Winter 2009-2010

[Thundersnow]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
540 PM CST MON FEB 1 2010

...A COLD JANUARY...WITH ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL...

HOW COLD WAS THIS PAST MONTH IN NASHVILLE? THE FIRST 13 DAYS TIED
1942 FOR THE COLDEST FIRST 13 DAYS OF ANY JANUARY ON RECORD...WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 22.3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH AT NASHVILLE AIRPORT WAS 33 DEGREES...WHICH IS 3.8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. ALSO...IT WAS THE 18TH COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD...AND
THE COLDEST SINCE 2003. ONE PERSON IN NASHVILLE WAS KILLED BY THE
COLD WEATHER. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 62 ON THE 19TH AND
21ST...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 8 DEGREES ON THE 10TH. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 4.13 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.16 INCH ABOVE NORMAL.
SNOWFALL WAS 4.8 INCHES. THE 30 YEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY IS
3.9 INCHES.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 30.7 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...4.4 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 57 DEGREES ON THE 15TH AND
19TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 7 ON THE 8TH. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS
6.2 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.05 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 31.4 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH AND TABULATED
2.00 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 62 DEGREES
ON THE 21ST...AND THE COLDEST WAS 4 ON THE LAST DAY.

THERE WERE SEVERAL WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE MONTH. ON THE 7TH
THROUGH THE 9TH...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE MID
STATE. THE ICY CONDITIONS AND THE COLD BECAME THE MAIN
STORY...HOWEVER...AND SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOR 2 DAYS.

ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 21ST...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL
WERE RECEIVED...MAINLY ACROSS THE EAST. ON THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE
24TH...AN EF-0 TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN ROBERTSON
COUNTY...WITH MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED.

FINALLY...ON THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT OF THE 29TH...AN AVERAGE OF 3-6
INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ACROSS THE MID STATE. SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN BECAME A PROBLEM ACROSS THE SOUTH...WITH SOME TREES DOWN AND
POWER OUTAGES. TWO DEATHS RESULTED FROM THE STORM...ONE IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY AND ONE IN MAURY COUNTY. FOR MANY...INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE
AREA...THIS WAS THE BIGGEST SNOW EVENT SINCE THE JAN 16TH STORM OF
2003.

$$

BOYD/GIRODO

[snowdog]

Above normal snowfall?  What does January usually average? 

[Thundersnow]

Above normal snowfall?  What does January usually average?  

Monthy snowfall averages in Nashville:

November: 0.4"
December: 1.5"
January: 3.8"
February: 3.1"
March: 1.4"

Annual: 10.2"



EDIT:  Actually, if you'll read that statement above again, they told you. 

SNOWFALL WAS 4.8 INCHES. THE 30 YEAR NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY IS 3.9 INCHES.

[Thundersnow]

Reported on TV this morning... Washington DC has now recorded 55" of snow this season, making this the snowiest season in recorded history, with still another month of winter to go...

[Sbeagles]

Reported on TV this morning... Washington DC has now recorded 55" of snow this season, making this the snowiest season in recorded history, with still another month of winter to go...

Well I'm only about 46" behind them!!!! If I'm going to catch up were going to have to get moving!!

[shooting70]

The 0zgfs is trying to develop a storm in the 8-10 day out range,i guess similar to what euro was saying earlier.Its still ways out,but worth noting anyways.

[DocB]

Here is what happens when Dulles airport gets too much snow from the Feb 6 storm. That's an expensive "ouch"

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2010/100211dulles.html

[Mathman]

Its sacrilege to say this, but I really would like to have a few 60F days now that we're closing in on spring.  I haven't been out on the back of our property since Christmas Eve.  For all I know, Sasquatch is camping there.

[Tom23]

Its sacrilege to say this, but I really would like to have a few 60F days now that we're closing in on spring.  I haven't been out on the back of our property since Christmas Eve.  For all I know, Sasquatch is camping there.

Don't worry, you'll get them. In the Summer, you'll be wishing it was cold again, trust me.

[Eric]

Its sacrilege to say this, but I really would like to have a few 60F days now that we're closing in on spring.  I haven't been out on the back of our property since Christmas Eve.  For all I know, Sasquatch is camping there.

Just don't offer him any beef jerky or a cold beer - shaken not stirred - and you should be OK.   

[servocrow]

Just don't offer him any beef jerky or a cold beer - shaken not stirred - and you should be OK.   

[Thundersnow]

[WFayetteTN]

Here is what happens when Dulles airport gets too much snow from the Feb 6 storm. That's an expensive "ouch"

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2010/100211dulles.html

WOW!      

[Susan]

Random question:  I have a friend that is visiting here, she needs to drive home to DC.  I can't figure this system out, is it going to be safe for her to leave tomorrow?  Trying to get her home before the next system hits.

Thanks,
Susan

[Thundersnow]

Random question:  I have a friend that is visiting here, she needs to drive home to DC.  I can't figure this system out, is it going to be safe for her to leave tomorrow?  Trying to get her home before the next system hits.

Thanks,
Susan

Yeah, I would think.  That should give the current system time to move out of even that area.  Still several days away from the next system.