Winter Weather - New Years Eve?

[beth]

They must be expecting a little something slippery here in Dickson for the morning.  They have brine down on our main road, Hwy 46. 

[Curt]

Well even for the cooler areas of the metro the cloudcover and increasing Southeasterly flow/WAA should keep the metro safe from any problems...provided both occur. I think MEG was too far south with their depiction of I-40 for potential accumulations this morning...but the new updates showing a Harrisburrg AR to Paris TN line north as a boundary seems right on...

No I agree not a big deal anywhere. I just love the fact that KMEM outperforms the entire area when it comes to warmer temps in the winter. I think its warmer than Tunica and Helena.

[Curt]

Changover occurring in the DFW Metroplex. I love it that Dallas, OKC, adn Tulsa can rack up another 2 inches while we struggle to even get a flurry in the forecast. And, yes I am getting bitter, even over scraps like this one.

[Charles L.]

Changover occurring in the DFW Metroplex. I love it that Dallas, OKC, adn Tulsa can rack up another 2 inches while we struggle to even get a flurry in the forecast. And, yes I am getting bitter, even over scraps like this one.

And you aren't the only one. haha I am still trying to keep a positive look on things cause this winter has great potential, but it is unnerving to see Dallas already have two winter events and we have had virtually nil.

[Curt]

I love the fact the precip struggles to reach TN on the 18z (while it reaches MS and AR with no problem), just until 850 temps get warm enough for all rain. Geez, throw me some kind of bone here!

[Curt]

I love the good ole" "North of a Wynne to Paris line":

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT SLEET WITH VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY
NORTH OF A WYNNE ARKANSAS TO PARIS TENNESSEE LINE. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS.

I really need to lay off for a few days and take some happy medicine.

[Kevin]

I love the good ole" "North of a Wynne to Paris line":

I really need to lay off for a few days and take some happy medicine.

LOL.

Perhaps the only thing sadder...is that less than a tenth of an inch of snow/sleet really warrants a winter weather advisory....

[jmundie]

Kevin

does anyone at nws in Memphis have any idea why we can't get our typical overrunning events that we got all through the nineties? Every winter I remember in Memphis the question during winter storms was more a freezing rain and sleet or snow rather than a frozen/not frozen debate. Used to it seems (and my memory may be failing at 25) but your north Mississippi and Alabama areas would get a mixed bag of precip and te northern portions of tenn Arkansas missou and ky would get snow with Memphis and i40 settingup that dividing line. But the last event I remember like that was in the early 2000s. Is there some factor that's increasing waa into our region? Just doesn't make sense. The only explanation I can come up with is a warmer gulf of mexico...

[Nashville_wx]

  For the next couple days.

[Kevin]

Kevin

does anyone at nws in Memphis have any idea why we can't get our typical overrunning events that we got all through the nineties? Every winter I remember in Memphis the question during winter storms was more a freezing rain and sleet or snow rather than a frozen/not frozen debate. Used to it seems (and my memory may be failing at 25) but your north Mississippi and Alabama areas would get a mixed bag of precip and te northern portions of tenn Arkansas missou and ky would get snow with Memphis and i40 settingup that dividing line. But the last event I remember like that was in the early 2000s. Is there some factor that's increasing waa into our region? Just doesn't make sense. The only explanation I can come up with is a warmer gulf of mexico...

I'm not sure what the NWS Memphis may be thinking but I don't have anything solid to pass along...

[Chelsea in Tn]

Kevin

does anyone at nws in Memphis have any idea why we can't get our typical overrunning events that we got all through the nineties? Every winter I remember in Memphis the question during winter storms was more a freezing rain and sleet or snow rather than a frozen/not frozen debate. Used to it seems (and my memory may be failing at 25) but your north Mississippi and Alabama areas would get a mixed bag of precip and te northern portions of tenn Arkansas missou and ky would get snow with Memphis and i40 settingup that dividing line. But the last event I remember like that was in the early 2000s. Is there some factor that's increasing waa into our region? Just doesn't make sense. The only explanation I can come up with is a warmer gulf of mexico...

It is global warming  Just ask Al Gore....

[Snowmachine]

Guess thats why Texas keeps getting SNOW!

[jmundie]

Regardless of ones opinion on agw, it's clear thy ocean temperatures have risen significantly over the last 20 years. I've just got to believe it's contributed to lack of midsouth snow and ice storms, cause that's where the warm air in waa comes from; the gulf.

In Texas, the low is pulling in air from the mountains in Mexico, warmer, but certainly not as warm as the 70+ degree bathwater in the gulf, plus it doesn't take much northwest flow off of the mountains to pull in cold air, at least aloft.

Tennessee has got to be the worst place to be for snow as long as we've got warmer oceans.

[Snowmachine]

That make since to me.

[Curt]

Tennessee has got to be the worst place to be for snow as long as we've got warmer oceans.

However its kind of strange that Hattiesburg and South MS keep cashing in year after year. Ther are worse places to be. Try Birmingham AL for starters where only 5 inches of snow has fallen in this decade. Yikes!