Sunday, December 3, 2023
Sunday night special update coming this evening to discuss the week ahead, including our snow flurry chances!
Rain Moves Out, Wind Moves In
Showers have moved out this morning, leaving us with a decent finish to the weekend. Winds will increase this afternoon, with gusts to 25 mph possible. A weak disturbance will throw clouds across our skies for the first day of the new work week, with some of those clouds dropping a shower or two Monday morning. Partly cloudy skies will be with us for Tuesday, as clouds increase ahead of our next system. That system is a bit moisture starved, but it will bring a big temperature drop. As colder air blows in, any showers falling Tuesday night will change to snow showers/flurries by Wednesday morning. No accumulation is expected at this time. Thursday looks sunny and warmer.
Hazardous weather is not expected for the next five days.
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MM’s 5-Day Forecast
Yesterday’s Weather Statistics
Past 24 Hour Rainfall
While the heaviest rainfall fell just to our east this weekend, it generally fell where the drought is the worst. In fact, at one point a flood advisory was issued for the city of Knoxville.
On This Day
1926 – Yuma, Arizona, was soaked with 1.10 inch of rain, and by the 10th of the month had received 4.43 inches, making it the wettest December of record. The average annual rainfall for Yuma is 3.38 inches.
1991 – A very slow moving/stationary cold front finally moves east of the Cumberland Plateau, but not after dropping another quarter inch of rain on the plateau. That front brought three days of rainfall (some heavy) that left much of the plateau flooded and with over half a foot of water in the rain gauges!
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Drought Monitor
The Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday. The map below was updated on Thursday, November 30. This week’s rain helped, but we will likely remain in drought conditions for many weeks to come.
Current Snowfall Depth
Five-Day Jetstream Forecast
Jet streams are relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels (~30,000 feet) of the atmosphere. Jet streams follow the boundaries between hot and cold air. Brighter reds/purples/whites indicate faster winds. The map begins this morning at 6:00 and moves in six-hour increments.
An active pattern has developed and will continue for this week!
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