John1122 Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 2 hours ago, PowellVolz said: Everything ok? I’m worried about fires. . So far. I have a metal roof and try and keep the tinder well away from the house. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I got a pic of the fire near Rocky Top from the Clinch River this afternoon: After poking around on Twitter, I tried to get a picture of the aurora some people were getting (potentially the faint red in the lower right): 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountainguy97 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 That's definitely some aurora! This is from my newly installed weather cam tonight. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 That's definitely some aurora! This is from my newly installed weather cam tonight.Which cam? Is it also a weather station?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 13 hours ago, fountainguy97 said: That's definitely some aurora! This is from my newly installed weather cam tonight. I hate that I missed them. Are they going to be back tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 And just like that, fires are popping all around my area. It's why I hate dry falls most of all. The fire In Anderson Co near the Campbell Co line… 500 acres and growing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 The fire In Anderson Co near the Campbell Co line… 500 acres and growing.They only about 48 hours to get ahold of these fires. Wednesday into Thursday, wind gusts up to 25 mph start in the valley. I’m assuming it would be at least that in the fire areas. Even 10-15mph would keep the fires moving than the forestry service can handle. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 2 hours ago, PowellVolz said: They only about 48 hours to get ahold of these fires. Wednesday into Thursday, wind gusts up to 25 mph start in the valley. I’m assuming it would be at least that in the fire areas. Even 10-15mph would keep the fires moving than the forestry service can handle. . It's burning towards Cross Mountain. Hopefully it doesn't get there. This is a small foothill/ridge that sits in front of it. Cross Mountain has a 2700 foot elevation gain back behind that area and it does it quickly. It's almost completely vertical. Every 600 feet in elevation there's old strip pit roads cut around the mountain that are usually the only breaks. I'd guess the winds above 3000 feet will be 10+mph higher and the fire makes wind too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 My friend who teaches in Briceville shared this from just after sunset. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Yeah @fountainguy97 that's pillars from auroa. Twitter was lit up with debate. Does that count? I say anything cool counts at being cool! Canada has true aurora with the green curtains dancing etc. I inferred from Twitter and a Discord server nothing naked eye vis in the South. Probably true but your wx cam didn't have to dig hard. That's not a real long exposure? If it was naked eye visible, I'm going to.. Book reservations to Alaska! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPetrulli Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 ...ELEVATED FIRE RISK WEDNESDAY DUE TO BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... Ongoing drought conditions, combined with breezy southerly winds and low relative humidity values will lead to an elevated fire risk on Wednesday, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. Relative humidity values will drop into the mid 30s to lower 40s, but the bigger concern will be with respect to winds. By the afternoon, winds will be sustained at 10 to 20 mph at a minimum with gusts of 25 to 30 mph possible. Winds will be strongest in the higher elevations. A bit nervous about tomorrow in my area. Hopefully won't have a fire pop up, but tomorrow is probably the most favorable fire day since the Wears Valley fires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 It's burning towards Cross Mountain. Hopefully it doesn't get there. This is a small foothill/ridge that sits in front of it. Cross Mountain has a 2700 foot elevation gain back behind that area and it does it quickly. It's almost completely vertical. Every 600 feet in elevation there's old strip pit roads cut around the mountain that are usually the only breaks. I'd guess the winds above 3000 feet will be 10+mph higher and the fire makes wind too. Any updates? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 2 hours ago, PowellVolz said: Any updates? . It's still burning and now 3 fires on the north side of the mountain I live on are going. All set right off the road. I'm hoping the nearly inch of rain the gfs was throwing out at 00z comes to pass by early next week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Actually getting moderate rain. After the extreme rains most of the 2020s so far, it seemed like I'd never have missed it so bad again. Fall droughts are the worst weather to me. Especially when near record high temperatures accompany them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Unfortunately, it’s not looking good for us to receive much rainfall today. Just looking at radar, it seems what moisture there was has moved out of the area and the other appears like it will miss us to the south. For my area, the road is not even wet. Just had a few sprinkles here. I was hopeful when I read MRX forecast discussion this morning of up to 1/3-1/2in for the northern half of the area, but that doesn’t appear to be the outcome. It appears like it will take a major system (just like it always does) to move in from the gulf to get us a “normal” rainfall. Until we can get that, these fronts just don’t have what it takes to produce rainfall in our increasingly dessert like area. Ended up with only a trace of rain. 0.00in in the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurbus Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Same. I've managed a whopping .01" of rain from this even in Knoxville :(. I've only received a total of 1.65" since August 16th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucky Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 .30 of Rain in Corbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 0.05" here over the last 2-3 days. Didn't even knock the dust down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math/Met Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 The Tweed fire near the Cocke County/Greene County line is showing up pretty good on satellite this evening. Hopefully they can make some progress with that fire in the short term. Wind might become more of an issue for that area by midweek as a southeasterly flow gets established over the mountains. It shouldn't be a significant wind event (the 850mb flow is pretty weak) but it could create some breezy/windy conditions. That area isn't as bad as Camp Creek, but it still gets some significant downslope enhancement with southeasterly flow. You can see signs of the potential enhancement over that specific area on model output. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Actually had some sprinkles and a patch or two or light rain pass through here a little bit ago. I ran into what would almost be called a shower when I took my son to basketball practice (6 AM-7:30 practice everyday ughh) this morning. MRX mentioned they thought it was Virga but apparently not it some places. Maybe moisture return is a little better than expected? Maybe it could help out for tomorrow? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 Truly heavy rain the past hour. Had missed this at night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Heavy rain! Finally! First time since August 28th! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 We actually overperformed this rain event. 1.80" IMBY. KCHA really cashed in with 2.60". We needed that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, dwagner88 said: We actually overperformed this rain event. 1.80" IMBY. KCHA really cashed in with 2.60". We needed that. Yeah, man. That helps with the super scary fire conditions you all were having to deal with. Huge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurbus Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 We needed that rain!! August 16th - November 20th I received a total of 1.82".....today I've received 2.06" so far! Mostly just light rain now so probably won't get much more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I was in JC just before 5:00, and a bit of a rain squall came through. The interstate was a bear! Anyway, JC got a good amount of rain at that point. Honestly, I don't even remember the last time I have had to use my windshield wipers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed33 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Picked up 0.85in today. So grateful to get that! It won’t end the drought but at least we got a decent rain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 Had about 1.55 total today. Steady moderate rain for the better part of 12 hours. Just what the forest floor was needing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boone Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 1.51" here today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 19 hours ago, dwagner88 said: We actually overperformed this rain event. 1.80" IMBY. KCHA really cashed in with 2.60". We needed that. Yeah I had to pinch myself. That really happened? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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