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  1. Great event for the north Johnson City area! I was in Tazewell for the event visiting family and made my way back that night just after the main event passed. I caught these pictures Christmas afternoon with the convective snow bands coming through. If you were fortunate enough to have been under these you will know how fun they were. Ended up with around 5” total. The cold was also very impressive as we worked into the single digits this AM. .
  2. I somehow missed this. Thanks for posting it. Crazy dynamics, hope someone cashes in on this possibility. It would probably be the only Christmas Eve thunder-snow leading to a white Christmas in recorded TN history.
  3. I feel VERY good about where we are heading into January. Having a -NAO during a prime winter month is a rarity. Just a PAC jet extension or two away from fun and games at that point.
  4. Off topic, but I remember that event. Went to bed under a WSWarning calling for 8-12 the next day. Woke up and had been upped to 12-16" and thought "here we go"........... Ended with a trace. lol
  5. Weenie Rule # 42 - don't ever get sucked in by the SREF plumes. It's almost always a trap. Christmas Eve thunder in the morning, followed by snow in the afternoon? That's what the NAM at 18z looks like for parts of east TN.
  6. but this is also a bit more generous to those in eastern middle Tennessee. Would be nice to get more on our forum into the "schmaybe" games!
  7. This might be a great thing to consider for a new pinned thread at some point down the line (similar to the useful weather links). If we could dedicate a thread to various microclimates and the different types of systems that are affected by those areas............... it might become a great resource for new members coming on board in those areas and existing members also. Off topic, but just thought I'd throw this out there.
  8. Pretty major timing difference on the 18z GFS. It shows the front pushing through and clearing Tennessee just before 7 AM Christmas Eve morning!
  9. This pattern would almost certainly put us in the game and we'd likely be tracking something, maybe even multiple events. The big question is, can we trust an 8-10 day deterministic model run......... I won't feel good about where we are headed until I'm staring at features like this at 500mb 4-5 days out.
  10. He really is a great coach. I’m glad Texas thought his best days were behind him.. TN is lucky to have him. As an aside, my wife’s cousin is on Barnes staff and was on the basketball team for 4 years (2015/16 to 2018/19). At family gatherings (not as much lately with COVID) I get to take a peek behind the curtain of UT basketball under Barnes. It’s been fun the last 5+ years.
  11. From what I understand. It’s not an NCAA investigation.........yet. It’s an internal compliance investigation for now.
  12. Meanwhile TN’s football team sucks and their basketball team is top 10 in the nation. It’s the upside down universe......
  13. Aleutian low, west coast ridge, Atlantic ridging, and a trough from central to the eastern US. If true .........the time around New Years will have to be watched for winter fun.
  14. So is Dr No trying to turn into Dr Yes for once? 12z looks a lot better....
  15. Welcome back to east TN. Good to have you in here. You sure move a lot. lol
  16. The GFS at 12z remains extremely consistent in its presentation of rain changing to a heavy quick thump of snow. Of course it could also easily be consistently wrong too. Chattanooga gets in on the action so we can probably toss... just ask Jeff, lol. speaking for the eastern 2/3 of the state. West TN is still getting the shaft. :-(
  17. Normally, I'd agree with you, but I believe this low is the powerhouse responsible for whipping that cold front through! We just need the southern low to develop along the front in just the right place as a result of the energy diving toward the Gulf of Mexico. Sure beats watching a front simply blast through.
  18. Yeah, that one is just ahead of Winter Weenie Handbook Rule #35. This one says to cut accumulations in half and then divide by 0. The last part of this rule gets us almost every time.... On topic.... glad to see the major globals all spitting the chance for at least some snow in the air and what looks like a lock for a cold Christmas. Snow or no, it should at least feel Christmasy.
  19. I sure don't remember being in a winter storm watch up here in northeast TN, but it's possible i missed it with work keeping me busy. I figured the mountains were the only ones under winter storm watches for the system a couple of weeks back.
  20. Good luck over that way... hope some from west to middle TN find a surprise or two with this one.
  21. 12z Euro also very close to a big storm for northeast TN and is a big storm for the NC mountains, SW Va and points northeast......
  22. Weak (Miller A) system to our southeast with a robust moisture field is my favorite setup for snow. Usually mutes the dreaded warm nose, and in this particular case with temps about as marginal as they come .....would likely be the best case scenario providing the best chance at something other than rain for the elevated and far eastern areas.
  23. Regarding the potential early week system............ all hail the GFS? Maybe it will win this battle, but not the war (later in the week)?
  24. I noticed that too. A compromise solution at 500 wouldn't surprise me. The only problem with a compromise would be knowing the surface reflection would be poo poo.
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