ALERT For The Potential Of More Heavy Rain With A Strong-Severe Thunderstorm Potential Saturday Afternoon Into Saturday Evening
*A upper-level low will spread waves of rain and thunderstorms across the mountains during Saturday afternoon into Saturday night.
Interactive 500 MB Flow Field_USA
*Strong rises will occur on streams in locations that receive heavy rainfall, especially in places impacted by a general 1.00″ to 2.00″ of rain during 23-24 April.
*Turning much colder Sunday with strong SW winds and wrap-around showers. Temperatures will fall into the 40s in locations along southwest to west of the High Knob Massif and Tennessee Valley Divide. Low cloud bases with dense fog at upper elevations, possibly dropping through middle into lower elevations.
Interactive 850 MB Flow Field_USA
*Expect cold air with low cloud bases late Sunday into early Monday. A chance of showers, with possible high elevation snow showers or mixed precipitation.
Conditions_Lonesome Pine Airport In Wise
A dense fog potential will need to be monitored for locations along and north-northwest of the High Knob Massif-Tennessee Valley Divide on upsloping northerly flow late Sunday into early Monday.
Another Double Digit Precipitation Month
It is very likely that precip totals for April will once again break the double digit barrier this weekend, marking the third consecutive month (if using a Midnight-Midnight format) to reach massive amounts in the High Knob Massif.
Mid-Spring 2020_High Knob Massif
Precipitation totals for 2020 are presently around 40.00″ in wetter portions of the High Knob Massif, and April is not complete yet.