tnweathernut Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, John1122 said: MRX did explain what they think happened. The storm sped up and outran the forcing. That's why Middle Tennessee got dumped on for 12+ hours and eastern areas mostly faltered. I am sure that's happened before but I've never seen it explained before. It's not a common thing it would seem. You don't often see Nashville cash in big but Tri not be able to get there in what appeared to be the set up. Usually that only happens when there's a SE ridge like last year and it's snowing in the mud state and 50+ in the far east. I guess we can put that in the bin of things that can screw up a snow event…. It’s a BIG bin. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I wish they had built a ski resort near the top of the knob in the 1940s, how different would Norton look like if so! Max elevation at the top is...what? 4200' ? Ski down into the bottom with well over 1000 vertical drop (beech and sugar only drop 7-900 ft) would of been an epic setup. Norton looks great in snow From Norton to the top of High Knob is a 2,000 foot elevation difference. They have a 10k race that starts in Norton and follows the road to the top. I have “ran” it the past 3 years. Some of the switchbacks you could almost crawl up the mountain. Would of been a great place for a ski resort. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Hot Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Our local met said it was classic warm nose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsty2001 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 The roads here in Greeneville are starting to ice over bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Wow this last band really does mean business! I’m approaching an inch on the grass and still coming down pretty good nickel sized flakes right now! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsty2001 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Jed33 said: Wow this last band really does mean business! I’m approaching an inch on the grass and still coming down pretty good nickel sized flakes right now! Did it just move through for you? Watching it on radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 It’s still coming down moderately now even though the radar says it shouldn’t be this intense. Gotta be below the beam of the radar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boone Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Total in Jonesville Va as of 9:30 pm 3.25". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsty2001 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Puking snow here in Greeneville 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol Man Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Looks like we have squeezed out about 1.5" in East Kingsport...still snowing a little...had decent shower for about an hour or so. Sort of surprised after things developed as the afternoon ended. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, Vol Man said: Looks like we have squeezed out about 1.5" in East Kingsport...still snowing a little...had decent shower for about an hour or so. Sort of surprised after things developed as the afternoon ended. Yeah, man. I had just about given up - had given up!!! Same here in terms of snow. Nice to get on the board for this winter. What a wild week. Glad you got some snow!!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuCoVaWx Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Ended up with 5 inches here in Big Rock. We had about an hour after it first started with no precip, I'm guessing I got dry slotted for a bit lol. All in all, was a nice little storm. The kiddos had a blast out in the snow. Even the dogs got in on the fun. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 I would have bet this one was in the books but it's coming down pretty good out there right now. Probably flow snow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Still a little light snow here in Morgan County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Interesting little band of snow this morning south of I-40 and east of Knoxville: You can see the normal upslope north and northeast of Knoxville, moving NW to SE. But this little band south of I-40 kind of follows the interstate ENE. You'd think the upslope flow in the low levels would orient everything along the same direction, but apparently this was either at a different level of the atmosphere or something else was going on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 One option might be that the radar was detecting some virga from a narrow band of high clouds moving in: But, the radar site wasn't too far away and I would think if it were virga, it wouldn't show up so close to the site, indicating that it is at least as low level as the upslope. I really wish those high clouds weren't there so I could see the low level flow on IR imagery. We've seen a band in upslope south of Knoxville before, and the only thing I can think of is that some vagary in the low level flow in the valley reoriented that band towards the ENE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8283 El Nino Baby Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Snowing here even though nothing is showing on any radar apps. Perhaps the radar cant see it with the low ceiling and 1850 elevation? We had a bust yesterday with less than an inch, but it looks like we got another inch overnight into this morning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountainguy97 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Got a half inch of graupel and snow on top. Driveway frozen solid down to 18. Heaviest snow of the storm right now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountainguy97 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Have to say that snow in the teens is quite annoying. Every road now has a nice coating of snow again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, fountainguy97 said: Have to say that snow in the teens is quite annoying. Every road now has a nice coating of snow again. That's ideal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbald Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 41 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said: That's ideal. Hard to beat a good cold snow/high ratio, definitely at the top of the pantheon here. A big bucket lister is to get to enjoy a 2-3 day northwest flow event somewhere in a cabin in the high mountains. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountainguy97 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Bigbald said: Hard to beat a good cold snow/high ratio, definitely at the top of the pantheon here. A big bucket lister is to get to enjoy a 2-3 day northwest flow event in somewhere in a cabin in the high mountains. It is had to beat. Today just feels like a core winter day in the mountains. How it's supposed to feel when living here. Even though it's not a huge storm I love days like this. Roads covering just by flurries. The big NW event last year I ended up with 7" over two days. It's a different type of event. Slower paced than a regular system. But just as enjoyable. Other than scraping a steep driveway multiple times a day 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Congrats to all that got snow. Especially the 4-7" variety. I might be just shy of 2" here south of Bristol. Not going to complain, it's pretty. But still waiting that 4-7" storm here though. Perhaps we get luckier in the coming weeks. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersnow888 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 hours ago, 8283 El Nino Baby said: Snowing here even though nothing is showing on any radar apps. Perhaps the radar cant see it with the low ceiling and 1850 elevation? We had a bust yesterday with less than an inch, but it looks like we got another inch overnight into this morning. That happens alot for us up here on the plateau, I've had it snow for several hours with nothing on radar. Nothing heavy just a steady light snow. I think your explanation fits , or maybe the orographic flow wrings out the moisture from the air perhaps, since I've noticed it on the back side of storms mostly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxtron Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 After last night's flow snow, I ended up at 6.2 inches. Currently sunny and 17 degrees. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Still snowing at Ober right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Flurries continuing. Temp 25. Total storm accumulation: 2” 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 You know it's a cold post storm day when snow stays on the trees even in bright sunshine. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 This MRX map is not very close in the Scott, Campbell, Claiborne area. I was in town in LaFollette 4 hours before it stopped snowing and there was 2.5 inches already then. They got 4.5 inches or so. Relatives in Tazewell got 5 inches. There was 6 in Oneida. 5-6 over most of Campbell north of LaFollette. 7.5 above 2500. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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