Dec 12-14 Apps Runner/Lakes Cutter Snow

[Cyclonicjunkie]

Thanks to cyclonicjunkie for drawing me that map earlier. I thought the plateau was relatively consistent in elevation. I drove through this phenomenon and saw it firsthand today for the first time. In downtown Chattanooga, it was sunny (still cold though!), on Signal Mountain it was still sunny and somewhat inexplicably snowing (there was seriously a couple of small clouds, no more than that). After I drove through the Sequatchie Valley and up towards Pikeville, it was overcast and snowing steadily.

No problem, I enjoyed drawing it

[StormAlertWX]

Dayton got a little under 1.5 inches of snow. Roads were already ice and snow early yesterday in the mountains and became covered in the valleys after sunset. The plows did not begin salting, sanding & spraying brine until about 2:00AM. By then there were already probably 3 dozen accidents. Although we got shafted from the main snow band with moderate snow..I guess the flurries were enough!!! Nice too see around here...Now watching the possible "ice" event for Wednesday! Congrats on everyone in Middle TN!!

[Cyclonicjunkie]

Although we got shafted from the main snow band with moderate snow..I guess the flurries were enough!!!

[ajatwister]

I measured anywhere from 2.0- 3.5 inches. Most drifts were about 7 inches, and the big one on my back deck was 15 inches!!! I also checked my weather station, and it turns out I gusted to 29.5. to bad I missed this one!!

[StormAlertWX]

Thanks cyclonicjunkie =) for the drawing.

[harlequin]

According to WVLT-TV, they are saying a low of 10 degrees tonight 

Bundle up everybody, it'll be the coldest I've seen for a long while

The January cold wave was actually well, colder.

[Cyclonicjunkie]

 



Visible satellite should tell this story today also

[Thundersnow]

Public information statement from OHX...

December off to the coldest start since 1942; record lowest high fell yesterday:

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
600 PM CDT MON DEC 13 2010

...48 YEAR OLD LOWEST DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN AT NASHVILLE...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY IN NASHVILLE WAS 22 DEGREES BREAKING THE
RECORD OF 26 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1962 FOR THE LOWEST DAILY HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 13TH.

DECEMBER 2010 IS OFF TO ONE OF THE COLDEST STARTS ON RECORD.
THROUGH THE FIRST 12 DAYS THE TEMPERATURE IS AVERAGING 8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE COLDEST START TO DECEMBER IN NASHVILLE
SINCE 1942. THE COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN NASHVILE WAS IN 1989
WHEN THE TEMPRATURE AVERAGED 11 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH.

SNOWFALL IN NASHVILLE THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 2.6 INCHES. THIS IS
MOST SNOW IN DECEMBER SINCE DECEMBER OF 2000 WHEN 2.6 INCHES ALSO
FELL. THE MOST SNOW EVER TO FALL IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FELL IN
1963 WHEN 13.2 INCHES WAS MEASURED.

Nashville officially recorded 2.6" of snow from the storm on Sunday.

[snowdog]

I will say this: I will always remember this sytem and use it, when the naysayers say we cant get substancial snow from a Lakes cutter This was one of the most impressive precip shields of any storm and ranks up there with the greats (Although it would be at the bottom of the list ) I mean at one time there was lake effect snow (Radar returns) from the great lakes down to southern AL.

It takes a big dog to achieve something like that. 

I'll admit I was wrong about this storm.  I really didnt think a lakes cutter type storm could bring down such a post frontal precip shield.  I'll remember this storm as well and wont make the same mistake again.  Got about 2.5 to 3 inches here in middle-TN, in December from post frontal snows...maybe the snow Gods are beginning to smile on our area?  

[Woodvegas]

Had a low temp of 1F here last night (Monday night). Also got an additional dusting of snow this morning.

[Cyclonicjunkie]

Here is the visible shot showing the snow across TN, notice the snow shield over Chattanooga