Freeze Watch Issued

[Clay]

I'm at 46.4º with a daytime high of only 47.8º. 

[Charles L.]

I'm at 46.4º with a daytime high of only 47.8º. 

Down to 44.3F here with light rain falling, we are getting a good "early" taste of winter. Not sure if mid-October is the best time for the test runs to begin. lol

[Clay]

Would you mind posting a few pics of your setup, Charles? That'd be neat!

[Charles L.]

Would you mind posting a few pics of your setup, Charles? That'd be neat!

LOL, it is nothing special...I will try, but not promising anything. lol

[Clay]

Here is my most recent WMR100 setup. My thermometer/radiation shield is a bit ghetto but it gets the job done. 

[StormNine]

 

Poor plants and crops hope most of them are getting harvested.  NWS PAH said some corn is behind harvest due to a wet spring so this could be a pretty damaging event lets hope not.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
858 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL BRING A GOOD
CHANCE FOR A FREEZE SATURDAY NIGHT...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE SOUTH INTO THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY
EVENING. CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S OR LOWER 30S SATURDAY
NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS
POTENTIAL FREEZE COULD PUT AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON.

ARZ028-MOZ115-MSZ002>006-009-014>017-023-024-TNZ001>004-019>021-
048>055-088>092-171000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FZ.A.0002.091018T0700Z-091018T1400Z/
MISSISSIPPI-PEMISCOT-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
PRENTISS-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-
OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-
CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE...
CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...
BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
858 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

HIGH PRESSURE SINKING SOUTH INTO THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY EVENING
WILL ALLOW FOR CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND DRIER AIR TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WITH THE COLDEST AIR
NEAR PARIS. WIDESPREAD FROST IS ALSO ANTICIPATED...LIKELY PUTTING
AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON.

WHILE THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...
OUTLYING AREAS OF SHELBY COUNTY MAY FREEZE. THUS...SHELBY COUNTY
HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION...
PUTTING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON.

&&

[Thundersnow]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
359 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-171700-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FR.Y.0002.091018T0800Z-091018T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.FZ.A.0003.091019T0800Z-091019T1400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
359 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2009

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY...AND THEN EAST INTO OUR REGION
OVERNIGHT. CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT AND WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST FORMING...
ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND SHELTERED AREAS.

ON SUNDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED DIRECTLY OVER
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR OVER WEST SECTIONS OF
THE AREA AND MOSTLY CLEAR ELSEWHERE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH
LIGHT OR CALM WINDS MAY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO AROUND THE
FREEZING MARK AT MOST LOCATIONS...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE UPPER 20S
ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. FROST WILL ALSO BE WIDESPREAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

NEWSPAPERS OR BLANKETS CAN BE USED TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT
AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT.

[StormNine]

Never too early for this greatness.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1030 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BE CROSSING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY...BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT. SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-VAZ002-006-008-172000-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0012.091017T2000Z-091018T1400Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
WISE-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...WISE...NORTON...
LEBANON...ABINGDON
1030 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING CLINCH MOUNTAIN AND HIGH KNOB...MAY
RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND THE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS COULD SEE UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.
DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

&&

$$

DGS

[shadowbird]

We just had a small band of showers with sleet mixed in move through the area just after a few minutes of sunshine.

Current temp 43 degrees F.

[Thundersnow]

And, it seems like it was just August the other day.

How fast things change.

The high temps we're seeing today (and yesterday) are more typical of average highs in January.

[Clay]

We just had a small band of showers with sleet mixed in move through the area just after a few minutes of sunshine.

Current temp 43 degrees F.

Wow! Impressive although not surprising.

[Clay]

Anyone notice how cool the Rim and Plateau was today? Cookeville's highs were in the lower 40s. Must have had thicker clouds.

[Adam]

it was only 45 degrees down here in lawrenceburg i was cold

[Clay]

Adam, Southern Middle TN may actually be a tad cooler than us up here in Northern Middle TN over the next few nights. You guys will be more directly under the center of high pressure meaning lighter winds, greater radiational cooling and thus slightly colder temps. Do you have a weather station or thermometer?

[dwagner88]

already down to 37.6, but the DP is 36, so I don't expect it to fall much further than that before morning. It looked and felt like it could snow all day today with temps in the lower and middle 40's and thick cloud cover.