TENNESSEE FLOODING
The Cumberland River at Nashville has fallen faster in the last 24 hours and is now almost seven feet below flood stage. The stage early today was 33.3 feet, a drop of 9.2 feet in the last 24 hours. Flood stage is 40 feet. At Clarksville, NW of Nashville, the Cumberland was just under 53 feet this morning a fall of 4.5 feet in the last 24 hours. Flood stage is 46 feet so the river was still seven feet above flood stage,
SEVERE WEATHER
The SPC (Storm Prediction Center) continues a “slight risk” this afternoon and tonight all the way from North Louisiana and the NW half of Mississippi, across the SE half of Arkansas and the west 2/3 of Tennessee northeastward to Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, South Lower Michigan, West half of Pennsylvania into Western New York. Within that slight risk area is an enhanced “moderate risk” for North and Central Ohio and Extreme NE Indiana.
USA EXTREMES/LOWER 48 STATES
104 yesterday at Pecos, in West Texas
Zero, zip, nothing this morning at Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park (or Jellystone National Park as Yogi Bear would say.) Yes, I used to watch that every time I got a chance!
ALASKA EXTREMES
60 in Fairbanks yesterday afternoon
8 below zero this AM at Barrow on the North Coast
SNOW NOTES
10.2% of the Lower 48 with a snow cover this morning. about 7% yesterday.
17 inches of new snow at Mystic Lake, Montana.
13 inches of new snow at Red Lodge, Montana
10 inches of new snow at Big Timber, Montana
288 inches total depth at Alpine Meadows, Calif.
