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tnweathernut

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  1. That is quite possibly the boldest, and probably dumbest thing a major news station could put out for something a week away.............. IMO. lol
  2. The insurance guy over here can't catch a break. Several hail storms the past 3 years, last years Christmas pipe buster. Now we get damaging winds across the area tomorrow, likely another round late week, followed by another pipe buster next week. I really need a break. And people wonder why their home and auto insurances are going up at the rate of double digits increases each year.
  3. It's no wonder we have so few statewide events. Here in the Tri-Cities, I can get to Canada quicker than I can Memphis. Just so hard to align a storm west to east over that type of distance. Someone usually gets hosed.
  4. Biggest things I noticed were: 1. The OP has the ridge off the west coast tipping to the northeast. This invites the northern stream to roll downhill further southwest, interacting with the southern branch feature and pumping the heights in the east just enough to screw up something possibly great. 2. The ensemble is smoothed (I get that), but if it has any energy in the southern branch it is suppressed. Since the ridge off the west coast doesn't tip northeast, the cold shot progresses to the SE.
  5. Just looking at the operational 18z vs the ensemble at 500 at hour 180 (truncation). See if you can spot the differences.
  6. Euro will cut. Northern and southern stream started interacting with each other way out west…. Maybe it’s a step in the right direction, time will tell. There are differences even at hour 120 evident, so will likely work out the correct (west vs east) sooner than later.
  7. I mean, I think we would all be willing to be patient if this type of event unfolded. I knew it was going to be a banger run when I was following 500 and saw this map......
  8. Looks like a phaser or phaser potential............ Nice to see it as a possibility, even if still in the land of make believe.
  9. Major winter storm incoming on HH GFS. Under day 10. This is progress. lol
  10. 96 was the last time i remember snow on snow and significant snow on the ground for 2 straight weeks, with snow mounds all over the parking lots around the city. If I remember correct, we got it going by having a heavy rain change to heavy snow. I remember everyone in college talking about how the weather guys missed another one when the heavy rain was falling.. lol
  11. Banter, but.................another pipe busting cold snap with no snow would kill my soul. Just want to put that out there. I'm sure I'm not alone. lol
  12. The progression of the 12z Euro makes more sense than other modeling, IMO. First system is passing this weekend, second system (much stronger) early next week winds up and cuts into the lakes. This should move the boundary further east while the next system dives into the southern plains and takes a track a bit further to the south and east. Because of this, I think the system later next week (day 6) has a snow/ice axis somewhere that will put the western to middle Tennessee area and/or Arkansas/northern MS in play. I think East TN has to wait to see if there is a system following the much bigger push of very cold air that will try and make its move east following the late week system. Hope modeling can start to converge around the 12z Euro (outlier) and our bothers/sisters west of us will have a system to track.
  13. You didn't have to go back in the archives very far for this, but I'm always amazed at the historical value you bring to our forum. It's always fascinating. Thank you.
  14. It's the south, so we do the no snow drill well, but the worst is when we have robust system after system with rain in front and winters cold behind.......... only to finally get the consistent cold needed and then go bone dry for 10 days. lol
  15. Honestly, that's the last thing I want to hear. My insurance book of business still hasn't recovered from the pipes that were bursting all over northeast TN last Christmas.
  16. Tell your wife to hang in there! Prayers for a speedy recovery for her.
  17. I take comfort in seeing every storm too north with rain and too south suppressed. I take comfort because I know it's all wrong beyond day 7. Plenty of time to morph into something favorable.
  18. I definitely agree with this. I don't like a PV that splits. Such a low chance it even helps eastern North America!
  19. That system around the 12-14th will have to be watched, IMO. The system that runs in front of it may set the table for that one. Just need our new fangled SE trend to help us out for once. There also seems to be a decent high over the top for that period...........
  20. We had a heavy dusting in north Johnson City this morning.
  21. The torch didn't materialize, but neither has a legit snow opportunity. I think it's a pretty good bet the MJO makes it to "unfavorable". This will have us hoping for a perfectly placed block to help save the day for some in the TN Valley Region. Talk about threading the needle. I'm usually optimistic, but I have reached an age where front side ice to rain and backside rain to snow shower chances no longer move the needle. Lots of moving parts, and it's still pretty early in the winter so gives reasons to remain grounded. I think my biggest gripe is (and maybe it's just a false perception) modeling being no better than a roll of the dice today vs 10 years ago. We used to know the tendencies of each model and could apply that knowledge in productive way. Now it seems modeling either against old known tendencies or worse, all over the place. I know we all stare at every model run, but I have zero faith in modeling - even as close as 3-5 days out. Maybe it's just me and I'm getting old and cranky........ lol
  22. Interestingly, it seems the last several systems (the one for tomorrow included) have ended up weaker and to the SE.
  23. Maybe the first widespread snow for our area will follow the thunder we will have next Tuesday (8 days from today)? lol
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