Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Knoxville, Tennessee
Posted by Ryan
It's the Philly-Knoxville express as we head from Pennsylvania's largest city to the Smokeys of eastern Tennessee. It's going to take us a day and a half to get there, covering 478 miles of the 625 on the first day of the trek. It's going to be a fairly slow drive thanks to the stretch between Philly and DC, and we'll only be covering ground at about 59.8mph. Let's go drivin'!
DAY ONE
The first leg of our journey will be delightful, save for the incumbent traffic in Philadelphia, Baltimore and DC, as temperatures should be in the low 70s and there won't be a bit of rain. A nice little ridge of high pressure is building into the Mid-Atlantic, but will also help pin some showers in the southern Appalachians. The threat for rain will pick up around Staunton, Virginia and will continue along with us right on down to the stop on our trip in Chilhowie, which is southwest of Roanoke. Isn't that hw it always is? It starts raining as soon as we hit mountains.
DAY TWO
A weak little area of low pressure will develop over southern Alabama and shift north to be parked between Huntsville and Chattanooga by the time we are ready to go on Monday. It will be extraordinarily wet for our short drive through the high country along the Virginia/Tennessee border. Somewhere on the order of 1-2 inches will fall around the Tri Cities just during our 3 hour drive. We'll finally make it to Knoxville, in need of an umbrella.
High pressure, high quality
Posted by Ryan
The weather in Knoxville was graciously dominated by high pressure the past two days. this meant sunny skies, and somewhat cool air, but that was thanks to elevation more than any real climactic shift. The forecast was easily handled by Accuweather.
Actuals: Wednesday - High 86, Low 65
Thursday - High 89, Low 64
Grade: A
Knoxville, Tennessee
Posted by Anthony
At 753PM EDT, the temperature in Knoxville was 80 degrees with a few clouds. A stationary front sitting over the Deep South over towards SC is keeping the vast majority of moisture and thunderstorm activity off to the south of TN. The tail end of a cold front is going to be moving through the OH and TN Valleys tomorrow, but really no precip is expected to develop along it farther south than Kentucky due to the limited moisture and the weakness of the front. As the front dissipates, high pressure pushing into the Central and Northern Plains will continue it's strong southeast push and make its way into the Great Lakes and Mid-MS Valley late Wednesday into Thursday. This will push the remnant boundary over the Deep South off into the Atlantic and Northern Gulf of Mexico. With the high pressure building nearly overhead on Thursday, more dry weather will ensue for Eastern TN and our Knoxville residents. All in all, a very nice midweek pattern!
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 87, Low 65.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, fewer clouds. High 87, Low 66.
NWS: Wednesday: AM fog, then mostly sunny. High 87, Low 64.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 86, Low 65.
AW: Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 86, Low 63.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, less humid. High 89, Low 66.
TWC: Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 87, Low 68.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 86, Low 69.
WB: Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 88, Low 63.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. High 86, Low 64.
Higher clouds representing showers and a few storms are found off towards the Southeast. Apparently, this will be the closest they get to Knoxville for the next couple of days.
