Knoxtron Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, EastKnox said: I don't know if the attached video will be viewable, but current radar is interesting to me- west to east motion on the plateau with south to north motion in the Apps. Screen Record 04 (Converted).mov Good catch, pivot relatively close to the valley... looks like some topographic effects causing the east to west movement to slow..?? Let me know if posting these GIFs are giving people issues loading the page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 GIFs causing no problems here. On an observations note, apparently the rain is starting to take its toll. There was a small landslide on highway 68 between Spring City, TN and Grandview, TN (this is a state highway from the Valley to the Plateau). The road is now closed. Image taken from 105.7 News facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 4:56 PM, Holston_River_Rambler said: GIFs causing no problems here. On an observations note, apparently the rain is starting to take its toll. There was a small landslide on highway 68 between Spring City, TN and Grandview, TN (this is a state highway from the Valley to the Plateau). The road is now closed. Image taken from 105.7 News facebook page. Potholes are always a pain in the spring time. Looks like they let that one go or too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Thanks @Blue Ridge for the report. I had put out a weekend statement for some clients. Good to know I was right, even if the weather was bad. MRX had great graphics too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Carvers Gap said: Potholes are always a pain in the spring time. Looks like they let that one go or too long. On 4/24/2018 at 4:56 PM, Holston_River_Rambler said: GIFs causing no problems here. On an observations note, apparently the rain is starting to take its toll. There was a small landslide on highway 68 between Spring City, TN and Grandview, TN (this is a state highway from the Valley to the Plateau). The road is now closed. Image taken from 105.7 News facebook page. 4 Looking at the trees upstream, may not be the last of this slide haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Good call @Knoxtron There looks to be more on the way. Just saw this from the same friend in Cumberland county. This one is on the road from Dayton, TN to Pikeville, TN (Highway 30). Glad we get to dry out for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 16 hours ago, Knoxtron said: Looking at the trees upstream, may not be the last of this slide haha Rotational slump? If so, that is going to be an absolute bear to fix. Probably is just the road bed giving way. If it was an ongoing problem, those tree trunks would look like zig zags as they lean, straighten, lean, and straighten again due to the ground sliding. Either way, tough job ahead to stabilize that long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 15 hours ago, *Flash* said: Got a couple juicy stats of the day for BNA: 1) For the FMA 3 month period, outside of this year, the only other time each month averaged in the 50's was 1976. 2) Based on 4/27-4/30 temp projections, the FMA 3 month period will also set a new record (by a wide margin) for lowest mean temp spread between February and April. If you're a snow/severe weather enthusiast, obviously you want to see the exact opposite happen. On the bright side (pun intended), at least we got a rare rainless week ahead. Nice work,this is awesome,this must have taken some time to figure out?Good to see though Mid Tn posters with contributions to our board and our area.Don't stop now..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 7:11 AM, Carvers Gap said: Rotational slump? If so, that is going to be an absolute bear to fix. Probably is just the road bed giving way. If it was an ongoing problem, those tree trunks would look like zig zags as they lean, straighten, lean, and straighten again due to the ground sliding. Either way, tough job ahead to stabilize that long term. Based on my experience as a geotechical consultant the majority of our slope failures (in fine grained material) are rotational slump. The natural topography is very steep in that bend and roadway benching/cutting changes the driving wedge vs resisting wedge and friction dynamic. Young trees in nearly unstable steep topography will usually have gradual bends associated with long term creep (very shallow seated movement but is generally continual movement). You're right about zigzag of the trees of on very long term rotational slump that stops and goes every few years, but we'd be talking muuuch bigger old growth trees to see that yet. Either way, lots of options to fix but likely not cost effective to do much stabilization. Likely will always be a nuisance spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Managed 32 this morning with a heavy frost. Hopefully this is the last freeze/frost of the year. I want to plant tomatoes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Even saw some patchy frost in a park near downtown Knoxville this AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Had plans to shoot some photos using evening sun today, so of course the area is just socked in thick with clouds even though high pressure is in control and skies are clear in every direction from the Northern half of the Plateau/SEKY. Not sure why the Cumberlands generate so many clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 It went down to 28 on Monday and was 34 Tuesday morning. May 1st marks the final frost here. The 2017-18 seasonal snow total was 23.32" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, John1122 said: Had plans to shoot some photos using evening sun today, so of course the area is just socked in thick with clouds even though high pressure is in control and skies are clear in every direction from the Northern half of the Plateau/SEKY. Not sure why the Cumberlands generate so many clouds. Yeah, was noticing that in Roane County today. Some were so ominous looking and I was unable to check any weather info, that I got my hopes up for a passing shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Could have been 60s dews with wind parallel to ridges. One would expect a little convergence on the ridges that way. Plus, as always, elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Nice Instagram post from NASA Earth Observatory. Pic from April 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Cool looking water vapor map this morning with the low-pressure system over Cuba! Was really hoping for a good soaking rain but the SREF DProg/Dt says otherwise for Knoxville... wonder if there is any relation to the large convective flare-up in ne Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 When I saw the IR satellite this AM and cold cloud tops, I was optimistic. I wonder if the dry air and subsidence wrapping around the Bahamas upper low is hurting too, along with the convection in Mexico you point out? Some convection popping up north of Knoxville ATTM, hopefully we can get a random cell to knock the pollen down for a while and wash the cars. Interested to see what this little upper low does as it drops in tomorrow afternoon and overnight. If no rain today, hopefully then. Looking like a damp derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Interesting radar this afternoon too. Little mesoscale? low ambling up through Pickett and Fentress counties and seems to be influencing some storms to move SE -> NW, while other mechanisms are pushing other storms SSW -> NNE: https://imgur.com/K421vgw I got a quick shower near downtown Knox, but I think it only smeared the pollen a bit Caught this pic of the shower/ storm as it passed to the north: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Beautiful morning for a hike up House Mountain Time lapse of clouds:https://imgur.com/TXIcqhI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Cant catch a break with rain in Louisville TN, barely got 0.2" over the weekend, just making the pollen mad Last 30-day percent of normal precipitation map... quite a cutoff over the central east Tennessee Valley Cool Gif of the storms rolling thru the valley last night. Some of the thunderheads must have gone pretty high, taller clouds definitely caught a lot of sunlight at sunset. https://media.giphy.com/media/7ThBVIjSZ5fkP8fCsc/giphy.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Had a pretty nice pop-up thunderstorm yesterday afternoon and there's a storm in progress now. Nice to get a rain boost after a few hot/dry days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Flash on the AM shift, so I'll take the PM. Beautiful T-storm sliding SE out of Greene County, visible from Knoxville around 8:30 this evening: https://imgur.com/a/vXoWuzj (for the Radar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Found a close up on Facebook from one of my relatives in Greene county: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 About 4:20 pm (Thursday) Downtown Chattanooga had quite the wind gusts with pea to M&M candy (plain) size hail. Got a few shelfies not worth posting. Pic above is much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKnox Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Another pic of the storm in Greene County yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Kind of surprised MRX didn't go ahead and warn this cell over portions of Abingdon, Va. 45-50k tops with nickel-quarter sized hail and intense lightning. Edit: Looks like they did issue an special advisory earlier at 3:14 EDT for the training cells over that area which was just renewed through 5:15PM for frequent lightning, dime-sized hail and 40mph winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Caught the above storm from a couple of spots today: Panorama from Roan Mountain [too big to attach](storm on the left): https://imgur.com/J9XMPYB Photo that wasn't too big to attach is in the image. This one is from near my parents house in Kingsport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Video of time lapse atop Round Bald on Roan Mountain. A storm over WNC and other clouds. Apologies for the angle, but I've only begun fooling around with time lapse and all I had was a phone and a rock to lay it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 The outflow into the valley from the big storms on the plateau near Chatt to Dayton is so cool (if that's what it is going on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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