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12 minutes ago, John1122 said:

WVLT met is killing me again. He just said "We've got some warm rain falling, it's not going to be enough to make puddles, but it will be enough to stave off accumulation for a while."

I've never seen anyone more obsessed with puddles and anyone so wrong about the dynamics of sticking snow. 

I've seen more intelligent discussions about the weather here than i've heard from Ben Cathey and Ken Weathers combined. 

3 minutes ago, TellicoWx said:

That's like a carpenter who doesn't being a hammer to work, instead he brings a spoon lol...someone needs to ask him what he uses then..tea leaves, 1-900 psychic hotline from the 80's...im curious now

I've heard from the grape vines that he gets his forecasts from Miss Cleo.

Lol at "rarely looks at deterministic models". 

MRX posted a video discussing the event on youtube.

https://youtu.be/OfOmwRguDmU

19 minutes ago, John1122 said:

No, the criteria is generally always the same in each CWA. It's different in Georgia vs Chattanooga but usually the same for all of MRX's area.

Just found this on MRX's website. Th3 critera is actually different based on location. The central and southern valley are in the 3" or greater zone, while the "horseshoe" counties are in the 4" or greater zone. That is the reason why NE TN is under an advisory and not a warning.

Just now, John1122 said:

Definitely not common to see Chattanooga in a Winter Storm Warning an NE Tn not. 

Is the WSW criteria different between southeast TN and NE TN? They literally have the same amounts predicted, but one area has a WSW and the other has a WWA.

3 minutes ago, jrips27 said:

BANG

 

It's weird to see that portions of NE TN are in a WWA.

6 minutes ago, John1122 said:

Kablooey!

Just now, Kasper said:

How about the #keepingitreal….. my god

My favorite is #NoHypeWeather. 

51 minutes ago, PowellVolz said:

WATE going 1-2” in the valley up to 4” on the plateau and 6” on top of the GSM. I remember them patting themselves on the back after the last snow when they were literally off by 6” around @John1122 house


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48 minutes ago, Jed33 said:

Congrats to everyone who picked up something! We had a couple decent snow showers that put down a dusting overnight but that was about it. Couldn’t make a connection with a decent band here.

Same here in Oak Ridge. Less than an inch.

Light snow showers has been falling in Oak Ridge for about 20 minutes. No accumulations so far.

4 hours ago, TellicoWx said:

All I have to see is the name...Ken Weathers is one of the biggest jokes of a meteorologist (and I use that term loosely for him).

I saw something pretty funny on his facebook page during the day on Sunday. Someone asked him why MRX has higher snow totals forecast than WATE? He responded something like "I respect my collegues in Morristown, but I disagree with them and read the models differently." Along with his #NoHypeWeather and #KeepingitReal hashtags, you can see the arrogance. Something that really bothers me about WATE is their nonstop back patting when it comes to their "most accurate forecast in america" award that they won. 

Got about 2 inches in Oak Ridge. Very happy to see a good amount of mesurable snow IMBY.

This is hilarious. WATE is giving themelves huge kudos for how they did with the forecast for this system. I definitely didn't think they got an A- when they whiffed big time in the central and southern valley. 

34 degrees in Oak Ridge.

Winter Storm Warning for Anderson County, but i feel that is more for Clinton, Rocky Top, ect than it is for Oak Ridge.

53 minutes ago, John1122 said:

The NAM doesn't cut the Apps this time, it transfers from East Central Alabama to South Carolina. Still downslopes the east and warm nose battlezone is around 40. It just crushes the Plateau and westward. It NAMs the Plateau into oblivion. 24 inches in NW Cumberland. 18+ widespread over the Plateau and Anderson and Union Co. It just pounds snow for 20 hours. It's the second biggest NAMming I've ever seen for mby. Legendary run for all but the far Eastern areas but still a significant winter storm there. Massive .4 to .6 ice totals from Northern Blount county up the apps to Mountain City.  Some areas of the mid-state get .3 ice and 10 inches or more of snow that run. If it verified, snow would be on the ground well into February in the big hit areas and possibly in most of the area with the coming cold.

 

 

Around a foot of snow IMBY?

46 minutes ago, Shocker0 said:

He seems a bit pompous to me...I could see how maybe there would be some friction with him in the workplace. I'm probably completely wrong but just how I feel from what little I've watched him (and maybe in part due to his nickname and always saying "I told you so" after coming within 3-5 degrees of the high temperature he forecasted that day)

I've met him a few times (when wvlt was doing the weather vols picnics and when i got to tour the wvlt building), and I haven't gotten the impression that he is pompous. Out of all of the local meteorologists, he's been my favorite. Seems to be a bigger fan of snow than the other TV mets.

55 minutes ago, John1122 said:

WATE is using the Hinkin 5000 model. It has the low going to Cincinnati and he said the cold was only going to be there for the south toward Georgia and for West Tennessee. 

Nickel to quarter size flakes in Oak Ridge to update my last post.

I got a question regarding a certain map on pivotal. When is the snowfall depth position change map useful to consider?

Just waking up, and no snow to be found in Oak Ridge. I'd say we probably had a light dusting at best that melted quickly. Congrats to others who got to see good snow.

I'm heading to bed. Not expecting much here. I hope everyone else scores a good snow.

2 minutes ago, PowellVolz said:

Anderson Co downsloping?


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All i've seen is rain with some sleet mixing in for a little bit before turning back to all rain.