Fall/Winter '21-'22 General Obs

[John1122]

Raw, cold day today, 42 degrees as we pass 11am.  Leaves are still nice but slightly past peak. Lots of the smaller trees are bare now. Even though MRX is forecasting 33 here as of now for tonight, I suspect we will be close to the 29 that's being forecast just across the KY line in Whitley Co. A heavy frost/freeze will push a lot of leaves down. 

[Daniel Boone]

Currently 37 up here in Wise now. 45 at home in Jonesville. 52 in Kingsport. Pretty good spread in area.

     Agree John on overnight lows. Kmrx is almost always too high on forecasted Temps for your and my area.

[nrgjeff]

Lovely day in Chattanooga with temps in the 60s. This is a blessing on days like today. I'll be whining about it when we are rain and 38, while y'all are snow.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Leaves are pretty prime here in Morgan County right now. Even still quite a bit of rusted green just on the verge of turning in Frozen Head State Park. 

[John1122]

1 hour ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

Leaves are pretty prime here in Morgan County right now. Even still quite a bit of rusted green just on the verge of turning in Frozen Head State Park. 

The big softwoods are still colorful here but losing leaves fast.  The 25 footers and down are mostly or fully bare. The hardwoods are pretty colorful but are always muted compared to the maples and such here.  They usually start to turn, a bug freeze hits and they brown fast. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

22 minutes ago, John1122 said:

The big softwoods are still colorful here but losing leaves fast.  The 25 footers and down are mostly or fully bare. The hardwoods are pretty colorful but are always muted compared to the maples and such here.  They usually start to turn, a bug freeze hits and they brown fast. 

True. I’d say tonight will hit my area pretty hard. Already in the low 40s here. 

[nrgjeff]

Come on down to Chattanooga. Always warmer here. Mountains surrounding the city are colorful up to 2,000 FT. By the weekend 2K+ will be past peak. Lower elevations look to tee up nicely again this year.

Have not been to the Plateau which is usually cooler than even Lookout Mountain. Going to guess Lower Plateau great color 1,000 to 1,500 FT and maybe through the weekend. If we can just get decent weekend weather. 

[John1122]

Hit 34 at midnight. Currently 32.8 with heavy frost forming.  Still expecting 29-30 by morning. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

I think the low clouds got me here. We've leveled off in the mid to upper 30s this AM. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Not here, sadly. There does seem to be a touch of hoarfrost on a spruce tree atop Beech Mt.

[Carvers Gap]

Seeing some photos of snow above 5,000'.  Looks awesome.  If one of you all Twitters, put a few posts in here!

[Carvers Gap]

After accumulating snows on Mt LeConte yesterday, the lower elevations in Kingsport are dealing with heavy fog and our first killing freeze.  Visibility this morning was maybe 100' in spots downtown.  Needless to say, frost on the ridge lines above the river is heavy!

[John1122]

Even with three mornings in a row in the 20s, the leaves are still hanging in with strong colors around 1500 and down. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Emory River at Oakdale yesterday evening:

Fine November evening. You could feel the air blowing into the canyon and hitting the cliffs that had been warmed by the sun all day. The temp of the water and on the water was in the 50s, but every once in a while you would get a breeze that had hit those warm cliffs and it felt spectacular. Even caught exactly one smallmouth, lol. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

I was able to get a few photos at Frozen Head yesterday before the end o' the leaves:

 

 

 

 

[Carvers Gap]

Just got back from Indianapolis, Indiana.  As we left this morning, and much to our surprise, it started to snow like crazy.  The band has been up there since Wednesday competing in Grand Nationals(National Championship).  It is like one giant playoff - prelims, then semifinals, then finals.  They start with roughly 100 bands and then get down to 12 finalists by Saturday night.  Divisional national champions are determined in semifinals.  They won the national title for the 3A division.  Then, they have finals where they take the top scorers (from all divisions) regardless of division, lump them into one competition, and then determine a Grand Nationals champion.  They finished 8th in the nation in finals.  It was a great experience for all involved.  The entire competition is done at Lucas Oil Stadium.  Lots of hard work paid off for those kiddos.  Marching competitions are awesome to watch.

[tnweathernut]

On 11/14/2021 at 4:46 PM, Carvers Gap said:

Just got back from Indianapolis, Indiana.  As we left this morning, and much to our surprise, it started to snow like crazy.  The band has been up there since Wednesday competing in Grand Nationals(National Championship).  It is like one giant playoff - prelims, then semifinals, then finals.  They start with roughly 100 bands and then get down to 12 finalists by Saturday night.  Divisional national champions are determined in semifinals.  They won the national title for the 3A division.  Then, they have finals where they take the top scorers (from all divisions) regardless of division, lump them into one competition, and then determine a Grand Nationals champion.  They finished 8th in the nation in finals.  It was a great experience for all involved.  The entire competition is done at Lucas Oil Stadium.  Lots of hard work paid off for those kiddos.  Marching competitions are awesome to watch.

I know we texted about this, but congrats.  Quite an experience for those kids and parents.  I had a high school friend also there sharing video of the snow falling. They were there for a soccer tournament.  She was quite happy when those in control cancelled the Sunday portion of the event.

[John1122]

Looks like some snow showers are knocking on the door. Should be over my area in 10-20 minutes by looking at the radar. Fingers crossed.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Looks like they're headed towards my way too. Little warm up here at my place at 38, but we'll see. 

[John1122]

Flakes achieved. Welcome winter 2021-22. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Woo hoo!!! I just checked radar and was about to ask what you had. The precip band is still about 4-5 miles north of me. 

[John1122]

17 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

Woo hoo!!! I just checked radar and was about to ask what you had. The precip band is still about 4-5 miles north of me. 

It started as micro flakes and after about 10 minutes it went to a full on light snow shower. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

The tension is building:

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Skunked. Nary a flake. 

[Daniel Boone]

Flurries between 8 and 9 a.m..quick burst whited out Wallen Ridge about 2 miles to my east. See Wise got a dusting on UVAWise Cam.

[Carvers Gap]

Been windy and rainy today.  Much needed rain has fallen for most of the afternoon.  Leaves are finally off the trees for the most part.   

[John1122]

9 minutes ago, Carvers Gap said:

Been windy and rainy today.  Much needed rain has fallen for most of the afternoon.  Leaves are finally off the trees for the most part.   

Leaves have been gone here a couple of weeks but the rain was nice to get them good and soaked again. After being massively above normal through July, we finally had some BN rainfall months lately. 

Nothing severe here but some of the loudest thunder in a while. Must have had a really close cloud to ground strike. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Cold frosty morning up in MoCo today. Pic is on Lone Mt. looking towards Frozen Head Sate Park. The central peak is about 3200 ft. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Is that some snow virga heading my way in a weak deformation zone? Dare I hope for a single flurry?

[Carvers Gap]

Reading reports in the SE forum of steady, frozen precip falling in western NC.