Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Knoxtron said: Nice little burst of sleet in West Knoxville/Hardin Valley area. Started accumulating on cars and grass, but seems to be switching to mostly rain now. Raw weather none the less! Definitely over performed in East Knoxville too. Actually still getting a flake or two mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Really interested to see if the band does a little more further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 That's encouraging news to read up here. Precip is closing in and will arrive in ~30 minutes. Whether it will be snow, sleet, or rain at the onset is yet to be seen. I measured a temperature of 30 when I left home at eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Actually I was apparently talking about a preliminary band, before all the bright echoes around Knoxville now moved over my house. Now that the real band is here, sleet/ wet snow mix is really coming down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Alright @BlunderStorm must be pretty good toward the VA border. Campbell County schools have closed early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Heavy wet snow here after a burst of sleet. Silver Dollar sized flakes at times, around 1/2 inch accumulation. Mixing with rain at times. 33 degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 In north Knox Co we keep switching from snow to rain and back again. Snow flakes are huge. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Had another burst of heavy snow, looks like it's about to pass on by after this. MRX had initially forecast this might happen but had backed off, I think one run or two I saw of the RGEM showed it, the NAM if I recall showed it in SWVA and extreme NETN. I'd guess an inch of snow fell, but due to mixing issues I seemed to have peaked at 1/2 inch or so of ground coverage. TDOT had to deal with issues on I-75 and schools dismissed. Probably could have ridden it out on schools, as I don't expect any issues at all this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I can see some of those big flakes here near downtown Knoxville, but mostly melted at my locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I can see some of those big flakes here near downtown Knoxville, but mostly melted at my locations. I’d say around 1500’ it’s all snow around Knoxville . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'm amazed I got what I did. I was thinking 5 minutes of sleet and wet snow, then all rain. Pretty much wintery mix the whole time. Radar scope says all now for Kingsport, if it plays out, I could see a quick inch as heavy as rates were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Hey, good news the snow panned out. Snow flakes the size of small cotton balls are falling without any mix. Accumulation is starting to occur. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearman Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, BlunderStorm said: Hey, good news the snow panned out. Snow flakes the size of small cotton balls are falling without any mix. Accumulation is starting to occur. Send pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ridge Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Good moderate burst of snow at the office currently. Huge flakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Image doesn't do it justice this was during a lull. Currently heavy snow falling. School is teetering on an early dismissal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math/Met Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Big flakes in Greeneville right now. http://www.resortcams.com/webcams/greeneville-tn/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I think the short range models may of been a little too warm the past few days with the leading edge. Just now running into snow heading into Abingdon. Something I’ve been eyeing the past few days. Glad it planned out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math/Met Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 These are the biggest flakes I’ve seen in a few years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ridge Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 50+ DBZ over Bulls Gap right now. The back edge looks wild. 6 minutes ago, Math/Met said: These are the biggest flakes I’ve seen in a few years. Agreed. A slushy 1/2" has accumulated here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I’ve been in Rutledge most of the day. On the way over here from a Morristown, snow started mixing in around Bean Station at about 10:30. Then it switched to heavy snow, flakes as big as any I’ve ever seen anywhere! Snowed till about 12:30. Totally didn’t expect that. It probably was between 1/4-1/2in on the grass, decks, and cars at the height of it. Now it’s melting off. Wife said it was snowing heavily in Morristown too. I guess the precip rate was heavy enough to drag down enough cold air to switch it over. Man, what I wouldn’t have given for the temp to have been just a few degrees colder! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 School dismissed probably a quarter to half inch on the ground at ~1850ft in downtown Honaker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Hot Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Temp dropped 6 degrees in last hour in Colonial Heights. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 3/4ths of an inch on the ground on my measuring tile and roughly an inch or a little more on the grass at home. Since I'm using my low res chromebook camera to take shots taking measurement pics is nearly impossible without laying it in the snow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 This is from around the time they decided to call off school this morning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Picked up around an inch at the house. Very pleasant surprise today. Gets me pumped for the back half of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Hot Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 42 minutes ago, Icy Hot said: Temp dropped 6 degrees in last hour in Colonial Heights. As soon as the rates slowed down temperature went back up 2° it's now a light drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillT Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 which model had this snow today and how long ago did they start showing it please? according to the other place this stuff today is not happening because no model showed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, BillT said: which model had this snow today and how long ago did they start showing it please? according to the other place this stuff today is not happening because no model showed it. The RGEM pretty much saw it 40+ hours out and I believe the NAM 12km sort of sniffed it out around 30 hours in advance. The NAM 3km on the other hand never really did grasp it. I believe as one of the posters here described it, the 3km sometimes seems to try too hard on the terrain features and elevation. With all that considered, the actual event overperformed all models at least for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, Icy Hot said: As soon as the rates slowed down temperature went back up 2° it's now a light drizzle. The exact same thing occurred here in the last 5 minutes. The current temp is now 36. My final total is exactly 1 inch barring any redevelopment ahead of SWVA. About 1.5" is on the grass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boone Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Picked up 2.5 " heavy, wet snow here in central Lee County, Va.. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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