Now that I am back home in East Tennessee, I hope to keep up the blogging. It was a wet Mother's Day here in at home, but beginning today and looking forward through the weekend, things are drying out, warming up, and making for a fantastic time to get outside and enjoy God's Creation.
The shortwave(s) that moved through the South over the weekend are finally pushing north east, and exiting the region, there is one small wave of energy that could bring us some convection later on Wednesday, but that is a very slight chance, otherwise, the atmosphere will continue to become more stable. The dew points will remain in the upper 50s to low 60s across much of the South, so things will be a little muggy, but it is May. Moisture should be on the rise here in the South at this time of year. Without the clouds and rain, and the sun shining on us, the temperatures will rise from the mid-60s this past weekend into the low-mid 80s by Saturday. Very pleasant and summer-like conditions are on their way to us. Even better than the summer though because I do not expect any pop-up showers or T-storms to develop in the afternoons.
The next real chance for any precipitation is looking to makes its appearance in our area on Tuesday according to the GFS, this would be the earliest I think it would arrive, and it will be another cutoff low associated with a shortwave off of an upper-level trough that will track over the weekend from California to Quebec, Canada.
Showing posts with label Oak Ridge. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Oak Ridge, TN Wx
Last night was a crazy night in weather, however things across the Southeast are a little calmer today. Welcome back!
An unsettled pattern seems to be developing for the Southeast, this system that came through this morning in Oak Ridge, produced a lot of severe weather to the west and south. Especially in Arkansas and Alabama. There appears to be a low that will be cutoff in the south west, if it hasn't already, that will slowly make its way towards the Southeast Wednesday through Friday. Models show this low system will track south of us, through Louisiana and Mississippi to the Gulf and then up through Georgia and South Carolina. However, there appears to be an Alberta Clipper to our north that will move through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio at almost the same time. This puts East Tennessee between a rock and a hard place. To our north, they may very well receive snow, and to our south should just be really wet. I believe that between these two, we will get some solid rainy day, but no real change in the temperatures as we will be along the warm front of the southern system. This will keep our temperatures in check, so no snow :( Another system looks to be heading our direction on Sunday as well, so a pattern of clear for a day or two, then a system should begin to set up. This could eventually bring us some colder temperatures, something all snow enthusiasts haven't missed this winter across the South.
Monday night: Some clouds, 36 F.
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 52 F.
Tuesday night: Partly Clear, 33 F.
Wednesday: Clouds build in throughout day, and the temps increase through day into night. Chance of showers 40% more in the evening, high will be closer to midnight than noon, 54 F.
Thursday: Rainy, 58 F.
Thursday night: Rain hanging around, 70%. 43 F.
Friday: Rain will slowly clear out, slightly cooler, 54 F.
Friday night: Mostly Cloudy, cooler. 34 F.
Saturday: Partly Sunny, cool. 48 F.
Saturday night: Clouds moving back in, 31 F.
Sunday: Cloudy, 30% chance of rain. 44 F.
Oak Ridge is in East Tennessee between the Smoky Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau. It is home to a national lab, and is where part of the Manhattan Project was located(ya know, atomic bomb). Anyway, the nearby university is the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the Volunteers.
An unsettled pattern seems to be developing for the Southeast, this system that came through this morning in Oak Ridge, produced a lot of severe weather to the west and south. Especially in Arkansas and Alabama. There appears to be a low that will be cutoff in the south west, if it hasn't already, that will slowly make its way towards the Southeast Wednesday through Friday. Models show this low system will track south of us, through Louisiana and Mississippi to the Gulf and then up through Georgia and South Carolina. However, there appears to be an Alberta Clipper to our north that will move through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio at almost the same time. This puts East Tennessee between a rock and a hard place. To our north, they may very well receive snow, and to our south should just be really wet. I believe that between these two, we will get some solid rainy day, but no real change in the temperatures as we will be along the warm front of the southern system. This will keep our temperatures in check, so no snow :( Another system looks to be heading our direction on Sunday as well, so a pattern of clear for a day or two, then a system should begin to set up. This could eventually bring us some colder temperatures, something all snow enthusiasts haven't missed this winter across the South.
Monday night: Some clouds, 36 F.
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 52 F.
Tuesday night: Partly Clear, 33 F.
Wednesday: Clouds build in throughout day, and the temps increase through day into night. Chance of showers 40% more in the evening, high will be closer to midnight than noon, 54 F.
Thursday: Rainy, 58 F.
Thursday night: Rain hanging around, 70%. 43 F.
Friday: Rain will slowly clear out, slightly cooler, 54 F.
Friday night: Mostly Cloudy, cooler. 34 F.
Saturday: Partly Sunny, cool. 48 F.
Saturday night: Clouds moving back in, 31 F.
Sunday: Cloudy, 30% chance of rain. 44 F.
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