11/14-15 Early Season Westside Winter Event

[zippity]

Wonderful to see folks getting snow in November! 

[BlunderStorm]

45 minutes ago, zippity said:

Wonderful to see folks getting snow in November! 

It's good to see less frequent posters out today! Currently where I'm situated it's 37 to start the night. I doubt any serious accretion here on the roads but the grass may very likely have a glaze. Here I'm more concerned around mountain passes about 500ft higher than here in areas like Jewell Ridge. Glancing through the modeling one more time I imagine most of us will have a window for a flurry or two after the more significant snowfall ends in west Tennessee as the upper level low slides through. After all the cold, wet, and grey days we've had I'm open to a break in the active weather for a sunny seasonable Thanksgiving. By the last week of November I'll be ready for some more action though.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

I had some reports from friends to day of sleet at onset of precip, in Oak Ridge and Huntsville (Scott Co., TN) 

[AMZ8990]

Got probably an inch on the ground now, it’s a heavy wet snow.  

[tnweathernut]

Parts of Kentucky getting raked right now I’d imagine!  40-45 dbz’s showing up around Madisonville.  Probably 2-3+ per hour.

[BlunderStorm]

I wonder if this is actually snow west of Nashville as Intellicast is depicting.

[BlunderStorm]

The temperature bottomed out at 36 around 8. Now the temperature has risen to 39. Looks like it's going to remain above freezing.

[John1122]

Congratulations to all seeing flakes. Giving a dusting to 1/2 inch for my area tomorrow evening into tomorrow night. Temps were colder than expected this morning when I left for Florida. Heavy frozen fog was sticking to the mountains above 2400 feet or so. So it apparently was well below freezing there. Topped out at 37 back at my house. Quite a different picture in Florida. 80 and fairly humid where I'm at now just after midnight.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Radarscope thinks Wise, VA has switched to snow.  Any one up that way? 

[rdwhynot]

Just west of Birmingham this morning....

[Blue Ridge]

1 hour ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

Radarscope thinks Wise, VA has switched to snow.  Any one up that way? 

Looks like they did switch briefly!

 

Time	Temp.	Dew	Relative	Wind	Wind	Wind	Visibility	WX	Clouds	Altimeter	Station	Precip	Quality
		Point	Humidity	Chill	Direction	Speed				Setting	Pressure	1 hour	Control
(EST)	(f)	(f)	(%)	(f)		(mph)	(miles)			(inches)	(inches)	(inches)
15 Nov 8:35 am	34	34	100		CALM		5.00	-RA	BKN003 OVC009	30.02	27.234	0.02	OK
15 Nov 8:15 am	34	34	100		CALM		3.00	-RA	OVC009	30.01	27.225	0.01	OK
15 Nov 7:55 am	34	34	100		CALM		3.00	RA	OVC005	30.02	27.234	0.06	OK
15 Nov 7:35 am	34	34	100		CALM		4.00	RA	OVC005	30.03	27.243	0.05	OK
15 Nov 7:15 am	34	34	100		CALM		3.00	UP	BKN005 OVC016	30.03	27.243	0.03	OK
15 Nov 6:55 am	34	34	100		ESE	3	2.50	-RA	OVC005	30.02	27.234	0.08	OK
15 Nov 6:35 am	34	34	100		CALM		3.00	-SN	SCT005 BKN060 OVC070	30.02	27.234	0.04	OK
15 Nov 6:15 am	34	34	100		E	7	5.00	RA	SCT018 OVC070	30.03	27.243	0.02	OK
15 Nov 5:55 am	34	34	100		SSE	6	5.00	UP	SCT060 OVC070	30.05	27.262	0.05	OK
15 Nov 5:35 am	34	34	100	25	SSE	12G23	5.00	UP	BKN050 OVC070	30.07	27.280	0.03	OK

[AMZ8990]

12 hours ago, *Flash* said:

Had a blast in Camden. Snow was pouring down. About an 1" on average when I left at 5:30 pm. (I'm sure they'll end up with much more). Terrible driving conditions on 70 E on route to Waverly. Plenty of B-footage, but I'll wait and share after I've pieced it all together.

That’s awesome, glad you got to make a snow run!!!

[BlunderStorm]

It was 33 at dawn this morning. A really close call that leaves the mountain passes where I'm more concerned in the freezing rain. With the upper air temps I question the snow is Wise but it may be possible. I checked the webcam at UVA Wise and there did not seem to be snow.

[AMZ8990]

This is what we look like this morning.  Quite the winter storm for November, hopefully there is more to come!

[BlunderStorm]

Check out this webcam in Wytheville. You can see with every shot this morning the trees slump more and more from the ice.

https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/?cam=WYTHV

[AMZ8990]

12 hours ago, John1122 said:

Congratulations to all seeing flakes. Giving a dusting to 1/2 inch for my area tomorrow evening into tomorrow night. Temps were colder than expected this morning when I left for Florida. Heavy frozen fog was sticking to the mountains above 2400 feet or so. So it apparently was well below freezing there. Topped out at 37 back at my house. Quite a different picture in Florida. 80 and fairly humid where I'm at now just after midnight.

Have fun on your trip John!  Enjoy those warm temps while you can.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Snowing in Crossville! Hard to tell from the pic, but I'd say close to moderate given visibility. Individual flakes aren't all that big. 

 

 

[BlunderStorm]

Radar is starting to get interesting for the NE portion of the forum area but I can't help but shake the feeling the back end of the storm is coming too early for snow. It's just 40 all the way up here so the temperature and has a ways to fall in the eastern valley. I'm hoping  you guys in the Tri-Cities see some token flakes.

[Blue Ridge]

22 minutes ago, BlunderStorm said:

Radar is starting to get interesting for the NE portion of the forum area but I can't help but shake the feeling the back end of the storm is coming too early for snow. It's just 40 all the way up here so the temperature and has a ways to fall in the eastern valley. I'm hoping  you guys in the Tri-Cities see some token flakes.

45 at K0A9 (Elizabethton)
43 at KTRI
43 at KGCY (Greeneville)
41 at KLNP
39 at KVJI (Abingdon)
39 at KTYS

It will be after dark before token flakes are possible. 
 

[BlunderStorm]

27 minutes ago, Blue Ridge said:

45 at K0A9 (Elizabethton)
43 at KTRI
43 at KGCY (Greeneville)
41 at KLNP
39 at KVJI (Abingdon)
39 at KTYS

It will be after dark before token flakes are possible. 
 

When I'm not using my weather station KJFZ is the station I use. Whatever temperature it is add two degrees and more often than not it lines up perfectly.

[John1122]

Been snowing back home from what I've heard. Warm and sunny the first half of the day here. Changed to cloudy and 78 this afternoon. If you guys pay for a vacation for me in February I'm sure we can pull off a winter storm. 

[BlunderStorm]

Currently 34 with rain and snow falling.

UPDATE: It has quickly fully transitioned to snow and is 32.

UPDATE 2: The ground is cold enough to support snow on the grass measurements will be taken.

[Carvers Gap]

The WKB(west Kingsport burbs) are now getting in on the action.  Not as high end as the JTP from Goldbergs.

[Jed33]

We received the first little snow flurry of the year from this system about an hour and a half ago. Was enough to coat the picnic table a little and the wind was sure howling with it. A huge score for a pre-Thanksgiving system for sure

[BlunderStorm]

About 0.2 inches fell barring any rogue snow showers overnight. The event was a success in my book but it leaves me hungry for something more significant. I'll send an image in the morning.

[John1122]

Had a report from back home that the snow was "grasshopper deep". I'll have to try for an explanation. I'm thinking .15-.25.

[BlunderStorm]

At last after a lot of trial and error I was finally able to get at least one of the images through! I sure hope this is a preview of winter. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

The results of the upslope snow and rime on Max Patch: 

 

The air was so clear!  The temp was about 23 with a stout wind. 

Just a teaser (wish I could upload them all here!).

Here are the rest: https://imgur.com/gallery/OUr79E1

[BlunderStorm]

50 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

The results of the upslope snow and rime on Max Patch: 

 

The air was so clear!  The temp was about 23 with a stout wind. 

Just a teaser (wish I could upload them all here!).

Here are the rest: https://imgur.com/gallery/OUr79E1

Wow... Those pictures are absolutely breathtaking... 

[jaxjagman]

2 hours ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

The results of the upslope snow and rime on Max Patch: 

 

The air was so clear!  The temp was about 23 with a stout wind. 

Just a teaser (wish I could upload them all here!).

Here are the rest: https://imgur.com/gallery/OUr79E1

Awesome pic !!