John1122

Temps fell off a cliff this evening. Down to 35 at 8pm.

Made it down to 27 this morning. Leaf season is done above 1500 feet. A few oaks have some color below that. Early end this year.

1.31 inches of rain after midnight last night. 4.72 for the event and just over 7.2 inches for October. Sunny now in between the next set of rain moving through tonignt.

Not checked the rain gauge yet this morning but it's been hammering down for a few hours and continues to do so now.

Picked up .73 between 5pm and midnight. 3.41 total for the day. Moderate rain coming down still.

I had 2.68 inches through around 5pm. It's been raining steadily except for about a 20 minute break since then. Forecast calls for 1-2, overnight with another .5 to .75 tomorrow. It's got me at about 5 inches for October after actually being below normal for September.

Friend of mine who lives in Oklahoma has been without power for two days due to the ice storm there. They hardly had any wintry weather at all last year.

The tropical system will likely smash leaf season here right as it's at it's peak right now. Peak was very short and about a week later last year.

We had a chilly fog develop this afternoon from about 1700-2800 feet. Was just cloudy above and below that.

That's gonna make for a humid week I'm sure.

This day in 1989 we had snow and a high of 36 degrees. November was chilly and of course December was probably the coldest December ever around here. I was at or below freezing for the low every day that month with 24 of those days being in the 10s or lower. Winter spent all it's cold on fall.

Tennessee might go 2-8 if they stay on the SS Guarantano.

32 this morning here with thick frost.

The CFS is surprisingly cool for DJF right now, and it shows a warm to cold situation with temp anomalies being near to slightly above normal for January and below normal for February after a moderately warm December. This would be a much better Jan/February set up than we've had in years.

Looking at those maps, they may still be an improvement over last winter for us all and the one before that for everyone but the Tri-Cities and far eastern areas.

Kansas City is pulling a Vols today vs the Raiders. I feel your pain, Jeff.

October 1995 had several rounds of snow showers mid month and late month. I believe it was a La Nina too.

I made it down to 35 this morning. Had the first frost of the year. Seems like the last few years the cold arrived so late I would just skip a frost and go straight to a freeze by the time a good cold front arrived. Nice to see an early frost for a change. Leaves are changing rapidly too. There are a few entirely red and orange ones out there.

Got down to 44 this morning after it turned partly cloudy yesterday evening. So much better than last year, as Icy Hot pointed out. It was miserable, hot and we were in a flash drought at this time last year.

We have full on November in September going on out there today. 54 degrees, grey and misty.

At this point we should be about to enter a new 30 year climate normal. It's been so warm for so many winters in there that it will be harder to be much above average soon! That's probably not that good a point for the snow lovers across the valley. Fortunately we may be able to cash in at some point even without extended cold. Almost all of our snow comes down to timing anyway.

Didn't get as much rain as areas around 40, but still got an inch and a half and it's been cold and drizzly all day today, currently at 59 degrees with heavy mist. Should help keep the fire possibilities down as leaves from sycamore, apple and walnut/butternut trees have started falling here.

Gruden is a good coach and I think he might surprise some people in the AFC West this year. Jacobs is talented, Waller is amazing and Carr looks like he did a few years ago when he was playing well. Dallas did it all Sunday, three 1st quarter turnovers that led to 20 points. Blown tackles, missed coverages. The defense was atrocious. Hopefully it's just a blip, the defense played well vs the Rams in week one. There were a ton of injuries. My poor fantasy team has IR and D/Q all over it today. At least I don't have Barkley but I do have multiple 49ers, even though I hate them worse than any team in the league. I have the KC running back, so hopefully he is more in his week one form the rest of the way instead of his week two form.

I went from depression to elation as a Cowboys fan this weekend. The Falcons have taken some tough beats the last few years.

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