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    Tri-Cities, TN

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  1. Carvers Gap
    I think somehow the Plateau finds its way to 3-4" this weekend either with upslope or initial orographic lift w/ the main wave of precip.
  2. Carvers Gap
    Reminds me of 17-18 at the end of December. JB mentioned that the last half of February might have a strong STJ component along w/ cold. I tend to agree with him though I haven't looked at the Weeklies today. I kind of think nickel and dime stuff is the rule for right now. It is crazy cold with low wind chills outside right now. I really don't even want to think about the weekend cold!
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    That looks reasonable, but I would still cut maybe 50% of my totals in western Sullivan Co. I think the mountains are gonna get hammered due to orographic lift. Anywhere w/ good NW facing slopes could score. This "should" wring out every, last drop. Bitterly cold air masses have held surprises in NE TN. I don't like the 18z GFS trends, but the 18z RGEM looks reasonable. Anyone know when these vortices and air masses are over NA where they get sampled better? I think Tellico noted we would see one last truncation w/ that. I agree.
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    Knoxville has been beating us pretty badly of late - way more during the past 4-5 years. This current pattern is definitely a pattern we can score with in NE TN. No idea if that actually happens. I just don't like the dynamics w/ this current setup. I have been burned both ways - it over performing or under performing. A strong low on a cold front is notoriously tough to forecast. The partial phase I don't think is worked out quite yet. But I do agree...a strong ULL crashing into NE TN will often produce light snow regardless of setup...the bigger amounts I don't trust. Lighter amounts appear probable.
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    I would guess you are good, and fair point. Some of this is homegrown dynamics w/ the ULL. However, the runs w/ the big amounts appear to be grabbing an Atlantic fetch. I am beyond skeptical of that.
  6. Carvers Gap
    We could score…I just am not sold on this set up. And I freely admit I have been wrong and will be wrong again. Hopefully, we score!
  7. Carvers Gap
    Like a B movie. It is the first model to roll and nothing else is showing.
  8. Carvers Gap
    The 12z GEM-para illustrates the concern pretty well. It has light snow, but that is about it. It did well with the last system. Generally, I have tossed the GFS in my thinking. It was badly wrong w/ the last system over NE TN. The GEM-para was very good.
  9. Carvers Gap
    The risk w/ this is the snow cuts off right at the spine of the Apps.
  10. Carvers Gap
    Models have continued to denote a very sharp cutoff over E TN, and MBY is not immune to that either. I still do not trust modeling with this storm. I have seen this type of setup go "poof" even as the storm is ongoing. We need that slp tucked to the west of Hatteras. If it isn't, no matter how much models try to make it happen.....the system usually can't get past the foothills on the west slopes. I won't say it is fool's gold. I think we have a chance at some light snow, but that SLP is waaaaay over there on the coast. Even for NE TN, this is gonna take some work to get snow here. My confidence remains low in how this is portrayed.
  11. Carvers Gap
    The good think is the NAM at range is still the NAM at range.
  12. Carvers Gap
    That map is a winner. SLP over southern Louisiana and Mississippi. A cold hp over the top. That cold front dragging into the Gulf is often a spark as well.
  13. Carvers Gap
    The 12z RGEM is muy bueno.
  14. Carvers Gap
    After all of that warmth to start the month, the cold has erased almost all of it. TRI is only +0.4 with likely four cold days left still to input. TRI should finish BN for temps this month but within the seasonal norm range...which is astounding to me after how warm it was to start the month. It is very difficult to erase 3 days of mid 60s temps in the norms. It very well could bring the overall winter average to almost exactly normal to this date - December and January combined. Some wild swings to be be able to pull that off.
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    The closer to the spine of the Apps that one lives and north of I40.....that is the sweet spot for now. BTW, that is not me. I am roughly in the same boat as Knoxville in hoping for storm trends. I am on the far west side of TRI.
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