Wednesday, July 2, 2014

June 2014: Wet & Mild In High Knob Massif


June 29, 2014 at 6:50 PM
Along the Tennessee Valley Divide
Majestic Double Rainbow Across Highlands
Photograph by Wayne Riner - © All Rights Reserved.


My friend & photographer Wayne Riner captured both ends of a majestic, double rainbow arched across highlands of the Tennessee Valley Divide amid waning hours of June 2014.

June 29, 2014
The Other Side of Majestic Double Bows
Photograph by Wayne Riner - © All Rights Reserved.


Climate Statistics
For June 2014

( Lower Elevations of Russell Fork Basin )
Clintwood 1 W - Elevation 1560 feet
Average Daily MAX: 80.5 degrees
Average Daily MIN: 57.8 degrees
MEAN: 69.2 degrees
Highest Temperature: 86 degrees
Lowest Temperature: 49 degrees
June Rainfall: 6.08"
May-June Rain: 10.86"
2014 Precipitation: 23.58"
( -1.01" below 1981-2010 average )

( Northern Base of High Knob Massif )
City of Norton - Elevation 2141 feet
Average Daily MAX: 79.6 degrees
Average Daily MIN: 56.0 degrees
MEAN: 67.8 degrees
Highest Temperature: 85 degrees
Lowest Temperature: 47 degrees
June Rainfall: 4.08"
May-June Rain: 9.13"
2014 Precipitation: 24.70"
( -6.28" below 1983-2013 average )

( Along the Tennessee Valley Divide )
Nora 4 SSE - Elevation 2650 feet
Average Daily MAX: 78.5 degrees
Average Daily MIN: 62.4 degrees
MEAN: 70.4 degrees
Highest Temperature: 86 degrees
Lowest Temperature: 55 degrees
June Rainfall: 5.23"
May-June Rain: 9.19"
2014 Precipitation: 20.94"

Average June temps in the High Knob Massif varied from around 70 degrees by day at the summit level to 50s at night ( lower to middle 50s in cooler valleys of middle-upper elevation basins ).

Abundant June rains fell across much of the 
High Knob Massif area, but with notable pockets of relative dryness.  Extremes varied from 2.00-3.00" in the Duffield Valley, at the far southwestern edge of the massif, to 8.00-10.00" across central-eastern sections of the massif amid communities such as High Chaparral, Robinson Knob, Moore Knob, 
Flat Gap, Flatwoods, and the Town of Coeburn.

The City of Norton found itself within a relative dry pocket with 4.08" of June rainfall being nearly an inch below the 5.04" average observed during the past 31 years.  This increased the 2014 deficit to -6.28" at the Norton Water Plant.

Specific June Rainfall Totals

City of Norton Water Plant: 4.08"
( NWS 8" Rain Gauge )

Town of Appalachia: 4.28"
( TVA Automated Gauge )

Big Stone Gap Water Plant: 4.83"
( NWS 4" Rain Gauge )

Big Cherry Dam: 5.07"
( NWS 4" Rain Gauge )

Nora 4 SSE: 5.23"
( NWS 8" Rain Gauge )

Appalachia Lake Water Plant: 5.65"
( NWS 4" Rain Gauge )

Little Stone Mountain: 5.92"
( VDOT Automated Gauge )

Clintwood 1 W: 6.08"
( NWS 8" Rain Gauge )

Coeburn Filter Plant: 6.18"
( NWS 4" Rain Gauge )

( 6.2 air miles NNE Gate City )
Fort Blackmore 4 SE: 6.90"
( NWS 4" Rain Gauge )

Upper Norton Reservoir: 7.62"
( City of Norton Rain Gauge )

Lower Norton Reservoir: 7.94"
( City of Norton Rain Gauge )

Town of Coeburn: 8.36"
( TVA Automated Gauge )


High Knob Massif Webcam
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Showers & Thunderstorms
June 29, 2014

June 29, 2014 at 4:03 PM
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Development Of Gust Front
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