weather

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
902 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006

VAZ003-004-071715-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT
902 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006

9 AM UNTIL 3 PM...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL
NOON...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY NOON THROUGH 3 PM. LITTLE OR NO
SNOW ACCUMULATION. MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
3 PM TO 9 PM...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH 6 PM...
THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 9 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATION
AROUND AN INCH. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW
70 PERCENT.

I wish it would snow a foot!

Snow probably won't be the concern this time around (accumulations will most likely be light and mainly be confined to higher elevations anyway). However, temperatures will fall into the teens and single digits tonight and into tomorrow morning with wind chills possibly dropping below zero. Some places, especially higher elevations, may see wind chills from 0 to 10 below zero.

be sure to bring your pets in

It's snowing in Berea right now-and sticking.

snowing in Norton and sticking on the ground

Wise County Schools on Snow Schedule for Friday (90 minute delay).

I wonder if Norton is on delay tommorrow if they will even have school. If they are on a 2 hour delay school won't start until around 10:30 and they are only going a half day tommorrow anyway. So they would only be at school for 2 hours, that would be pointless.

What about the Pep ralley?

Where did you hear this?

http://wcyb.com/school/default.asp

and

http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tr.../closings.html


I figure most schools will be even if it doesn't snow with the cold temps expected.

By the way, good advice there Starbuck, that's something some people don't think about in weather like this.

Wind chill Advisories out now....



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
214 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006

...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LOWER WIND CHILL READINGS TO BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN A COLD AIRMASS OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AREAWIDE WITH SINGLE DIGIT READINGS
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE
STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM ZERO TO
10 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-080315-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WC.Y.0001.061208T0500Z-061208T1500Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...JONESVILLE...
WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
214 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM EST FRIDAY.

WIND CHILL READINGS RANGING FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS

last i heard, wise county was on a 90 min. delay tomorrow

road in front of my house here in Norton is turning white

Just talked to someone in Lee County, they said people are a few wrecks there. Roads are real icy, and some of the bridges are extremely bad.

Drive careful out there.

Here in Johnson City I actually seen a little dusting of snow on the ground in a few places, that must be a frist lol.

Have about 1/2" of fine white powder in south Coeburn.

And I'm not talking about blow.

[ QUOTE ]
Have about 1/2" of fine white powder in south Coeburn.

And I'm not talking about blow.

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Here where I live (right below Riverview) it has slowed down a bit but I'd say there's about 1 inch on my porch, and around 1/2-1 inch in my yard.

I have a feeling it'll catch back up here in a bit, since it always seems to start and then stop every now and then.

I couldn't make the one mile drive to get to walmart this evening at about 5:00. The roads were way too slick and the majority of the traffic didn't know how to drive in it. I know how to drive in inclement weather - and I knew to turn it around and go home.

Apparently VDOT didn't anticipate any of this or they'd have put down some salt or ash beforehand.

http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/eoc-main.asp

I passed a couple of VDOT trucks on the way in to work laying some down on the four-lanes. Of course with the budget cuts, they now are not supposed to work on "secondary roads". It will only get worse in the coming years when all of it will be contracted out I am afraid.

That crossed my mind - I just didn't want to accept that it's true. lol

23 from Pound to Wise was backed up forever. 2 different wrecks. Guessing we have a lot of black ice.

Here's one for you.


ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN- JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN- PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN- HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY- OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY- HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY- NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY- LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY- METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER... MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM... LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA... TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG... VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS... CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND... MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 840 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006
...COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

AS AN AREA OF STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST...THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TEMPERATURES AND WINDS OF 5 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 5 ABOVE ZERO BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING.

THIS VERY COLD WEATHER WILL ALSO PUSH THE LIVESTOCK COLD STRESS INTO THE DANGER AND EMERGENCY CATEGORY. LIVESTOCK OWNERS SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING SENSITIVE LIVESTOCK INTO A PLACE OF SHELTER DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. RESIDENTS WITH OUTDOOR FAMILY PETS SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER BRINGING THEIR PET INDOORS OVERNIGHT. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...ENSURE THAT YOUR PET HAS A WARM AND SHELTERED AREA TO GO TO OVERNIGHT.