Category: snow


  • More than a dusting…

    Another quick update to the blog as snow has fallen, at times at a pretty good clip, for a couple of hours this morning beginning around 7:15am. The flakes were huge and were coming down fast enough to start sticking to roads, sidewalks, and the thich grass. On my drive to work, there were many…

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  • A dusting of snow in Memphis

    Just wanted to make a quick posting to report the dusting of snow we received this morning around 6am and it is now falling again at 7:15am. We’ve had a 10% chance of flurries several times in the past week and finally got some! Maybe this will be the extent of our snow for this…

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  • Chances of a White Christmas in Memphis

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    So, what are the historical chances of a white Christmas in Memphis? Good of you to ask! The average high temperature on Christmas Day in Memphis is 50 degrees, while the average low is 33. The only Christmas in recorded history (since 1872) that measurable snow fell ON Christmas Day was 3.5″ in 1913! A…

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  • Snow in the Deep South!

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    A strong, and still developing, low pressure system headed northeast across AL this morning is dragging in very cold air on it’s back side, producing SNOW for portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and even Louisiana! Check out the traffic cam image from I-610/I-10 in New Orleans about 9:30 this morning! Yes, that is New Orleans! The…

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  • Gullywasher yesterday… and what about the snow?

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    Two weather topics on everyone’s mind today… the rainfall totals from yesterday and the snow potential for tonight. #1. Wow, what a rain! Check out the map below for a look at 24-hour precipitation reports from this morning for the eastern U.S. Note the 1.5-5″+ totals across the Mid-South, Tennessee Valley, and lower Mississippi Valley.…

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  • Snow? What snow?

    It seems appropriate to borrow a portion of a line from the late super-voice of the Memphis Grizzlies, Don Poier: “Only in … Memphis.” I’m referring of course to the recent snowfall (or lack thereof in certain areas of the Mid-South). Reports from across the region, including Jonesboro, Jackson, Nashville, Crossville, north Alabama (!), and…

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  • StormView Radar detects first snow flurries!

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    Looks like the snow flurries missed most of Memphis proper as temps hung out near 36-37, but according to StormView radar, light snow flurries were falling at 6:20 this morning across a decent portion of West TN and extreme northeast MS. The airport in Jackson, TN was reporting snow flurries and 34 degrees at the…

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