4/6 Snow Chance & Possible Freeze

[Charles Loring]

I don't mind if the roads are frozen too long in the morning... just as long as I get out of school.

You and I both! I downplayed the snow chance at school today when people asked me, but I do hope we get to use one of our last two snow days tomorrow.

[Cameron K.]

Had to cover some of my moms flowers earlier this afternoon...not fun when it is snowing and sleeting on ya. I'm still thinking that even if we don't see accumulation here, the area roadways could still be pretty bad if we drop to say 27-28ºF and the roads ice over. Foretunatly in April, it won't take long for them to unfreeze and just become wet again.

I had to bring in the tobacco yesterday. I don't want to chance them out in this weather. They really need to put in the ground soon. Just hope the next system that's coming Thursday night doesn't give us much rain. I'm going to til the garden then and need the soil to be moist but not wet.

[Charles Loring]

Ended up with only a dusting and the snow has seized. Still looks like more is back up into KY, but it won't add much more to the already fallen snow.

[Thundersnow]

No freeze here this morning at least.  I have a current temperature of 34.

Fortunately, it doesn't look like many areas dipped much below freezing.

With tomorrow morning's low forecast in the low 30s, maybe we have a chance to actually get through this cold snap without a damaging freeze (widespread anyway).  If winds calm enough tonight, I suppose frost could be the main threat to sensitive plants.

[Charles Loring]

No freeze here this morning at least.  I have a current temperature of 34.

Fortunately, it doesn't look like many areas dipped much below freezing.

With tomorrow morning's low forecast in the low 30s, maybe we have a chance to actually get through this cold snap without a damaging freeze (widespread anyway).  If winds calm enough tonight, I suppose frost could be the main threat to sensitive plants.

That is very good indeed. Only the NE corner (and parts of the southern Plateau regions around Winchester) seemed to hit the freezing mark or below last night. We had enough of the 32ºF to cause water to freeze and snow to stick on our deck and grasses surfaces, but not enough to cause major road problems.

[Coach B]

My low breifly dipped to 32.5 this morning.  Only had a skiff of snow on the roof at the house, but a beautiful dusting on my way into Cornersville.

[dwagner88]

I got down to 35 here. No accumulations persay, but I drove through a very heavy snow squall at about 7:50 this morning, turned things white for a few moments then it all melted. Now we have scattered flurries and sun. The area mountaintops are all white, but nothing in the valleys

[Alex]

10 inches at Leconte this morning....still snowing.

[servocrow]

10 inches at Leconte this morning....still snowing.

I meant to check and post this earlier, but my morning got away from me:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
349 AM EDT TUE APR 7 2009

...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

.SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY...AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS BY TONIGHT...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-VAZ002-072000-
/O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090408T0800Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-WISE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...
WISE...NORTON
349 AM EDT TUE APR 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FACING
SLOPES AND THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING HIGH
KNOB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...
SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.  TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS
UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY

[dwagner88]

The radar returns have really been cranking up over the last hour to the northwest. If if hold out till sunset, we may have another shot at a dusting tonight.

[Thundersnow]

The radar returns have really been cranking up over the last hour to the northwest. If if hold out till sunset, we may have another shot at a dusting tonight.

Probably some instability convective showers (snow showers?) developing with day time "heating" (using that term relatively speaking).

The April sun can have some interesting effects with a system like this.

[StormAlertWX]

Yup radar increasing...
Since our school didnt close today, maybe tomorrow lol

[Clay]

No freeze here this morning at least.  I have a current temperature of 34.

Fortunately, it doesn't look like many areas dipped much below freezing.

With tomorrow morning's low forecast in the low 30s, maybe we have a chance to actually get through this cold snap without a damaging freeze (widespread anyway).  If winds calm enough tonight, I suppose frost could be the main threat to sensitive plants.

I dropped to 31º here in Oak Hill.

[Clay]

Probably some instability convective showers (snow showers?) developing with day time "heating" (using that term relatively speaking).

The April sun can have some interesting effects with a system like this.

The "self destructing" sun!

[Alex]

I meant to check and post this earlier, but my morning got away from me:

Pulled this from Leconte Lodge's trail and weather report.  For those of you who don't know this, those trails are over 6 miles long and gain almost 4,000 feet in elevation.  That would be one **** of a hike right now.

As of 4:00 pm Tuesday, April 7, 2009 LeConte Lodge had 12 inches of snow with some deeper drifts. Hwy 441, Newfound Gap Road and Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail are closed. Rainbow Falls and Bullhead trails are the only trails accessible to make the hike. These are accessed from Cherokee Orchard Motor Nature Trail. There is about 5 to 6 inches of snow at the base of the trail with the snow getting deeper as you make your way to the top. Wind chills are expected to be near zero at the Lodge.  Please call 865-429-5704 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, EDT, the LeConte Reservation line to check on conditions at the Lodge and if you have any questions regarding your reservation.