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  1. tnweathernut
    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    Tell your wife to hang in there! Prayers for a speedy recovery for her.
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    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.
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    I definitely agree with this. I don't like a PV that splits. Such a low chance it even helps eastern North America!
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    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...........
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    Now you can't even get the euro to agree with the euro. lol
  9. tnweathernut
    We had a heavy dusting in north Johnson City this morning.
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    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
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    Interestingly, it seems the last several systems (the one for tomorrow included) have ended up weaker and to the SE.
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    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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    I was thinking the same thing.
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    Has been a thorn in the side of snow lovers here in east TN numerous times over the years. Any semblance of energy west of the apps would really hurt chances of a winter event for those east of the plateau (except maybe SW VA), outside of a mixed precip to rain type deal with really good timing (i.e. overnight/early am arrival). Would really like to see a consolidated low pass well to the southeast of our area. Without an unusually cold high structure over the top, a piece of energy west of the apps will make a winter event almost impossible to work for those outside of elevation east of the plateau or the CAD favored regions east of the Apps. We may get this type of setup later in the month if some of the ensembles showing the polar vortex trapping underneath blocking have some truth to them. It’s fun to imagine an active southern branch with very cold air trapped and pressing into a good chunk of the country. This winter already feels much different than last, even if we don’t score a winter storm over the next week.
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    Likely this one. Should probably also put this in banter, but it's not like we are tracking, so I will put it here. If a mod wants to move it, so be it. Deaths blamed on heavy Appalachian snowfall http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9801/29/winter.storm/traffic.boone.jpg Commuters brave icy roads in Boone, North Carolina January 29, 1998 Web posted at: 12:38 p.m. EDT (1238 GMT) (CNN) -- At least nine deaths were blamed Thursday on a storm that dumped several feet of snow on the central Appalachians starting Tuesday night, clogging highways with ice, snow, and snowbound vehicles. The storm also took out electrical service for thousands of customers in eastern Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina; by early Thursday morning, 258,000 households in those states were still without power. The storm had largely turned to rain on the coast by Wednesday, stirring up a pounding surf that pulled one empty house and part of another into the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The South looks more like the North http://www.cnn.com/images/9706/qt_icon.gif 786K/21 sec. QuickTime movie But it was the heavy snow that caught the region off-guard. "This was worse than the blizzard of February 1993," said Bobbie Freeman, the fire chief of Jonesborough, Tennessee. "This snow was so wet that trees were coming down everywhere." Buildings collapse under snow's weight http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9801/29/winter.storm/tree.wv.jpg allen tree limbs damage power lines in Beckley, West Virginia Power remained out in parts of the state, with 80,000 to 90,000 people in northeastern Tennessee still coping without electrical service by Thursday morning. Tennessee's Carter County was hit especially hard by the storm. Up to 4 feet of snow fell on the county's Roan Mountain; flooding in Carter County just 2 1/2 weeks ago killed seven people. About 75 percent of the county had no power, and it could be five days before service is restored, said Sheriff John Henson. "We need a break -- a flood one week and a blizzard the next," he said. "I don't know what will come next." The Tennessee National Guard and the Red Cross were providing transportation, manpower and shelters, and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has sent personnel to help the local emergency management agencies. National Guard comes to aid of stranded In North Carolina, where the National Guard had been rescuing stranded motorists and taking them to emergency shelters, the snow had begun to melt, allowing traffic along the state's Interstate 40 to start moving again by Thursday. However, melting snow was expected to turn to ice by Thursday night, making travel conditions even trickier. Meanwhile, 12 eastern and southern West Virginia counties were still under a state of emergency. Beckley, West Virginia, received 32 inches of snow, and wasn't expected to get its roads cleared until Thursday at the earliest. "There's got to be somebody in West Virginia with a front-end loader and a dump truck," said William Summers, a South Carolina driver bound for Canada. "If this was the highway commissioner's wife and kids, we would have left here yesterday. It's ridiculous." And the storm's slow sweep over Virginia left behind three dead, two from traffic accidents. A third Virginia man died of an asthma attack while stranded in his rural home. The storm system dumped 20 inches of snow in parts of the state's southwest mountains, and more than 3 inches of rain east and north of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tides were up to 4 feet above normal.
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    Just came here for the @Holston_River_Rambler animated euro gif's and the @Carvers Gap control snow map. All kidding aside (kinda), we are 5 days away from a system with potential for something other than rain. It's the first legit chance we've had this year. We seem to have a ticket to the game and have made it to the ball park. The maps at 500 want to roll energy beneath us every 2-3 days. I just hope mother nature throws our strike out prone batter a belt high fastball he can connect on with one of them.
  17. tnweathernut
    That connection has been more common than a disconnected AR/NAO the last decade. Definitely going to have to be watched. Except from mid March through April. Then the -NAO tends to be solid with the ability to swamp us with 38-42 degree rainstorms. lol
  18. tnweathernut
    Very probable a marginal airmass to work with around the timeframe we are discussing, and we'd likely have to thread the needle................ but when do we not? We have very few clean opportunities for snow in the midsouth. Just get a system tracking to our south in January, put someone on the northwest side and see what happens. Admittedly, it's an outside shot, but it's not a zero opportunity, IMO.
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    That's the same period I have been watching for a few days now for the one I thought had good potential. Just hope as it comes into better view it's a legit shot at something we can track. I'm disappointed in the late week. From a couple of days ago I thought the energy coming off the lakes and rotating through would enhance snow showers for the mountains and give a decent shot at a light accumulation for the lower elevations from middle TN through the plateau and into northeast TN.
  20. tnweathernut
    No fair, you are ahead of me. lol Good to see a duck or two on the pond after catching up to you.
  21. tnweathernut
    Just looking at your ensemble maps at a glance. The euro and the canadian ensembles look like a recipe for overrunning somewhere down the road......... Appreciate all the work you put into your thoughts. I enjoy reading them. Wish I had more time to dig into things and contribute, but with work I seem to always be pulled in a thousand different directions!
  22. tnweathernut
    The system that follows around day 9-10 missing the TN Valley to the south interests me….
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    Had a light dusting in Gray this AM (in the mulch and along the edges of the driveway. Had a couple of decent bursts last night, but not much. On my drive to the office this morning (Johnson City to Erwin), we didn't have any snow on the ground, even through Unicoi. Looks like most of the heavier bursts stayed north near the TN/VA line and up into SW VA, also above 3500 feet and along the ridgetops.
  24. tnweathernut
    Interesting to note the big system that just missed to our east was projected to be a southern apps mauler (albeit mostly rain). I thought this might make the system we have now further north and east. I don't really bring this up for that reason though. Just something to watch as the winter progresses.
  25. tnweathernut
    The Hendersonville to Gallatin tornado went less than 1.5 miles from my family home where my dad still resides. I was busy sending texts to all my friends/family in group chats trying to keep them informed in real time. The signature on radar was evident well west of Nashville. For the time of year, I was surprised it held together as well as it did as it slid by just north of Nashville. Prayers for all those affected and especially those grieving the loss of a loved one today.
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