing a 30% chance of Snow Monday night.

Kingsport got zilch, other than a few crystals on the back porch. Just goes to prove, doesn't matter how much experience anyone has, or how much money they invest in hi-tech models, no one can accurately predict what the weather will do except the good Lord and He's not telling! Lol

Once a decade cold. Brrrrr

MRX has pulled the plug. It's over. Disco: Frustrating but also interesting how this system evolved this evening. The dynamics that the synoptic models where depicting across the region, especially southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee quickly translated across the Carolinas and eventually Virginia. One clue of this quick translation was the strong pressure rises over the Tennessee valley. Currently strong pressure rises are occuring across much of area with deep cold/dry air advection limiting precipitation development. End result, snowfall will be less and limited to southwest Virginia and far east Tennessee Mountains. Have canceled the winter weather advisories for the northern Plateau and much of northeast Tennessee valley locations.

The whole system is moving very fast. Not looking good for sustained period of snow. Down to 42 here at 6:24.

58, cloudy, and breezy in Kingsport. Currently 6 degrees above predicted high.