Fall/Winter 22-23 General Observations

[PowellVolz]

Took this pic this morning going to work…




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[Reb]

Looks to be reports of snow around Nashville this morning according to radar scope

[Knoxtron]

Currently in a light sleet/snow mix at 39° and sticking instantly 

[John1122]

The current OBS/Radar are a perfect example of how massively models struggle with the size of a precip shield. It's listed on the known biases of the GFS for areas just west of the Appalachians. 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Winter Solstice looking SE over the Great Eastern Valley from Frozen Head SP:

[Uncle Nasty]

We were sitting at a solid 44° with calm winds for awhile. Temp has actually risen to 45.2°. I walked out back and looked at the sky. It's a weird sky. We had a light drizzle going on earlier and now it's almost clear and there are some super super low clouds racing across the sky. The weird thing is the clouds are moving fast in a South to North direction. I haven't checked the official wind direction in the Chattanooga area but there's no doubt they are low and flying by S to N.

Edit to add: official current conditions in Ooltewah has winds from the south at 7 mph. This could explain the rise in temp.

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[Carvers Gap]

Sitting at 10F at 8:30 on this Christmas morning.  The wind chill is -2F We still have a light dusting of snow in the shadows.  The North Fork of the Holston is trying to freeze over.  28 for a high today will feel like a heat wave.  We are gonna be pushing 70 in early January before returning to normal or slightly above by late in the second week.  That is going to feel tropical.

[Knoxtron]

Huntsville radar has been down, but appears we've been under decent returns and have been recived only virga on the plateau north of chatt

 

noticed the home weather station has consistenly shown winds from the south all morning, sitting at 21° currently with most of our Friday snow dusting still remaining

[Carvers Gap]

Very fine, light snow is falling in west Kingsport - remnants of the clipper.

[Carvers Gap]

Felt like a heat wave when the sun came out today and we made it to the upper 30s.

[PowellVolz]

Some roads in Knoxville are still covered. This is a road going to Ft City Elem. It’s not exactly off the beaten path.




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[Silas Lang]

1 hour ago, PowellVolz said:

Some roads in Knoxville are still covered. This is a road going to Ft City Elem. It’s not exactly off the beaten path.




 

Yup. I just took the dog for a walk at Adair Park and ran into a few back roads that looked the same. We got up to the 47 here yesterday with sun and still have a lot of snow in spots. I guess this is the result of having the ground so cold. Pretty impressive as this snow was pretty light and fluffy. I expected it to melt quickly. 

[Carvers Gap]

Took a little trip to the namesake today...The place was overrun w/ people from North Carolina - no offense to our forum members from there.  

 

[Knoxtron]

Somehow ponds still have a good amount of ice coverage up here, crazy how cold the ground got!

 

 

[Holston_River_Rambler]

Got a some good shots of the valley from Mt Leconte today:

Looking towards the Tri-Cities

 

Looking towards Knoxville:

 

 

Downsloping time lapse:

 

 

 

Downslping drying rain out as it moved over Le Conte into the valley:

 

 

Some ice sheets 6+ inches thick near the top:

 

 

[PowellVolz]

Played golf at Avalon yesterday and the ponds we’re almost still frozen over. Balls were sitting on top of the ice.





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[Holston_River_Rambler]

Most of the ponds are just unfreezing up here in the plateau and as they do they are creating a cool/ eerie fog (depending on your perspective) that hangs just above the ground. 

[PowellVolz]

Fog/low clouds lifted in the valley and I was surprised to see what looks like Cumulonimbus clouds




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[Jed33]

You know, I was surprised to see that Knoxville is 63° this afternoon. Meanwhile I’ve still got some fog and dense clouds the temp here is still 53°.  It truly is amazing around here sometimes with these microclimates.

[PowellVolz]

You know, I was surprised to see that Knoxville is 63° this afternoon. Meanwhile I’ve still got some fog and dense clouds the temp here is still 53°.  It truly is amazing around here sometimes with these microclimates.

My buddy out in Jackson Tn was in the low 70’s earlier


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[PowellVolz]

7.5” of snow in one hour? I’m not sure how that’s even possible. I’m sure the ratios are really high but come on….

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[Jed33]

That’s insane! Wish I was there!!

[Daniel Boone]

1 hour ago, PowellVolz said:

7.5” of snow in one hour? I’m not sure how that’s even possible. I’m sure the ratios are really high but come on….
 

 

 

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An excerpt from a Weather channel Article :  There are documented case's of a foot per hour in Lake effect area's of New York. Burt compiled a list of the record snowfall rates in his book "Extreme Weather", and the top amount in a single hour was 12 inches in Copenhagen, New York, Dec. 2, 1966. That same location also picked up 6 inches in 30 minutes during the event

       I've recorded 6" in an hour and 10 minutes. 

[PowellVolz]

Lots of sunshine today in Knoxville and it has that feel to it.


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[Holston_River_Rambler]

Anybody in SWVA SEKY or the tri cities seeing snow? 

[Knoxtron]

been getting snow flurries the last hour or so, 38°

[Carvers Gap]

It is not warm right now in NE TN.  It definitely felt like January this evening.

[Icy Hot]

Chilly day ahead after a low of 36. Moderate rain and 41 in Colonial Heights now.

[PowellVolz]

Was shocked to here thunder this morning. Had a 15 min monsoon


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[Jed33]

The frost this morning is extremely thick here. I’m sure it had to do with the fog, but currently it’s 24 degrees and foggy with the heaviest frost I’ve seen in a long, long time.