Jan 30th-February 1st 2026 Arctic Blast/ULL Snow OBS Thread.

[GBOVolz]

Got a snow shadow a few minutes ago for @Holston_River_Rambler is I believe who mentioned pics before.




.

[John1122]

Sitting at 5 as midnight approaches. Big full moon and snow makes it look practically like dawn outside instead of midnight. 

 

[Jed33]

It’s currently 1° at the house, and I’m on a hill above the lake. Most certainly is below zero around the sheltered valleys. I also see TRI is reporting -6° Wow! MRX issued a cold weather advisory for just the temperatures as they said they didn’t expect it to get this cold. As others have said, it’s the power of a healthy snowpack. It will do it every time.

[Math/Met]

-5F this morning.

[Windspeed]

I think KTRI officially got down to -3°F at the airport, but my vehicle read -5°F at work in Bristol. Either way, an official new record low temperature for February 2nd. Fortunately, there's no wind, so there's no real difference in wind chill.

[Holston_River_Rambler]

I see a -15 between Jonesborough and Johnson City:

 

Shady Valley looks like the winner:

I know the Wunderground map isn't the be all, end all, but I could only find a couple of places on that network, on the whole planet (in rural Quebec), that were colder this AM. 

[IndTenn]

0 at my house in the warmest microclimate around Kingsport.  It probably hasn't been this cold here since 2014 or 2015, when the camellias were defoliated.

[IndTenn]

14 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

I see a -15 between Jonesborough and Johnson City:

 

Shady Valley looks like the winner:

I know the Wunderground map isn't the be all, end all, but I could only find a couple of places on that network, on the whole planet (in rural Quebec), that were colder this AM. 

I don't know what the wind direction was last night, but of note are those warmer readings south of Fall Branch, in what would be the downslope off Chimney Top.

[BlunderStorm]

Wow, I bottomed out at -9.7F with areas in town a few degrees lower per wunderground. I took a quick drive to run an errand and took a few pics at the Clinch river and it was -14 on the car thermometer in Rosedale. For SWVA it looks like the winner was Tazewell which bottomed out at -18F!! in some valleys. (still in the Tennessee Valley ) 

[Carvers Gap]

Looks like KTRI dipped to -6F according to the 3 day weather history.  The low which was broken was from 1971(0F), and was TRI's coldest temp in 11 years per David Boyd, a met at WCYB.  When we start breaking record lows from the 70s, that is saying something.

[Carvers Gap]

Just now, BlunderStorm said:

Wow, I bottomed out at -9.7F with areas in town a couple degrees lower. I took a quick drive to run an errand and took a few pics at the Clinch river. For SWVA it looks like the winner was Tazewell which bottomed out at -18F!! in some valleys. (still in the Tennessee Valley ) 

Wow!!! That is truly impressive.