1 November 2019
High Knob Massif
Majestic Rime & Snow Along Route 238
The second rime event of the 2019-20 winter season was a beauty as it featured feathery rime above the first coating of snow.
*The first rime event was minor at the summit level
and occurred into early hours of 17 October 2019.
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the size of originals, do not capture the true beauty of this event
nor, especially, the experience of being there personally.
1 November 2019
High Knob Massif
Majestic Rime Along Forest Service Route 238
of October 2019 ended with somewhat above average precipitation but well shy of the 9.40" total observed in October 2014 (the greatest October tally at Big Cherry Dam since recording began in 2007-08).
Monthly Total Precipitation
Big Cherry Lake Dam
(Elevation 3139 feet)
January
6.14"
February
12.50"
March
5.93"
April
6.64"
May
6.75"
June
10.68"
July
10.77"
August
4.15"
September
0.63"
October
5.01"
( 5.89" to Midnight 31st )
November
5.20"
( 7.04" to Midnight 30th )
3.76"
Summer 2019
(Jun 1-Aug 31)
25.60"
2019 Total: 78.16" (M)
(January 1 to December 5 Period)
Total Past 12-Months: 85.32" (M)
Total Past 12-Months: 85.32" (M)
(M): Some missing moisture in undercatch and frozen precipitation, with partial corrections applied for the 24.4 meter (80 feet) tall dam structure where rain gauges are located.
1 November 2019
High Knob Massif
Majestic Rime Along Forest Service Route 238
High Knob Massif
Majestic Rime Along Forest Service Route 238
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
Remnant Massif of High Knob Landform
Majestic Rime Along Forest Service 238
1 November 2019
Feathery Nature of Riming
1 November 2019
Light Rays Through Rime Coated Forest
1 November 2019
1 November 2019
Rime Along State Route 619
Remnant Massif of High Knob Landform
1 November 2019
Rime In Air, On Trees, With Breaking Clouds
1 November 2019
High Knob Massif
Rime Coated Northern Exposed Slopes
1 November 2019
Rime And Lingering Autumn Color
1 November 2019
Rime And Lingering Autumn Color
1 November 2019
Light Rays Through Rime Coated Forest
1 November 2019
Beautiful Rime Coated Forest
1 November 2019
Feathery Rime Along State Route 619
1 November 2019
Low-level Inversion Breaking
High Ridges Above Upper Norton Reservoir
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
the City of Norton.
1 November 2019
Above The Upper Norton Reservoir
Rime-capped Mountain Ridges of High Knob
1 November 2019
Beautiful Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Lower Section Of State Route 619 Near Norton
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Beautiful Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Lower Section Of State Route 619 Near Norton
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Bear Rock of High Knob Massif
Little Stony Creek Gorge of Clinch River
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Bear Rock Heath Barren
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
1 November 2019
Bear Rock Heath Barren
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Bear Rock Heath Barren
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
1 November 2019
Upper Tennessee River Basin
Upper Tennessee River Basin
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Upper Tennessee River Basin
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
1 November 2019
Little Stony Creek Gorge of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
Breaks Interstate Park
Lingering Late Season Color
Majestic Towers Formation
Late Season Color Across Breaks Gorge
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
Breaks Interstate Park
The Towers Rock Formation_Afternoon Light
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
9 November 2019
Breaks Interstate Park
Majestic Breaks Gorge_Russell Fork River
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
9 November 2019
Breaks Interstate Park
Majestic Light On The Towers Rock Formation
Photograph by Wayne Browning - © All Rights Reserved
(Winter Season 2019-20)
Morning of 12 November 2019
Eagle Knob of High Knob Massif (4196 Feet)
Blowing And Drifting Snow On Eagle Knob
Cody Blankenbecker Image - © All Rights Reserved
A general 4-5" of snow, with 6-10"+ drifts were observed into morning hours of 12 November, with additional upslope snow showers and light snow adding another 1-2" into early on 13 November.
A general 4-5" of snow, with 6-10"+ drifts were observed into morning hours of 12 November, with additional upslope snow showers and light snow adding another 1-2" into early on 13 November.
12 November 2019 at 5:02 PM
Upslope Snow Showers After System Snowfall
Courtesy Computer Science-Mathematics Department
An array of upslope snow showers continued through the day in wake of system snow, with most significant additional accumulations being along and to the north and northwest of the High Knob Massif and Tennessee Valley Divide.
12 November 2019
GOES-16 Visible Image At 1351 UTC
A distinct baroclinic cloud shield was observed on GOES-16 imagery, which produced the bulk of snowfall across the mountain region. Great Lake streamers, with bitterly cold air moving over the relatively warm water, became more distinct against clear skies and snow covered ground along and north of the Ohio River.
12 November 2019
GOES-16 Visible Image At 1631 UTC
Storm Snowfall Totals
12-13 November 2019
Clintwood 1 W: 2.7"
( 2-3" ground depths / 0.30" total )
Norton Water Plant: 3.9"
( 3-4" ground depths / 0.71" total )
Jonesville 3.1 WSW: 4.0"
( 4" ground depth )
Nora 4 SSE: 4.2"
( 3" mean depth / 0.47" total )
High Chaparral of High Knob: 5.0"
( 4-5" ground depths )
Eagle Knob of High Knob: 6.0"
( bare ground to 6-10"+ drifts )
72-Hour Change In Conditions
Black Mountain Mesonet Site_Elevation 4039 Ft
*The lack of snow across Lee County, along and to the southeast of the Cumberland-Stone Mountain ridge of the Tennessee Valley Divide, is a very well documented and studied part of local climatology which extends into the Big Stone Gap area of southwestern Wise County. If significant snow falls in this corridor of the High Knob Landform then it typically must have, as I have always taught, a SW component within at least one or more levels of the atmosphere (the main exception being huge storms that overwhelm the orographics to generate heavy snow on other air flow trajectories due to strong dynamical and/or thermodynamical forcing).
13 November 2019
Copernicus Landsat Image
From Long Island & Atlantic Streams To The Southern Appalachians
Interesting features are often visible in wake of these systems, especially now with modern satellite imagery that yields an often spectacular look at planet Earth.
13 November 2019
Copernicus Landsat Image _Southern Appalachians
24 November 2019
Elevation 3300 feet
Elevation 3300 feet
High Chaparral of High Knob Massif
Photograph by Joe & Darlene Fields - © All Rights Reserved
Sticking snow was elevation biased during this pre-thanksgiving event, with a dusting to 1" above 2200 feet in locations along and north of the High Knob Massif. Locally up to 2" was reported on Roan Mountain, Tn.
24 November 2019
Elevation 2550 feet
Dusting Of Snow In Wise
Computer Science-Mathematics Department
Clouds were slow to break and actually did not break
at all in locations southwest and south of the High Knob Massif where a low-level inversion was forming (*).
*Localized breaks were due to leeward sinking.
The high country of the massif, as well as other elevated locations such as the Great Smokies, cleared during the afternoon (clearing lasted for only part of the afternoon in the High Knob Massf).
at all in locations southwest and south of the High Knob Massif where a low-level inversion was forming (*).
*Localized breaks were due to leeward sinking.
The high country of the massif, as well as other elevated locations such as the Great Smokies, cleared during the afternoon (clearing lasted for only part of the afternoon in the High Knob Massf).
24 November 2019
An Active Sunday Afternoon
Courtesy of GOES-16
24 November 2019
Kelvin-Helmhotz Clouds At Inversion Interface
Computer Science-Mathematics Department
25 November 2019 at 1351 UTC
Freezing Fog In Southern Appalachians
The setting changed from the primary freezing fog being associated
with orographic clouds at highest elevations through evening hours of
24 November to radiational fog formation in the overnight-predawn
of 25 November.
25 November 2019
After Some Fog Had Dissipated
Visible Image Courtesy of GOES-16
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