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Always good to see cold fronts pressing south of the Canadian border during early August. Nice little aforementioned(by TV crew) summer relief incoming later this week. I haven't feel like this summer has been overly hot, but it has for sure been overly humid. We got a nice thunderstorm mid-day today w/ some much needed rain. Kingsport tends to do what Chattanooga does during many events....we get the rain shadow from 500 different directions. To my surprise, my run was in light run early this morning.
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He is gonna be missed greatly.
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The lightning in these storms around TRI has been insane. We have definitely been catching a break with more rain than we have been getting. TRI seems to dry out during July-October...so we take what we can get. What Helene did was super similar to what happened in the Smokies many years ago when the road between the Y and Gatlinburg was wiped out. I am beginning to think these events are slightly more common than once thought. Buffalo Mountain had a catastrophic flood just out of the blue several years ago.
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Glacier NP is expecting snow above 8000' tomorrow. So, is that a "last snow of the season" or the "first snow of the season?" It is kind of crazy, but it really hasn't quit snowing in the West this year. I saw it with my own eyes. For places above 10,000', fall begins and ends during September.
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It amazes me more and more with each passing each year how much PAC and IO ocean SSTs impact the eastern half of NA. Now, I gotta remember to factor in the North Atlantic? LOL
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Both the CANSIPS and Euro Seasonals have the coastal BN SSTs in the NE Pac basin subsiding. So, no bueno on those. Still plenty of warmth where we need to be cool west of that. The CFS seasonal today has a complete flip of the PDO to a more favorable conditions by October, though I have my doubts as it doesn't have support from other models. It looks like a weak La Nina(fall and winter) from say just west of the dateline to South America - and I mean weak. Some might even call that a La Nada, but that setup would allow for the jet to buckle in the East IMHO by late fall. Even just getting those NE Pac coastal temps to neutral would help as it would prevent the trough from locking into the West.
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What did the July 1 seasonals show for winter in that area in regards to GOA SSTs? It seems like the June 1 CANSIPS had it easing up a bit. I need to look more closely at July1.
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I managed to find my way to Mammoth Lakes last week and part of this week. We saw it snow at 10k’ as a thunderstorm complex dropped temps like a rock while we were hiking. We had temps in the low 40s. The mountain range to our east had new snowfall the next morning. Crazy how the weather behaves at high elevation.
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Point Barrow, AK, is cold next week. Yes, I do follow the weather there. It sometimes can give a hint of things to come. If cold builds their early - good thing. Highs in the mid to low 30s next week.
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Same here. I am just glad not to be in a deficit as early spring was incredibly dry IMBY. Nice turn of evens. It seems like NE TN is often closer to drought than deluge. I am honestly surprised by the cool start to summer.
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This is the best easy summer for rain in a long time IMBY. My garden looks like it is on steroids.
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I always forget about the IO, and it burns be every...single...time I forget about it. Usually Jeff comes in and is like, "Lots of convection moving into the Maritime Continent." It took me a few times, but then I figured out that was code for...winter is about to go to crap! LOL.
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I will work on some analogs packages. This is tricky this year as we were more La Nina last winter, trended back to neutral, and may trend weakly negative again. For now and subject to change... Temps... Dec: BN Jan: N Feb: AN Precip... All months normal to slightly BN IMHO...but w/ a chance for slightly AN if you like the CANSIPS. Snow... AN eastern valley w/ an early start normal everywhere else w/ snow a bit later in middle and west (but honestly might be similar to what you got this winter)
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The CANSIPS and Euro seasonals have the PDO going to neutral w/ warmer SST temps moving closer to the coast of northern NA as winter progresses. The La Nina on both models is weak and/or trending to neutral as winter progresses. I could almost cut and paste last winter's forecast with one exception....the QBO is more favorable.
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Preliminary ideas. I look for a second winter of La Nina. Extended summer looks likely with a sharp turn to winter later in November, though the CANSIPS argues for an early fall. The Euro seasonal has summer lasting through fall. A 3-4 week period in December and January could be frigid. The QBO is now falling and has reached negative territory. Oddly, the data shows the QBO dipped negative briefly (and sharply) during December 2024 out of nowhere - interesting. To me, that looks like a mistake w/ the +/- symbol. Either way, it is falling now as we hit summer. By December, we should be hitting rock bottom. I think the stage is set for another frigid stretch sometime after or around mid-December. Sorry, I haven't been on for a bit. I have been taking a break and recharging. I have not looked at the EPO yet.
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Reports that some roads in the Smokies have been closed for bridge inspections after the tremor.
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The TRI Cities Wx Crew has a great map. It was felt almost to be coast…just a huge area.
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Confirmed 3.5 earthquake south of Knoxville along the TN/NC line about ten mins ago.
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Crazy dry IMBY right now. I am not used to having to water a bone dry garden in April.
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Leaning very cold for next winter but it's early.
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Old timers call it dogwood winter…it is a real thing like thunder in the mountains.
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Just a brutal flip in temps. On the positive, I went outside and mowed while it was misting this evening. It kept down the dust and wasn't ridiculously hot. Last week was insane for April in regards to temps here. We were CRUSHING daily record highs. Now, we are gonna have freeze warning up for tomorrow night! Crazy!!!
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12z GFS 126. Interesting.
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Looking way down the line, the new seasonal Cansips has one glaring feature for DJF next winter....a MONSTER Alaskan ridge. The only reason it isn't frigid on seasonal surface maps here is a little ridge bellying into Texas. As is, the seasonal forecast is a Midwest trough w/ seasonal temps here. That "could" turn out to be a pretty cold look as we get closer. Summer looks warm. When is it not? LOL.
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I think Sugar Mountain in NC is actually still open. With the snow tonight, they may well extend into this weekend.
