Fall/Winter 22-23 General Observations

[John1122]

Thought this one was fired up already since fall started a couple weeks ago. Just realized I was posting in the spring/summer thread still.

Of course love to keep winter storm obs in the storm threads for later reading all in a single thread. But these are good for daily obs or notable events outside the storm threads.

That said, I hit 47.3 this morning after a day time high of 69 degrees yesterday.  Pretty similar temperatures for this same period in September 2015 when we got a nice first cold front of the season on 9/13 and had two days of great temps. It was 70/46 on 9/13 and 66/43 on 9/14 that year. 

Current temp is 71 degrees here, sunny. It was 72 about an hour ago but dropped back a little. 

 

In 2015 we never got back above the 84ish range after the front. It had been in the upper 80s for days on end leading into it. 

[John1122]

Made it down to 43 this morning. Currently 65 and sunny. 

[John1122]

Hit 39 this morning, first time since spring. Fairly early but not unheard of to get upper 30s in late September.

[Daniel Boone]

40 here this A. M.. May be patchy frost in the morning, especially in sheltered valley's. 

[John1122]

37 this morning but no frost. The heat was on, even though I'd set it at 67. 

[Daniel Boone]

35 here yesterday morning with patchy frost. Some Valley locations in Lee County reported widespread frost and low 30's. Not as cold this morning as wind kept temps up some. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Rain/ snow mix in the high country! 

[Jed33]

Ended up with 0.25in from Ian. Honestly more than I thought we would get, but we have now moved to the extreme northern part of the county on Cherokee Lake. Which, the way this county sits puts me further east than I was and got me in one of the more moderate bands of rain for a little while last night. This was another one of those sharp gradient storms that we sometimes see. If you go into town where we were living, it drops off considerably to around .10 and if you go to the far southwest side of the county less than that. 

[BlunderStorm]

It's looking like Octobers debut this year is going to feature a high in the 40s. Wowza. Winds were negligible beyond a moderate breeze. My digital rain gauge is unreliable though I can say the total has been modest, ~1.25" or so. Hopefully that should suffice for the next two dry (?) weeks ahead. I gotta say, I wish Ian tracked further west for the rest of y'all.

[Daniel Boone]

57 minutes ago, BlunderStorm said:

It's looking like Octobers debut this year is going to feature a high in the 40s. Wowza. Winds were negligible beyond a moderate breeze. My digital rain gauge is unreliable though I can say the total has been modest, ~1.25" or so. Hopefully that should suffice for the next two dry (?) weeks ahead. I gotta say, I wish Ian tracked further west for the rest of y'all.

Yeah, you're fortunate to get in on a decent part of the western flank. Only 0.21" here. Terrible ! 

[Jed33]

Bottomed out at 37 this AM. There was a pretty good bit of frost in the lowest areas around here as well. Actually have had a couple other mornings since it’s been getting cold now with isolated frost in these same low lying areas. These cold mornings and warm dry afternoons should really speed up the Fall foliage in a hurry! 

[Daniel Boone]

I'm sure many on here notice, the first scattered Frost are never forecasted or mentioned as even a possibility. I don't quite understand that as If I were working with the NWS I would at least mention the possibility in mountain Valley's when conditions are like they've been the last few mornings. 

[Coach B]

16 hours ago, Daniel Boone said:

I'm sure many on here notice, the first scattered Frost are never forecasted or mentioned as even a possibility. I don't quite understand that as If I were working with the NWS I would at least mention the possibility in mountain Valley's when conditions are like they've been the last few mornings. 

Unfortunately, I think that's pretty normal. There is a large urban/rural split in many areas. Plus in much of middle and eastern TN topography as you mentioned is a huge variable, especially in regards to overnight lows during a dry fall. I'm in a hilly area in southern middle TN and commonly see 10 degree differences over just a couple of miles this time of year even in my mostly rural county. Our growing season is almost always over before we see the actual frost/freeze warnings. 

[John1122]

The frosty mornings this week have leaves on fire. Based on how it looks now, I'd say we will peak here by October 20th. 

[Daniel Boone]

2 hours ago, John1122 said:

The frosty mornings this week have leaves on fire. Based on how it looks now, I'd say we will peak here by October 20th. 

Yep. Same here . 

[John1122]

31 degrees this morning.  Somewhat early for a freeze but not unheard of here. Definitely not one of those years like a few years ago when October was hitting 90. 

[Daniel Boone]

30.9 here this morning. 28 at Lee County Airport. 20's were reported in Valley locations within the County. 30-32 Ridgetop and elevated areas. 

[BlunderStorm]

The recorded low this morning was 29.4. This marks my first frost, bout right on schedule. Things warmed up pretty nicely though into the 60s this afternoon.

[Daniel Boone]

The much needed Rainfall didn't show up here . That really hurt. Only 0.02" !

         Monthly Total of 0. 22".  Terrible. There was a rather large area of rain and storms heading this way last Evening that made it to the Plateau before energy began getting pulled south toward Chattanooga. 

         I told my Wife then that we were going to get shafted although, still thought we'd get maybe a 10th to a quarter. 

       FIRE DANGER !!! 

[Knoxtron]

Lucked out and got a whole entire 0.28 inches of rain up on the plateau north of Chattanooga. Had a couple of nice nearly 40 MPH wind gusts so that was fun haha 

 

I think we have lucked out way more than the valley has with rainfall, last rains before this event ...

 

0.2 on 9-24

0.18 9-19

0.28 9-9

2.5 9-2

 

Seems our leaves are quite a bit more vibrant up here than most of valley, not sure if that's related to the heat/dry stress or what

 

https://ambientweather.net/dashboard/e282c48a530774756d7f28aa542a6394/graphs

[Daniel Boone]

Foliage is near peak here. Although, there is what we call a "2nd peak" as Oaks in general are a bit later. 

     Was over in the Tri Cities last week and they were a good bit behind us. 

[John1122]

I managed .45 last night and yesterday. There was close to 2 inches 40 miles west of here. Hopefully we get more Saturday into Sunday.

[John1122]

Managed .85 inches of rain, slow and soaking. Should really help with fire danger as leaves are really coming off and the 20s coming over the next few days will really bring them down.

[Daniel Boone]

Wound up with 0.77" here. Foliage was at peak yesterday. Rain took quite a bit down. Leaves were great this year . Thank the Lord for the rain . Was in dire need as water levels are low and fire danger really high . 

[Jed33]

Bottomed out at 31, but will likely be colder tonight. On that note, look at how massive an area the freeze warning for tonight covers. Can’t ever remember seeing that big of an area so early in the season be under a freeze warning!

[Knoxtron]

26.1 on Waldens Ridge north of Chatt 

[Kentucky]

Snowed in Corbin, this morning. 

 

[John1122]

Snowing here right now too. 

[John1122]

From about 9:45 when it was coming down at it's hardest. 

[Daniel Boone]

Few flurries here. Apparently, the heaviest snow showers are draining on the western slopes ; Plateau and KY/VA Border.  Solid Cloud cover making it over but, not much Snow.