1/23/26-1/25/26 Winter Storm Thread

[Holston_River_Rambler]

6 minutes ago, *Flash* said:

I was about to ask. Is the air really that much drier in the basin? I get higher dewpoints to the south and why it would start at higher elevations.

Honestly not sure.

[tnwxwatcher]

[mention=10822]tnwxwatcher[/mention] I would not be surprised if precip. starts quite a bit earlier than most models were showing last night based on the obs. above. 
I still think noon is a good call for travel getting worse, but if possible, I'd try to finish up those deliveries in Sevier county in as safe and an expeditious way as possible. 

Good Morning, we have adjusted our schedule and are returning back in soon.

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[Uncle Nasty]

Don't forget, we have an Obs Thread.  Not to say that you can not post them here, but for the sake of a clean thread, it would be good to transition those posts to the other location.

I saw it after I posted, and then accidentally posted it here again. Moved to correct it. Thanks for starting the OBS.

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[Holston_River_Rambler]

8 minutes ago, tnwxwatcher said:

Good Morning, we have adjusted our schedule and are returning back in soon.

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Sorry about that, but I was pretty confident you'd have until noon and I still don't think we see bad roads (other than usual East TN drivers) until after 12, but better safe than sorry. 

[tnwxwatcher]

Sorry about that, but I was pretty confident you'd have until noon and I still don't think we see bad roads (other than usual East TN drivers) until after 12, but better safe than sorry. 

Thank you all so much! We are returning back home now to Knoxville. Sure appreciate all the updates and analysis here!!

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[bearman]

There seems to be a lot of dry air across the northern two thirds of Tennessee. The southern areas are getting snow or sleet.   You can see this by the radar signature over Nashville and the hole that surrounds the radar site.  Don't know how this is going to affect the forecast or if it will effect it at all.

[fountainguy97]

hoping to dodge a bullet here. High-res models have some 35-50 mph gusts here during and after the freezing rain.  Thankfully the zr amounts arnt scary high on high res. But wouldn't take much.

 

[tnweathernut]

11 minutes ago, fountainguy97 said:

hoping to dodge a bullet here. High-res models have some 35-50 mph gusts here during and after the freezing rain.  Thankfully the zr amounts arnt scary high on high res. But wouldn't take much.

How much zr will be a problem for trees if wind gusts sre 30+?

.3-.4?

I would think as dry as it’s been that would help 

[fountainguy97]

3 minutes ago, tnweathernut said:

.3-.4?

I would think as dry as it’s been that would help 

Yeah that's my guess too. The hrrr gives me .25-.3 but the other high res are much higher.

[Weatheriscool]

The NAM is just incessant on giving my area an ice storm on top of the snow and then snow on top of the ice! Nearly .80 of ice is enough to cause issues 

[WishingForWarmWeather]

10 minutes ago, Weatheriscool said:

The NAM is just incessant on giving my area an ice storm on top of the snow and then snow on top of the ice! Nearly .80 of ice is enough to cause issues 

Same and the NWS increased their forecast amount for Clarksville :/

[Weatheriscool]

1 hour ago, WishingForWarmWeather said:

Same and the NWS increased their forecast amount for Clarksville :/

Would have been helpful to know 24 hours ago could have gotten things like candles etc. for when we lose power

[fountainguy97]

Hrrr near term trending colder each run. No surprise, I think the nam and fv3 thermals will be closer to reality.

[WishingForWarmWeather]

17 minutes ago, Weatheriscool said:

Would have been helpful to know 24 hours ago could have gotten things like candles etc. for when we lose power

I stocked up like the euro was the only model out there while praying things ended up like the gfs was the only model out there

[Greyhound]

Would have been helpful to know 24 hours ago could have gotten things like candles etc. for when we lose power

I don’t want to sound like a jerk, but that’s on you. There’s over 2,000 posts on here about the potential of this storm.


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[nrgjeff]

Memphis looks to keep mostly snow and sleet this first wave. Concerns remain on Sunday. Reliable models are split between more sleet or a slug of freezing rain. 

Nashville is of course subject to everything running cold. Several hours of all rain off ramp is in jeopardy. Sleet remains an exit ramp. Otherwise, major ice storm there - continuation of North Miss to southern Mid-Tenn.

Chattanooga will stay ice longer than forecast into tonight. CAD is c0ck blocking the warm nose.