Spring 2018

[BRUCE]

The next storm system taking a track across the Deep South with the warm sector over the Gulf and Florida--a typical track for 3 months ago, not late April.  Hard to get any thunderstorm action in a weather pattern like this.

its more like a miller a system... winter ? Crazy ... this would be a big winter event if it were winter lol

[cbrentv318]

its more like a miller a system... winter ? Crazy ... this would be a big winter event if it were winter lol

So another wet and cool weekend?


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[BRUCE]

So another wet and cool weekend?


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affraid so....

[Beth]

We are so behind on our granddaughter’s soccer games this season.  Every Saturday they have been canceled because of rain.  We have to do 3 make games this week. I am so sick of this cold and wet crap! Mother Nature is definitely off her bipolar meds this year.! 🤬😡🤬

[dwagner88]

Oh man . . .

I had visible damage to my shrubs and my Jane magnolia. I think my azaleas are ok because only the branches up against the bricks of my house had opened. Spent at least 6 hours below freezing. Blew the forecast low by 6 degrees.

[Thundersnow]

Widespread freeze- official at Nashville (keeping in mind UHI effect) last hour at 30. I’m sure mid 20s are common in rural areas.


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[BRUCE]

We are so behind on our granddaughter’s soccer games this season.  Every Saturday they have been canceled because of rain.  We have to do 3 make games this week. I am so sick of this cold and wet crap! Mother Nature is definitely off her bipolar meds this year.! 🤬😡🤬

guess what the 4 cast is for the weekend ... you got it ....

[JayCee]

Oh man . . .

I had visible damage to my shrubs and my Jane magnolia. I think my azaleas are ok because only the branches up against the bricks of my house had opened. Spent at least 6 hours below freezing. Blew the forecast low by 6 degrees.

I was worried last night about it being colder than forecast as we we're already down to 35 by sunset.  However, clouds and wind lingered here overnight, and we remained at 35 until a few hours before sunrise when we dipped briefly to near freezing.

Hope the damage isn't too bad down your way.  Been a rough spring for green thumbs.  Another cold snap Thursday has us back in the mid 30's for lows--cold enough for frost. 
Post Merge: April 17, 2018, 07:36:01 AMPer MRX on Thursday--looking colder.

The cold air advection behind the departing system [on Thursday] is rather
impressive for mid-April and have reduced high temperatures some on
Thursday and have leaned more towards the raw model guidance. Highs
on Thursday will range from the mid 50s to low 60s for most valley
locations.

[Thundersnow]

As forecast, temperatures are surging up- already up 25 degrees in a span of 3 hours on the wings of a southwesterly flow. It should already be feeling pleasant compared to the last few days. This morning's frost and freeze is a memory other than with any wilting vegetation that was nipped. 
Post Merge: April 17, 2018, 11:13:45 AM

We are so behind on our granddaughter’s soccer games this season.  Every Saturday they have been canceled because of rain.  We have to do 3 make games this week. I am so sick of this cold and wet crap! Mother Nature is definitely off her bipolar meds this year.! 🤬😡🤬

This Saturday currently looks nice (Pt. Sunny and 68). Showers enter the forecast Saturday night and Sunday, with temps still in the mid 60s.

We have another brief cooldown coming on Thursday-Friday this week.

Really hoping we're about to emerge from this persistently cool pattern soon.

Some folks refer to "cotton britches winter" in May- so, cool snaps can still happen. I'm not sure what "winter" we've been in- I guess an extended dogwood winter.

Here's a list of the "winters" of Tennessee spring: https://halfhillfarm.com/2013/05/13/the-five-little-winters-of-tennessee/

The way this spring has gone, I won't at all be surprised if we have a cool snap going into June (where we touch the 40s at night). Now, watch it be 100 degrees come June. 

[wfrogge]

As forecast, temperatures are surging up- already up 25 degrees in a span of 3 hours on the wings of a southwesterly flow. It should already be feeling pleasant compared to the last few days. This morning's frost and freeze is a memory other than with any wilting vegetation that was nipped. 
Post Merge: April 17, 2018, 11:13:45 AMThis Saturday currently looks nice (Pt. Sunny and 68). Showers enter the forecast Saturday night and Sunday, with temps still in the mid 60s.

We have another brief cooldown coming on Thursday-Friday this week.

Really hoping we're about to emerge from this persistently cool pattern soon.

Some folks refer to "cotton britches winter" in May- so, cool snaps can still happen. I'm not sure what "winter" we've been in- I guess an extended dogwood winter.

Here's a list of the "winters" of Tennessee spring: https://halfhillfarm.com/2013/05/13/the-five-little-winters-of-tennessee/

The way this spring has gone, I won't at all be surprised if we have a cool snap going into June (where we touch the 40s at night). Now, watch it be 100 degrees come June. 

Its still mid April so we are leaving Redbud and entering Dogwood winter no?

[JayCee]

I thought the winters (redbud, dogwood, blackberry) in spring were like the Indian summers in fall--they happened after a sustained period of warm (in spring) or cold (in fall).  If that's the case, we're still having just plain ole winter, no addendum needed. 

[BRUCE]

Its still mid April so we are leaving Redbud and entering Dogwood winter no?

yess

[Thundersnow]

Its still mid April so we are leaving Redbud and entering Dogwood winter no?

According to that link, I suppose.

I think people call it based on what's in bloom at the time, not really what the calendar date is. So, those dates are mostly just an average guess.

I always thought of dogwoods being in bloom (and thus a "dogwood winter" cold snap) earlier than late April. If anything, the trees seem to be behind a bit compared to a lot of years because of the cooler March and April so far.

It probably varies across the state.

[JayCee]

Judah Cohen (per Twitter):

Predicted ridging in the center of North of America will likely bring widespread above normal temperatures across much of the continent as the month transitions from April to May.

[Thundersnow]

Crazy as it is with temperatures this morning undercutting forecast lows- afternoon highs are actually overachieving. Would you believe Nashville is showing a current temperature of 73. That's a 43-degree swing from the early morning temperature I saw reported. And, there's still time for the mercury to climb a degree or two more this afternoon. Wow.