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    Chattanooga, TN
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    Storm chasing, Energy weather, Winter storms, hiking and skiing, U. Kansas and Wichita State basketball, Chattanooga FC, Chatt Lookouts, UTC Mocs, FC Wichita, Sporting KC, Royals and Chiefs. Twitter @nrgJeff

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  1. nrgjeff
    Re Shawn's post. These mountains are interesting every time. We really didn't have the mountain wave set-up, no inversion. Perhaps that means the mountains blocked like a good offensive line until the wind shifted. I had some 30 mph gusts of wind with the 8:30 Eastern band that went through Chatty; trees blew, carwash on the windows. Only lasted a few minutes - regrettable since I was busy. Wind has returned now but no rain, just mostly cloudy. We get that all the time in winter. Still the novelty of Helene being a TS in Tennessee is something else. It happens but it's rare. All that said our thoughts are with people facing much worse situations from the Mountains to the Coast, wind to flooding. I figure the Helene name will be retired.
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    From Nashville: Latest SPC mesoanalysis shows the center of Helene is north of Knoxville, with very low pressure readings across Middle Tennessee including 989mb at Nashville and 987.8mb at Livingston. Although not records and just outside the top 10, these are still unusually low pressure readings for our area. Here's a list of the Top 10 lowest pressure readings at Nashville: https://www.weather.gov/ohx/pressure_BNA Top 10 Lowest & Highest Pressure Readings at Nashville (weather.gov)
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    The link does not work. Here is copy and paste. TS hasn't been that close to me in several years. I also added a capture from SPC surface analysis.
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    I think we had 20-25 mph about 30 minutes ago with a heavier cell. It has moved on and the wind died down in Chatty. Kind of hoping the wind picks up again, but that might have been it. I was busy and didn't record anything. While 25 mph is meh, I would like to document TS Helene. Rare to get anything greater than a TD in Tenn. We'll see maybe background wind midday.
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    Yes one reason they can even do hurricane recon is that the majority of the kinetic energy is horizontal. Yeah 140 mph in this case! Of course they get both vertical and horizontal turbulence. Usually even the eye wall does not have the vertical velocity of say a raging Plains supercell. Hot towers do though. And they are going to get roughed up by horizonal wind anyway. Add the vertical bumps and it's too much even for those hunters. Getting brief wind gusts to 25 mph at my house. Mostly just vertical moderate rain. Ben raining all night. Back to something @Carvers Gap wrote about the wind above the trees, I fully expected that last night but not much in Chatty. Usually at night for me, but yeah it's a thing with fall and winter systems, and then the LLJ spring systems.
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    Well now my friends, this is very unusual. Mr. Teasdale from the original Red Dawn. High wind warning in Vols orange. TS warning in Alabama more than Georgia color. Does that mean anything for Saturday? Then there are models with a narrow swath of 50-60 mph winds between Chatty and Knox. Is that the PNG above that does not open? I'll believe it when I see it.. But for work, I have adjusted the Def Con accordingly. Good night to read A Wrinkle in Time. On a dark and stormy night.. Book specifically says it's a tropical system. It's ON!!
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    I figure the rainy falls were amplified and unsettled patterns, vs dry northwest flow or ridge. Helene is just one event and from the tropics. I'd kind of like to see mid-latitude drivers. For now I have warm La Nina. Secondary cold push pattern might benefit the Mid South more than the Eastern Valley. I'm mentally prepared to get blanked again. I mean Heather last year, six inches in Soddy Daisy and nada East Brainerd. My level of jaded remains off the charts!
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    Nice @Holston_River_Rambler looks like an impressive trip! Bonus Aurora in the Southwest, ha. Lots of stars at night. You drove the Million Dollar Highway? No guard rails it's white knuckles.
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    Reasons why I have not been on much recently.. They got the hole over East Brainerd, east of downtown Chattanooga. The totally whacked thing is that it's probably right!
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    After reasonable dewpoints, Debby finally dragged in the soup for Chattanooga today. Hopefully the last of the truly nutty dews. Temps and humidity will ebb and flow, more to the hot side than hot through August. I just see a hint of the light at the end of the tunnel. Next week will depend on where that boundary and scattered t-storms develop. Then the central US ridge gets more nibbles on both edges, which would help us esp. East Valley. Mid-South may still be closer to mid summer for a couple weeks. I have been out for a while. No trouble just lots at work and a last family trip end of summer break. Back to it now. Hope all are doing well here!
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    Omaha was hawt Monday night! Of course Tennessee won in the Vols way. Let them almost come back and give fans heart failure. Likely watered my lawn for the last time of the season too. We have a chance of rain on Wednesday. Then per usual tough love intensifies into July. Might water it one more time, but frequency drops from every other night to every 3-4 nights (longer though). If this crap continues after July 4 it's a lost cause. Declare independence from watering. It'll come back in Sept. Some of the long-range models and weeklies have temps closer to normal the 3rd week of July. Oh great, when it's hot anyway.
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    Yes so far temps are under achieving the hype. Core ridge is north, so I guess it's their problem. Lack of rain is verifying though. I have a feeling Sunday front attempt will be dry; first attempt often is dry. Then by midweek maybe the second try. Looks like front vs soft underbelly. Probably same result this time of year, more humid. Front would have pooling moisture. Yard could use the drink though. By next week yards will be very thirsty. Then we have hints at a hot 4th of July week. Weeklies are a little more reliable week 3 in mid-summer vs spring and fall. Guess from there we grind it out until football starts.
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    Sunday we specialized in orphaned anvils around here. Finally got a shower Sunday evening. Coming on midweek we just have too much ridge in the Valley. Farther west the Mid-South has a little moisture fetch coming around the west side of the ridge. Might take until the middle of next week to break the ridge. Looks like it'll come from the soft underbelly. Front, what's that?
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    Rocky Mountain and Northern High Plains things. I'll confess I'm jealous. Feel free to react
  15. nrgjeff
    Been a nice early June. Dewpoints are quite lovely today. Feels very comfortable outside. Unfortunately the gig is up starting about this weekend. Temps will bounce Thursday and Friday, but the humididy might lag a day. This weekend one needs to be near water. By late June looks like a true heat ridge will be sloshing around the US. Oh goodie!
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