January 28th-29th Clippers/NW Flow Obs/Last Minute Forecasts.

[Stovepipe]

8 minutes ago, RawCrabMeat said:

This yellow band is absolutely amazing

 

Yep, it laid down about an inch of fluff here on top of the quarter inch or so we had from previous one.  Glad it held together for you!

[John1122]

23 minutes ago, PowellVolz said:

Snow hates me





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That stinks. I dodged them for a long time too but finally cashed in. Future radar shows you getting some action soon and another wave rolls off the Plateau your way from 12 to 1 on it. I was skeptical of it earlier but the snow moved in when it showed and it's been pretty solid depicting what's happened. 

[Kentucky]

Squall Acquired

 

[RawCrabMeat]

Lmao at this NW flow event dwarfing the WSW and WWA events here. Roads haven't been covered in white all year. Low in the upper teens 

[John1122]

10 minutes ago, Kentucky said:

Squall Acquired

 

Hopefully it's moving south!

[John1122]

The meso low in middle Tennessee looks healthy out that way, but not sure of the ground truth there. 

[Matthew70]

14 minutes ago, John1122 said:

The meso low in middle Tennessee looks healthy out that way, but not sure of the ground truth there. 

Solid dusting here near Murfreesboro.  Much more than I expected.

[John1122]

Flow snow seems to be underway now. Foggy look, small flakes, nothing on radar over me. 

[John1122]

Doesn't do justice to how hard it's snowing. Very low visibility, strong winds from the NW. 

[Shocker0]

It's gotten breezy here with steady snow still coming down for the past 2-3 hours without radar visibility. Really interested to see how much the Mayland/Pleasant Hill areas end up with when all is said and done since they already had 2-3" by sunset. Can definitely tell how windy it is with the snow drifts on the front porch. Temp is 17 and feels like 2.

 

[John1122]

It's crazy how hard it's snowing right now. It reminds me of the blizzard of 1993. Flakes are dime to nickel sized but there's so many of them it's like being in a heavy fog outside. Plus the wind is probably 20-25mph at times. I assume I'm in a squall. 

[John1122]

Trying to upload a gif of this, but no cell service and poor home internet speed is making it tough. 2 inches has fallen in the last 45 minutes. 

[RawCrabMeat]

9 minutes ago, John1122 said:

It's crazy how hard it's snowing right now. It reminds me of the blizzard of 1993. Flakes are dime to nickel sized but there's so many of them it's like being in a heavy fog outside. Plus the wind is probably 20-25mph at times. I assume I'm in a squall. 

I definitely remember the squall from earlier looking like a dense fog, and maybe some graupel mixed in too, it was noisy. Roads were gone quick, maybe 10mins in that squall at 28-29F

[John1122]

Finally got it to upload. 

[RawCrabMeat]

1 minute ago, John1122 said:

Finally got it to upload. 

And those look fat too. Your ratios have to be great too

[John1122]

3 minutes ago, RawCrabMeat said:

And those look fat too. Your ratios have to be great too

They were mostly nickel sized with some quarter sized flakes. It's so cold the flakes don't get huge, they just fall thickly. It's slowed down some now but man, that was a ride. The HRRR runs that popped 3 inches over me is going to be close. Maybe a bit too light. 

[RawCrabMeat]

Just now, John1122 said:

They were mostly nickel sized with some quarter sized flakes. It's so cold the flakes don't get huge, they just fall thickly. It's slowed down some now but man, that was a ride. The HRRR runs that popped 3 inches over me is going to be close. Maybe a bit too light. 

Didn't get video,but this was probably the peak here a few hours ago, lasted 30-45mins. May have been graupel mixed in but mostly snow, dense tiny flakes, low low low visibility

 

https://i.ibb.co/3MBBQnR/IMG-6035.jpg

[John1122]

10 minutes ago, RawCrabMeat said:

Didn't get video,but this was probably the peak here a few hours ago, lasted 30-45mins. May have been graupel mixed in but mostly snow, dense tiny flakes, low low low visibility

 

https://i.ibb.co/3MBBQnR/IMG-6035.jpg

I'd think you were all snow. Too cold in the upper levels for graupel, which is a partially melted flake. Looks like it was ripping there. 

[RawCrabMeat]

1 minute ago, John1122 said:

I'd think you were all snow. Too cold in the upper levels for graupel, which is a partially melted flake. Looks like it was ripping there. 

Yeah, very intense for a 10-20mins roughly, the type of rates that would bury a car in just 6hrs maintained

 

it ended just as quick as it began, though, but all in all great storm

[Shocker0]

Did I mention that it's windy! Super cold. Drifts in the yard around 1ft. Not sure how much actual snow since it's just blown everywhere. Probably 3-4" actual and it's super dry and powdery so will melt fast I'm sure. Assuming Mayland kept snowing like we did, I wouldn't be surprised if @Wintersnow888 and areas there have 6". I'll probably try to drive over that way in the morning and get some pics with my actual camera. It may compact a lot tonight though.

[John1122]

Ripping again here. I didn't expect to see it keep up like this. 18 degrees and windy. Gonna have drifts like Shocker. 

[John1122]

Upslope engaged. 

[John1122]

Over performer to say the least. 

[John1122]

Another round of moderate snow falling. Gonna have to grab an hour or two of sleep soon but always hate to when it's snowing like this. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

I think I probably matched my totals from the last storm. Around 2.5 here, when measured in the shadiest and most elevated surfaces, as is the custom. 

Kind of an eerie crescent moon rising over the valley to the southeast with light snow falling. 

[Jed33]

Congrats to everyone who picked up something! We had a couple decent snow showers that put down a dusting overnight but that was about it. Couldn’t make a connection with a decent band here.

[Runman292]

48 minutes ago, Jed33 said:

Congrats to everyone who picked up something! We had a couple decent snow showers that put down a dusting overnight but that was about it. Couldn’t make a connection with a decent band here.

Same here in Oak Ridge. Less than an inch.

[Jed33]

Crazy! MRX is only about 8mi from my house and they somehow managed 1.5in! 

[Knoxtron]

NW snow machine blesses a select few. About 1.5" near Mghee Tyson

 

[PowellVolz]

NW snow machine blesses a select few. About 1.5" near Mghee Tyson
 

Those NW to SE streaks are really cool looking. Unfortunately I’ll have to look at satellite to enjoy them.


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