Mr Bob Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Is Alabama part of the Tenn Valley? I always thought it was because of TVA. Look at this mess in B'ham TVA only incorporates Huntsville and the rest of the northern quarter of Alabama but we would certainly be happy having Alabama posters join in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Those of you in Chatt might appreciate this one...Quail Run is over between East Brainerd and Collegedale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 My brother is an insurance agent in Chattanooga. I am sure that image makes him cringe, along with pipe bursting cold. My current temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkhorn Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 The nearest station to my house (less than a mile away) is -3F. Two miles north it's -5F. One station in Bearden just hit -9F. I can tell it's colder than it was a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Keeps on going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkhorn Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 This is what a decent snowpack does to temps. Unfortunately you need at least 2-3 inches to really get the temps down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 -2 F @ TRI. That is frigid. Snow on the ground causing the lower than expected temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkhorn Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 It was officially 1F at the airport at TYS. Technically it's the coldest reading of the winter so far, but if they didn't make it to 0 or lower I'm pretty sure I did at my house since I found multiple temp readings in the area (within 3 miles) averaging to -5F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Unbelievable!!!! Made it to -6 last night. It was 10 at midnight and then the sky cleared and the bottom dropped! I'd love to look at our departures from normal for the month of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Prelim reports from MRX show Bristol with 4" and Kingsport with 3.5". No way. Just look at the radar returns from yesterday. Substantially more snow here. WJHL and WCYB reported this at 11:00 PM last night. We easily had 4" last night on the west end, may have been more. Great example of how southern stream systems usually produce more in Kingsport because we are further from the Apps and don't get the rain shadow from the Apps with that type of flow. Now, northwest flow is a rain shadow due to the Plateau. Brings us to 6" for the season. Should have been another record low set this AM. Makes three for the month. So, roughly 10% of the record lows for all of Jan at KTRI were set this month and year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Got down to 4 here. Not quite as cold as the first big arctic blast, but pretty chilly. It'll be interesting to see if we can get colder tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Morning snow depth analysis from NOAA. The scale is in centimeters, not inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvskelton Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Prelim reports from MRX show Bristol with 4" and Kingsport with 3.5". No way. Just look at the radar returns from yesterday. Substantially more snow here. WJHL and WCYB reported this at 11:00 PM last night. We easily had 4" last night on the west end, may have been more. Great example of how southern stream systems usually produce more in Kingsport because we are further from the Apps and don't get the rain shadow from the Apps with that type of flow. Now, northwest flow is a rain shadow due to the Plateau. Brings us to 6" for the season. Should have been another record low set this AM. Makes three for the month. So, roughly 10% of the record lows for all of Jan at KTRI were set this month and year. Agreed Carvers. I'm near Church Hill and we have every bit of 4 inches on the ground, minimum. Three record lows in January alone? That's an amazing stat. It's great to have such an active winter after the last few we've had! It must be because we got our own subforum! And I agree with everyone who has spoken highly of Robert's work! I have always enjoyed reading his stuff in the past and he NAILED this one for the TN Valley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippity Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Is Alabama part of the Tenn Valley? I always thought it was because of TVA. Look at this mess in B'ham TVA only incorporates Huntsville and the rest of the northern quarter of Alabama but we would certainly be happy having Alabama posters join in... There are a few of us here in north Alabama; I am just outside of Huntsville, but tend to keep quiet because I am not an amateur meteorologist. Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltrip Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 About 3 inches here in Greeneville. Over 4 inches in western part of Greene County. My Davis vantage pro 2 weather station recorded a low of -1 degrees this morning. Great storm and hopeful for more to come going into February. This subforum is fantastic...enjoy reading everyone's comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 There are a few of us here in north Alabama; I am just outside of Huntsville, but tend to keep quiet because I am not an amateur meteorologist. Sent from my KFTT HD Excellent quote. I may use that some day, Zippity. Glad northern Alabama is part of our region. Looks like we may have to wait a week or so before tracking a new threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Currently -2, may shave off 1 or two more degrees. What a frigid month. I have managed -2 on the 6th, -8 on the 7th, 6 on the 8th, 2 on the 22nd, 1 on the 23rd, -4 on the 24th, 0 on the 28th, -5 on the 29th, and as mentioned, -2 so far today, the 30th. On 8 days the high was sub-freezing, three of them featured highs in the teens. Snow fell from the sky on 11 of the 30 days and accumulated to a total of 11.5 inches the 11 days, the maximum of which was 3 inches on January 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 There are a few of us here in north Alabama; I am just outside of Huntsville, but tend to keep quiet because I am not an amateur meteorologist. Sent from my KFTT HD I just want to say that I hope this isn't how a lot of you feel. We all bring something to the table here and all discussion is welcome and appreciated. Doesn't matter if it's obs, general comments, history, jokes, analysis, data, whatever. People may have formed an impression based on other sub-forums but I really hope going forward that everyone is comfortable chiming in here. The lowest temp I saw this morning at my house was 4 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippity Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 There are a few of us here in north Alabama; I am just outside of Huntsville, but tend to keep quiet because I am not an amateur meteorologist. Sent from my KFTT HD I just want to say that I hope this isn't how a lot of you feel. We all bring something to the table here and all discussion is welcome and appreciated. Doesn't matter if it's obs, general comments, history, jokes, analysis, data, whatever. People may have formed an impression based on other sub-forums but I really hope going forward that everyone is comfortable chiming in here. The lowest temp I saw this morning at my house was 4 degrees. My apologies, I intended that statement to show respect towards the people here who have put in a lot of time and effort studying a complex subject, but instead it may have come across as grumbling or snarky. Everyone on this sub forum has been kind and welcoming, and I have enjoyed hanging out here. I just don't have a lot to add to the conversation besides, "gee, that's a nice storm," so I kind of keep quiet. Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Back on Jan 28 I recorded about an inch and a third of snow, in between the official CHA total and what dwagner measured. Chattownsnow I hope you will post more too. Sorry I'm late with the obs after a crazy week at work and home. After gridlock city, our toddler got to play in snow for the first time! Thank you for positive feedback on my forecasts. I will share when I can. Today I'm ignoring Sunday night. I'm still in recovery from the week at work but may have more to say this weekend. Finally, I think we all welcome Alabama to our subform. North Alabama is right in the Tennessee River Valley. Mississippi is welcome too. North Mississippi is the Mid South which I include along TVA lines. Also parts of Georgia, esp northwest, follow the west of the Apps pattern. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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