First Freeze '08-09- Freeze WARNING Issued!

[Curt]

Well looks like the first freeze will occur areawide possibly Monday night and most likely on Tuesday night. Here comes winter!!

MEM:

MONDAY THROUGH END OF FORECAST...COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL
FILTER INTO THE MIDSOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION. EXPECT SOME STRATO-CU TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY
KEEPING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT WILL
LIKELY DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON HOW
QUICKLY CLOUDS WILL CLEAR BUT FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES
MAY BE NEEDED. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 50S AS THE HIGH
SETTLES OVER THE MIDSOUTH. TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT
WITH LOWS LIKELY DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH IF THE PATTERN
HOLDS UP. WEDNESDAY...THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST ALLOWING SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S.

[StormNine]

Winter is coming on down.  Looks like garden protection time, if you haven't done that in the last 2 mini frost events.  This looks like the big guns our first freeze.  Our average freeze in the area is Oct 28th.  It just happens to be Tuesdays date.

[WeatherRocker]

Right on schedule!  And snow for me.  Nice

[Mr. William E. Brantley]

YES -  This  Fall  Season`s : ( 08 ) -  FIRST  FREEZE  Is  Expected  Here  In  Bemis , Tn .  Also.  Lo of  30 *  On  Oct  28 th  &  30 *   On  Oct  29 th !   Earliest  ( First )  Freeze  here  is  October  4 th :  32 *  In  1987 !

[Cameron K.]

I having a few tobacco plants going to seed. Most of the flowers have died, but the pods are still growing.

[Nashville_wx]

  Well hey everyone! I just woke up from my Summer nap. I'll be back on here for the winter season soon guys

[servocrow]

Well hey everyone! I just woke up from my Summer nap. I'll be back on here for the winter season soon guys

Good to see you coming out of hibernation!!   

[servocrow]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
350 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008

.DISCUSSION...

THIS MORNING OVER THE MID STATE WE HAVE CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. SATELLITE AND SURFACE REPORTS
INDICATES THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUD COVER WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
TENNESSEE RIVER IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WESTERLY WINDS TODAY
WILL BRING DRIER AIR AND CLEARING SKIES TO THE MID STATE. RAINFALL
FELL OVER ALL THE CWA YESTERDAY...WITH ISOLATED AREAS IN THE CWA
RECEIVING MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN. THE GROUND IS STILL
SATURATED AND WITH ALL THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXPECT SCATTERED
LOW LEVELS CLOUDS TO DEVELOPED AFTER THE CLEARING LINE MOVES
THROUGH THE CWA.

A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE SUNDAY. BY
TUESDAY WITH THE COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT EXPECT
TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES FOR THE SEASON FIRST FREEZE IN THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION. WEDNESDAY MORNING THE GFS HAS THE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING TO OUR SOUTH AND THE CWA WILL
RETURN TO A SOUTHERLY FLOW. AFTER TUESDAY MORNING LOWS
TEMPERATURES EXPECT A GRADUALLY WARMING TREND WITH TEMPERATURE
RAISING TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY VALUES BY THE END OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD. THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD STAYING CLOSE TO THE MAV WITH
ONLY A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE TEMPERATURES IN THE LATER PERIODS
AND STAYING WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD.

 

[Cameron K.]

After we have this freeze I will mow the lawn once more. I'd cut it now, but I fear will still grow. Better let frost kill off some and then mow it.

[Thundersnow]

After we have this freeze I will mow the lawn once more. I'd cut it now, but I fear will still grow. Better let frost kill off some and then mow it.

That's my philosophy as well.  I'm also waiting for the leaves to all fall off before one more yard work day.

[Snowman]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
323 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-260430-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FZ.A.0002.081028T0600Z-081028T1400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
323 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$
BOYD/MASSIE

    

[servocrow]

Dang, they're really serious about this CODE BLUE thing, aren't they?

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bna/

[Snowman]

 

[Thundersnow]

Here's you some code blue.  Go Titans!

[Snowman]

Is that you TS?