Author Archives: Mitchell Gaines

overnight update

Rain has changed to snow with temperatures falling below freezing. The heaviest precipitation currently is in a horseshoe from east of Nashville into Warren county then southwest to clarksville with a dry slot south of Nashville. This period of heaviest … Continue reading

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staying the course for now

We’ve seen the NWS go from a dusting after the issuance of this forecast to a winter storm watch for 4-6 inches back to the 2-4 forecasted here yesterday. That shows the uncertainty level with this storm. Tonight is a … Continue reading

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First forecast on accumulations for Tuesday-Wednesday

A low pressure system is expected to develop along the gulf coast states and ride northeast into the southeastern United States. After highs in the 40’s today with drizzle and fog lows tonight will be in the 30’s followed by … Continue reading

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9:00 pm update

The main Heavy snow band tonight has tracked further south than expected thus another holiday update. Snowfall rates have been up to an inch and hour within this period of heavy snow with reported totals of 1-1.5 inches from the … Continue reading

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11:00 am update

Temperatures have gone at or slightly above freezing this morning. Precipitation is moving in from the Missouri valley and should arrive in the region late this afternoon. With the temperatures near freezing and faster timing of the system this precipitation … Continue reading

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white christmas likely but not certain this year

Over the past few days modeling has been going back and forth on a phased or unphased storm for Saturday. If the storm is unphased the snow will be more disorganized and lighter across the region, if the storm were … Continue reading

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Will 2010 be a white christmas???

That is the question on the minds of many kids awaiting Christmas morning. A white christmas always adds a little extra for the holiday season and the pressure is on meteorologists to provide. Annually snowfall is only about 10 inches … Continue reading

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Outstanding preformance from WKU in UGA forecast contest

Over this fall term students in Dr.Durkee’s Synoptic class forecasted weather each day for cities across the country and competed with meteorology majors from the university of Georgia, northern Illinois university and Mississippi state university. Overall Lee Campbell a blog … Continue reading

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rainfall summary

Overall .27 inches of rain fell from the frontal passage Saturday night my COCORAHS site location. Temperatures during the day warmer into the 70’s ahead of the front on Saturday. Now the front has moved through with more seasonable fall … Continue reading

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Weekend forecast

1. A frontal boundary is moving through today overall the ridge should lead to a weaking trend with the shower activity. The best chance for showers should be in the late afternoon and evening with light rainfall amounts. highs should … Continue reading

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