Uncle Nasty Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I think the higher elevation mountains are going to do well this weekend. I say this because of what I just experienced. Don't think I'm crazy but when I was leaving Volkswagen at 2:35 out of nowhere an ice cold wind started whipping up. It went from dry to a pretty heavy rain shower instantly. As I was leaving in my vehicle the temp dropped to 41° on the car. The rain had some big snowflakes mixed in with it for maybe 5 minutes. As I approached the Ooltewah exit the rain stopped and within a few minutes my car thermometer had risen to 46°. I checked when I got home and I had a reading of 46.3°. I'm saying this because it was a total shock to see flakes flying in the lower elevation, even if it was for only a few minutes. It's like the sudden burst of rain had a cold core in it and the flakes were reaching the ground under an intense band of precip. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 A mix shower just rolled over here. Temperatures dropped 7 degrees when it hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearman Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 just went through a snow rain mis coming down 75 @ 125 mile marker low elevation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Looks like a particularly cold pool of air over Cumberland, Fentress and NW Morgan Counties. Mid 30s there. 40 here when the shower rolled across. MRX now says 1/2 inch or snow here tonight and freezing rain tomorrow morning per the point forecast. I don't remember freezing rain in April before right off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Very cold upper levels, anyone who gets a good burst of precip will probably see frozen reaching the surface like Uncle Nasty in Hamilton and Bearman in Anderson County. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Just had a heavy snow shower with strong wind. Temps went down another 4 degrees in it. Very convective it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Just had one of those mix showers here with heavy drops and melting flakes that splat on your windshield. The temp also dropped 7 degrees here as well 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Looking above me, around 2200 feet the trees and ground are white 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Hot Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Colonial Heights 48 degrees with heavy graupel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boone Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 hours ago, John1122 said: Looks like a particularly cold pool of air over Cumberland, Fentress and NW Morgan Counties. Mid 30s there. 40 here when the shower rolled across. MRX now says 1/2 inch or snow here tonight and freezing rain tomorrow morning per the point forecast. I don't remember freezing rain in April before right off. Those point forecasts are so about what I'd call childish sometimes. So unprofessional. Freezing rain in April with still very cold upper levels in the morning. What a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Daniel Boone said: Those point forecasts are so about what I'd call childish sometimes. So unprofessional. Freezing rain in April with still very cold upper levels in the morning. What a joke. Yeah. I don't expect freezing rain. Maybe they mean freezing drizzle from low level moisture that doesn't reach the DGZ. Also, coming a nice snow shower right now. Temp is 34. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsty2001 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Had a burst of snow here :-o 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocker0 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 This happened in 5 minutes. Some of the snow showers are no joke tonight: 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew70 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Leconte has 6.5” today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Shocker0 said: This happened in 5 minutes. Some of the snow showers are no joke tonight: They are like pop up storms. The wind kicks up and it rips for a few minutes over a smallish area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocker0 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 3 hours ago, John1122 said: They are like pop up storms. The wind kicks up and it rips for a few minutes over a smallish area. Yep, that's how it looks on radar too. A little circle of heavy snow will affect part of a county and dump a quick dusting or more before weakening. Doesn't take long to melt either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Looks like BN temps will continue for the next two weeks and we may not be done with snow showers by looking at the GFS. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Not sure if we are in an El Nino ENSO state quite yet, but LR modeling doesn't appear to be through with sending repetitive troughs into the eastern half of the country. Honestly, I am starting to become a little concerned that I am going to be able to get my garden out on time. Soil temps are going to be SLOW to warm with this pattern. In addition, it is possible that frost may be a problem well into May. In ten days, I have to start hardening off my tomatoes with the idea to plant them come Derby weekend. Going to be a tight fit to get those in with the modeled cold upcoming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boone Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Carvers Gap said: Not sure if we are in an El Nino ENSO state quite yet, but LR modeling doesn't appear to be through with sending repetitive troughs into the eastern half of the country. Honestly, I am starting to become a little concerned that I am going to be able to get my garden out on time. Soil temps are going to be SLOW to warm with this pattern. In addition, it is possible that frost may be a problem well into May. In ten days, I have to start hardening off my tomatoes with the idea to plant them come Derby weekend. Going to be a tight fit to get those in with the modeled cold upcoming. Agree. Not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Meanwhile, in Bismarck, ND... Seriously, there are some great live shots of the blizzard on NDDOT. https://travel.dot.nd.gov/?layers=cameras,closed-blocked,event-orange,incident-red,informational-grey,roads,travelalerts,warning-blue,warning-yellow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, Carvers Gap said: Meanwhile, in Bismarck, ND... Seriously, there are some great live shots of the blizzard on NDDOT. https://travel.dot.nd.gov/?layers=cameras,closed-blocked,event-orange,incident-red,informational-grey,roads,travelalerts,warning-blue,warning-yellow Yeah…Minot ND is expecting 24-30” of snow. An incredible storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, beavis1729 said: Yeah…Minot ND is expecting 24-30” of snow. An incredible storm. Just read that Red Lodge, MT, (ski slopes) received 27" of snow in 24 hours. I saw on social media that Pony, MT, received 30". Those front range blizzards during spring are no jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 And yet another strong trough amplification is showing up consistently around April 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew70 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 23 hours ago, Carvers Gap said: And yet another strong trough amplification is showing up consistently around April 22. I read somewhere maybe here that it’s possible to continue to have these well into May. Which would keep severe wx season not as active for these parts but also make it feel like we went from winter straight to summer. Though I do love 60’s for highs. Hardly any insects & no skitters. Fescue just loves it with rain. My yard might be best I’ve ever seen it. For me anytime we can delay upper 80’s & 90’s till at least June I’m good. This has to be the most wind for a season that I ever remember. The last 2-3 months have been windy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Matthew70 said: I read somewhere maybe here that it’s possible to continue to have these well into May. Which would keep severe wx season not as active for these parts but also make it feel like we went from winter straight to summer. Though I do love 60’s for highs. Hardly any insects & no skitters. Fescue just loves it with rain. My yard might be best I’ve ever seen it. For me anytime we can delay upper 80’s & 90’s till at least June I’m good. This has to be the most wind for a season that I ever remember. The last 2-3 months have been windy. I talked to my Dad who is in his 70s. He said that he remembers springs during his childhood as being really windy. Neither of us remember winds like we have had so far with the exception of maybe one year(can't remember which). Yeah, I am good delaying the really hot weather. This weather is not a huge deal right now, but if it were to drag into May...this could have a negative effect on farmers and gardeners in the region. And yes, it looks like modeling keeps trying to spin up storms/fronts which drag cooler/cold air into our region for a while. My backyard definitely looks the best that it ever has. That is probably true for my street(front yards) as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew70 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 33 minutes ago, Carvers Gap said: I talked to my Dad who is in his 70s. He said that he remembers springs during his childhood as being really windy. Neither of us remember winds like we have had so far with the exception of maybe one year(can't remember which). Yeah, I am good delaying the really hot weather. This weather is not a huge deal right now, but if it were to drag into May...this could have a negative effect on farmers and gardeners in the region. And yes, it looks like modeling keeps trying to spin up storms/fronts which drag cooler/cold air into our region for a while. My backyard definitely looks the best that it ever has. That is probably true for my street(front yards) as well. Glad I’m not going crazy thinking this has been a really windy period. My mom went to OR for first time a couple weeks ago. She said it was so pretty & so green. Locals said it’s like that all the time due to cooler & wet conditions. That nature loves it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I’m turning 34 this year. I remember March being a very windy month in my childhood. This year is the first year that it has lived up to the expectations set by my memories. We have definitely lost all of the remaining weak trees from this area. That may bode well if we actually get a legit SVR outbreak in the next month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersnow888 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/14/2022 at 10:57 AM, Matthew70 said: I read somewhere maybe here that it’s possible to continue to have these well into May. Which would keep severe wx season not as active for these parts but also make it feel like we went from winter straight to summer. Though I do love 60’s for highs. Hardly any insects & no skitters. Fescue just loves it with rain. My yard might be best I’ve ever seen it. For me anytime we can delay upper 80’s & 90’s till at least June I’m good. This has to be the most wind for a season that I ever remember. The last 2-3 months have been windy. I agree on being ok with highs in 60s. My grandfather always talked about the little winters here on the plateau, dogwood first I think,and woolen britches winter and whippoorwill winter and I think blackberry winter is around the end of May when blackberries are in bloom. Someone else in the thread may have mentioned this already 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Looks like more BN wx is inbound. Going to have to get some tomato plants in the ground regardless. Time to garden. May is gonna be a fight to keep things growing on track. We had extended summer last fall. After three very summer like days, we are about to get the exact opposite for the first half of May. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 The 6z GFS has high elevation snows for May 2nd. Not good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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