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We need your pictures, and articles, you don't need to know HTML or other computer skills, submit your articles via email and we will post it here! As long as you know how to e-mail we can handle the rest..

Our goal is to get information out as easily as possible

 

Also you will get full credit with your name on the article just like you would in a magazine.

 

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We are needing a team of gauge checkers to help give us accurate readings for the flowpage. It's close but we want perfect. Please check the Forum Section

 
 

 

 
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This a very busy page; give yourself time to learn all the information available here before a rain event.  If you learn the inputs which created the flowpage, and use the maps in the other section of this site . You can become your own weatherman by using this page ...you will get more boating in...too much information is not a problem when you need to decide where to boat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Here are some links to help you figure out where the rain fell to help you make an informed decision on where to go boat. Even if it's not on the ridge.

 

 

Rain Gages:

 

Please check our flowpage first we have a ton on it!

 

We have statewide gages on it.

 

 

 

 

Okay here is my favorite it's from Channel 9 News and it uses Weather Bug readings from the local schools, with it and the flowpage You can be 90% on what's running. Click on the Green dots to see where it rained

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

 Click Here or on the picture below

 

                                           

So after that you can tell by the next window to see where the hourly rain fell.

 

 

Click on the picture or CLICK HERE It has downloadable map also.

 

"Hourly Gridded Rainfall" It is in beta and needs to be clicked so they will fund the project. It's not your Grandfathers radar. Once learned you can really get runs dialed in.

 

                                                                http://www.spamula.net/blog/2006/08/into_the_wood.html

 

                                                          NOAA HOURLY RAINFALL MAP

 

                Special thanks to Phil Foti for finding this gem and the GUI interface below

 

 

This a GUI Interface that can forecast for a large area, it can also be dialed in for whatever days are desired to be predicted: It comes directly from NOAA.

 

 

 

 

Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
Day 1 Days 1-2 5-day Total
Day 2 Days 1-3
Day 3 Days 4-5

Loop of 6-hourly or 24-hourly Forecasts for Days 1-3

View 12-Hour QPFs for Days 1-3



24 Hour Precipitation Total - Day 1

Day 1 QPF
Day 1 QPF
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6 Hourly Precipitation Amounts - Day 1

Update (00-06 hr QPF) UCellphonete (00-06 hr)
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06-12 hr QPF 06-12 hr.
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12-18 hr QPF 12-18 hr.
[contours only]
18-24 hr QPF
18-24 hr.
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24-30 hr QPF
24-30 hr.
[contours only]
 

 

 

 

To see more of the GUI information click here.

 

 

 

County Related Rainfall:

 

 

 

 

Here is another weather related map that is based on counties CLICK  HERE

 

 

 

 

 

         Related Weather Maps from Intellicast (click on the pictures)

 

                       Current Surface Analysis       Daily Precipitation      Interactive Map           

                 Surface Analysis           Daily Precip       Interactive Map (BETA)

           National Infrared Satellite        Radar Summary     Severe Outlook Today

                 Infrared Satellite         Radar Summary    Severe Weather Outlook

 

          Forecast Radar        Today's Forecast      Current Radar

           Forecast Radar          Today's Forecast      Current Radar

 

 

 

 

 

             Here is a another great site , click on either logo ( www.afws.net)

 

National Weather Service LinkNOAA Link

 

 

 

 

 

      Weather Forecast Maps

 

       (another place to check for predicted rainfall)

 

 

Here is the NOAA website, this is good link to see the rainfall map Click Here or on the picture below.

 

 

 

                        Below is an example of theNOAA rainfall map

 

 

                             Click on the picture below to go to their site.

 

 

 

 

                              

 

Here is the Unisys Model I like to compare the NOAA model to Unisys model to get a good baseline, and then to use my own judgment on how much rain we will get.

                                           Click on the picture below to go to their site.

                                   4 Panel NAM SL Pres/Prec Plot

 

 


Click Image to Select

National Weather Service

Other links to Forecast Weather Maps

 

 Intellicast is hard to beat on it's radar summary to see it Click Here or the picture below.

                                                 Below is an example of the summary                          

                                     Current Radar in United States region

 

 The ole standby the weather channel is hard to beat, to be quick and dirty and you want to use the zip code  37367 , it's for Pikeville, but it shows the true temperature for what the mountain really is. No more surprises. Click on the picture or the link, the zip code has been preset Click Here  or on the logo

                                                   The Weather Channel

 

  Okay tech geeks! This is a better NOAA page that has script written into it to perform automatic uCellphonetes!  So you get to see a running total, this is brilliant!   Click Here

 

 

                                                       RADAR IMAGES
                                                                  Click Images to Enlarge


 

 

Current Weather Conditions
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Regional Data Plots


Surface Streamlines

 

Text Information

[NOAA] IWIN:

Latest Station Observations:

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Click Image to Animate

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Severe Weather
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Miscellaneous Weather Information
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  • CNN - World-wide Weather Maps and Images
  • WMO - World Weather Information Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

                 

***Warning label***

Whitewater paddling is VERY Dangerous, and you should get instruction before ever attempting even to paddle flatwater. One of contributors to this web site has personally helped bury 3 kayaking friends, this isn't a joke. Whitewater paddling can ruin your life through accidents and can effect your family and friends throughout a lifetime.

The information on this page is incomplete, inaccurate, and very unreliable.   Use with caution.  Whitewater paddling is a dangerous sport and the information here is not a substitute for actual knowledge and skill.  The authors are not liable for your actions. Go ahead and kill yourself if you want to, but don't blame others for you actions and decisions that you will make on and off the river.

***Warning label***

 

 

Our hemlocks are dying on the ridge due to the woolly adelgid infestation. You can find out more at the Save Our Hemlocks website: http://www.saveourhemlocks.org/

 

To learn even more click here

 

The Picture below is depressing to say the least...

 

 

 

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Picture courtesy of KnoxNews.com

 

 

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