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Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
LOL. It took me a few hours to gain some perspective!!! But seriously, UT football was fun to watch again this year. What a fourth quarter. Two heavy weight offenses(great offensive head coaches) just slugging it out. I felt like I was watching a PlayStation game. 4th and goal from the 14...no problem. This will be remembered as one of the better bowl games. Both teams showed up with the intent to win. And again, I think we finally have a coach in Heupel - calm, smart, crafty, and a bit of a riverboat gambler. As Cowherd noted quite eloquently, UT didn't play a lot of boring football this year. -
The 12z EPS has now joined the GEFS and GEPS with a huge EPO ridge in the LR. The actual 12z Euro operational was really cold. The EPS backed it up. Not sure how long modeling can hold this look, but the massive ridge out west is complemented by the massive trough in the East in the mid and long range. One would think that would break down fairly quickly. That said, if that trough can grab part of the PV, it can travel well south with the mechanics of that set-up.
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Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
It was a wild game. Kind of gave that one away, but at least we got better. I would rather watch us lose in a shootout than to get drummed 38-14. TN football is kind of fun to watch again. -
I mean we could always strike out. But getting some BN temps into the region during January along with normal precip.....we take. Sounds like a great time. Is Big Bald right there near Sam's Gap - sort of north of it on the AT?
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Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
You know I think they have to do that sometimes just to give our WRs some rest in the hurry-up. Like giving everyone a breather. Plus, it makes the defense stay honest - edge rushers can't go wide. UT is gonna play fast. When the other team has to start faking injuries because they are out of shape and can't sub....we have a good scheme. Fulmer was a master in OT. I sat through a 7OT? game one time against Arkansas. Got home at like 5AM! LOL. His teams had pounded the rock during regulation. He loved the type of games where it went to OT, because he knew the other team was beaten to a pulp. -
Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I get the deep throws at the end of the fourth quarter. On one of those, the receiver was held or he walks in...that was a badly missed defensive hold. The throw was there. First and goal from the 2 in OT...gotta pound the rock. But give it to Heupel, he calls a game to win it. This TN team couldn't score at all last year. Tillman went from being a ho-hum receiver to having a 1,000 yard season. Hunter left VT after losing his starting job, and had a career year...enough so that he is on NFL draft lists. If Evans plays during the second half of the season at RB, we win easily last night. I know Purdue was missing guys, but we only have like 71 guys on scholarship right now - 71. We were missing our best OL, best RB, and best DB last night. Purdue was missing some guys as well. But Heupel came out in his presser and took responsibility. He owned it. Love that guy. Hate we lost, but this team went from a team which couldn't score at all last year to a team that nearly won a shoot out with like 1,200 yards of offense! LOL. -
Note in the threats assessment the risk for hazardous cold in west forum areas is now within the slight risk "cone."
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These will change as they are updated. These are not photos but linked to the CPC. The echo what we have been tracking on this sub-forum for a couple of weeks. This is the window.
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VAST DIFFERENCES in the MJO this morning. Canadian is good and goes COD which will work as we are in the coldest time of the year. GEFS goes into 8, then 7, and then back to 8. CEFS goes into 8-1. The EPS goes into 8, COD and sort of back to 7. The corrected EPS moves into 6 after mid-month which reflects the look we see on the EPS. My money is on what the GEPS and GEFS are doing at 12z. Very strong trough in the east which slowly retrogrades into the center of the country. The GOA high slowly pushes towards the Aleutians. Does it set an Alaskan block or reset the Aleutian high? Either is plausible. Retrograding patterns are interesting to watch and tough to predict!!! Looks like a cold and wintry pattern through mid-month with warm mixed in for good measure. I will add that if the MJO gets into 8, the Euro fought it every step of the way. OTH, the EURO has a more realistic trajectory of the current MJO plot. So, it kind of got it right by slow walking the MJO, but at times incorrectly reversed it. It also has the most accurate looking MJO plot trajectory right now which looks correct. Does it loop back to 6? It might if the heights in the GOA retrograde there after mid-month. I would suggest the GEPS and GEFS combo right now look the most realistic in their pattern progression and with the retrograding pattern. I tend to believe this gets into colder phases of the MJO, but that is far from settled.
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Looks like the 12z GFS wants to go with a couple of light wintery events next week. We will see. For whatever reason, I like the look of the Jan 7 system.
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During winter, snow often follows closely behind storms here in NE TN. Always amazed when it occurs. As for the LR, not much has changed. Looks like seasonal to BN through the first half of January. So without beating a dead horse, major pattern shift/relaxation still on track for Jan 3. After that, we will see 2-4 cold shots with warm interludes. Spacing and timing will determine our fate regarding winter wx. After mid-January, we will have to see. Kind of two lines of thinking there...the Pacific is favorable and a trough stays in the East or the trough reverts back West. As it is, plenty of cold and snow opportunities from the Rockies to the Apps for the next few weeks(north of I-40). The NWS map today alone should show that winter is far from over. Strong Nina climatology in play right now with the cold arriving during the first half of winter. Would not be surprised to see us break for spring early if Nina persists, though I do think we see one last period of cold/snow before winter finally exits in Feb. Sounds like Cosgrove, but looks likely nonetheless. Now, if Nino takes over with a quick flip...all bets are off on that.
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Great looking wave along an strong cold front around 150 on the 0z GFS. That is a feature that easily could be found along that front. Other than that, too tired to comment after that abomination of a forward progress call. See you all tomorrow. Go Vols!
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Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
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Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Christmas Ale isn't going to ease the burn from that one. -
Fall/Winter Banter - Football, Basketball, Snowball?
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
LOL. What a terrible call....well, at least all of the mustard (and water) stayed in the stands. Cause you know somebody was tempted. -
When the coal gas plant had a "problem" that was the term that was coined. That 18z GFS was a process upset for someone to my west. Good opening drive for sure. GFS with a clipper type system a few days later on the 7th. Been a while since we have seen one of those.
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Process upset.
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Near my house, so we know this solution is legit - KNOW IT! LOL.
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Need a PNA/EPO ridge and some more Tillman/Hooker.
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Wow, man. Glad you all are out of the NICU. Amazing what the NICU can do. Also, had no idea you all got flooded out. Glad to see you posting, man.
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The 18z GFS coming in with a full fledged snowstorm.
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12z EPS is slightly slower than that great looking GEFS run, but gets there a couple of days later in the LR. Only difference is the EPS retrogrades the trough westward vs just building the PNA ridge in place like the GEFS does. Whether that ridge stays in place or is transient, just can't tell as we can't see past that time frame. For now a big PNA/EPO ridge is the trend in the LR.