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Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Steady pixie snow here as well. Picked up about 1/4th inch in the last two hours. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I feel you there. They'll put out a wildly inaccurate map at some point. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Light snow here. Future radar shows the lake moisture snow arriving overnight. No idea if it actually will or not. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I remember that. Seems like a strong NNW flow band set up and ran right down 75 for extra snow down that way. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Lafollette to Caryville got 4 to 5 inches from what I could tell when I went out earlier. I drove right by the spot on the mrx map that shows 1.5 inches and there was at least 4 to 4.5 there. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Final measurement before dark. Settling/compacting basically offset any snow that fell today so it didn't get any deeper. But on the protected snow board I added 3/4ths inch today. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I think it will rotate east as the low moves east. The NAM from 84 hours out showed this for 7pm today, as crazy as that is. Showed the Plateau into middle TN with snow showers and a break between that snow and snow along the mountains. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
As dark has approached thicker clouds rolled back in and I have steady dimes and nickels falling. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I definitely beat 1/2 inch. I did see that MRX is going to claim my area got 1.5 inches per a "trained spotter". I saw multiple people from this area (Campbell County) reporting 4 to 6 inches to them but none of those reports showed up yet. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I don't know if the band of GL moisture will rotate east or not, but we could get some decent showers from it since it's so cold, if it does. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I saw a photo of the mountains above Gatlinburg with 18 inches. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
There's so little water content, any sun will zap layers quickly, even if it's frigid. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I hope you're all using the clean and measure method. The amount of compaction with this one surprised me. It's fluffy and light and I guess easily compacts. That's why some of you may seem to be accumulating more slowly than you think today. I actually thought it had stopped snowing here, but had to look something dark colored (vehicle) to see that some of the smallest snowflakes I've ever seen were falling. I get a few dime to nickel sized flakes then back to micro flakes. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Snow has taped off to light here. Right at 7 inches fell using the wipe method. Approximately 6 inches max depth. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I see the OB is snow and blowing snow in Chattanooga, temp 18. How often do you guys see that? -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
This live cam from down in town shows how ineffective salt is in this weather. This is Hwy 25w/63. TDOT had heavily pretreated and spread salt through the night. https://www.resortcams.com/webcams/downtown-lafollette-tn/ -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I was surprised to find almost an inch of compaction in one of my measuring spots from last night. I didn't take any measurement at all from 4:30 am to 8am. I was at 5.5 inches in that spot, from 4:30 to 8 my cleaned off spot accumulated .75 inches, but the measuring spot actually went down to 5.25 inches. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Oh and it's 11 degrees. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Moderate snow, vis around 1/2 mile. 6.5 to 7 inches. It's gotten hard to measure due to wind. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I'm down to 14 degrees and it's back to absolutely pouring down again. Vis around 1/4th mile. The radar doesn't even look impressive but even seeing returns at all on the Plateau when the DGZ is almost to the surface, is impressive. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
The HRRR snow expansion down the valley and along the foothills is happening before our eyes in real time. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
At these temps the pre-treatment is way less effective. Could the sounds have been a wreck? -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
It's been crazy how it's just sat in place. The bands, as you guys are now getting to see, are darn fun. That's the best and worst part about ULLs. At times their banding may give an area 6 inches, and 20 miles away that area may only get an inch. -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
That's ripping. I can never get good photos of snow falling! -
Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.
John1122 replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I have a spot where I measure and a spot that I clean off every three hours to measure. That will give you a good idea of your rates. And in cases where the snow is wetter than this, it will give you a better measurement of how much snow actually fell since you won't have as much compaction.
