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From Spann: SSW/POLAR VORTEX: I have been getting many questions about last night's post here about the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event in progress. Let's clarify in plain English... Twenty miles above the North Pole, a river of wind circles the Arctic — a fence keeping the coldest air on Earth bottled up over the pole. Next week, that fence collapses — earlier than ever recorded. The air high above the pole warms sharply in days (that's the "sudden stratospheric warming"), the circling winds reverse, and down comes the fence. All 50 European forecast scenarios show it by November 12; the record is November 28. What it means for Alabama — and what it doesn't: *It does NOT mean cold arrives next week. The next two weeks stay mild. *It DOES raise the odds of real cold later. With the fence down, Arctic air can spill south in the weeks that follow — for us, the window is Thanksgiving into December. *The wildcard: a super El Niño brings a wet, busy storm track here. Cold air meeting that moisture is the December combination to watch. Bottom line: no hype, no snow forecast — just better-than-normal odds that December brings cold. I get the idea our weather will be pretty interesting over the next 4-6 months. Stay tuned.

Carver. Very sorry for your loss.

We have had 1.25”. That will be gone by mid week with the heat back on. Drought brings forth more drought. Not liking the trends with the leaves starting to fall then add in lower humidity.

The rapid onset of drought here in middle is concerning. Especially going into October. Drought with the leaves falling is a bad recipe. This year has been the year of extremes so far. Good grief. The climate is sure changing or Mother Nature is just po’d at humanity. I am over this endless summer. Give me long sleeves & sweatshirts! PLEASE!

I hope all you east TN folks are safe. Here in the Boro I am seeing a lightning storm I have not seen in a very long time. Beautiful but also very scary. It’s constant streaks.

Actually looks & feels like fall ish outside.

Come on wooly worms! Lol!

Wow. It feels incredible outside. Early taste of fall! I’m ready!!

Hope everyone is staying safe up in the tri area.

Pretty amazing to have DP so high & still hit a 100. Truly frying pan weather! Someone take the frying pan away from Mother Nature!!!

Incredible heat is leading to the last 2 days of intense storms & lots of flooding & wind damage throughout the area.

From my sister in Cookeville District: The Cookeville District remains the hardest hit and continues to have the largest number of outages. Crews are working through widespread storm damage, including downed power lines, trees on power lines, and broken poles. This is a significant restoration effort and will not be completed tonight. If you are still without power in the Cookeville area, please make preparations in case your power is out overnight. Based on current damage assessment, some members in the Cookeville district will remain without power tonight. While we are working as quickly as possible, some outages may take two days to restore due to the extent of the damage. At this time, we have

Models have been really bad lately it seems.

Hopefully everyone is safe where it’s flooding. It was a total bust here in middle but looking at KY and other areas, I am glad it did bust here.

We got 1/2” last night. That’s better than nothing. Just enough to keep everything slightly green & surviving.