Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 12

Todays Weather Page 12A Thursday January 30 1986 Bristol Herald CourierVirginia Tennessean Temperatures on left indicate previous day's high and over night low to 8 am EST Wednesday's temperatures and outlook and today's temperatures and outlook are in the right columns Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi LoPrc Hi LoOtlk Hi Lo Otlk Albany 16 02 20 07 an 24 05 cdy Albuquerque 64 30 66 28 clr 62 28 clr Anchorage 27 22 28 18 cdy 28 22 cdy Asheville 21 14 50 20 cdy 45 24 clr Atlanta 36 27 54 29 cdy 52 32 clr Atlantic City 20 02 27 17 sn 30 24 clr Baltimore 21 09 25 16 sn 33 21 clr Birmingham 45 37 60 28 cdy 52 31 clr Boise 40 32 10 42 34 rn 45 32 rn Boston 33 13 02 25 20 cdy 27 17 sn Buffalo 12 07 02 21 08 sn 23 13 cdy Casper 52 23 48 32 cdy 53 29 clr Charleston SC 34 31 60 35 cdy 50 29 clr Charleston WV 30 15 02 37 17 sn 33 17 cdy Charlotte NC 26 20 50 25 cdy 47 27 clr Cheyenne 60 24 49 28 clr 59 29 clr Chicago 18 17 06 20 05 cdy 23 16 clr Cincinnati 25 16 27 05 cdy 27 18 clr Cleveland 09 07 02 21 05 an 20 12 clr Columbia SC 31 20 57 30 cdy 54 23 clr Columbus Oh 17 15 26 06 sn 23 15 clr Dallas Worth 72 43 68 36 clr 65 42 clr Dayton 17 16 02 24 04 sn 25 16 clr Denver 65 27 55 30 cdy 65 30 clr Dee Moines 38 12 24 13 cdy 33 24 clr Detroit 14 13 07 21 05 an 23 14 cdy Duluth 06 03 01 07 07 cdy 12 05 cdy airbanks 00 24 08 20 clr 02 15 clr argo 10 03 03 08 03 cdy 16 08 cdy lagstaff 63 23 60 28 clr 54 34 cdy Greensboro NC 23 05 42 23 cdy 42 23 clr Hartford 19 07 02 21 12 an 26 10 sn Helena 45 22 35 25 cdy 38 20 sn Honolulu 81 63 82 61 clr 82 60 clr Houston 70 58 75 45 cdy 59 42 clr Indianapolis 21 18 32 08 cdy 29 24 cdy Jackson Ms 59 20 66 32 cdy 55 33 clr Jacksonville 42 29 64 42 clr 60 35 cdy Kansas City 48 30 35 21 cdy 39 27 cdy Las Vegas 68 42 66 44 cdy 63 41 cdy Little Rock 59 42 63 30 cdy 51 39 clr Los Angeles 80 55 72 53 rn 66 52 cdy Louisville 23 22 01 40 15 cdy 34 22 clr Memphis 54 46 61 27 cdy 50 36 clr Miami Beach 55 48 69 54 clr 73 58 clr Milwaukee 19 16 12 20 03 cdy 23 14 cdy Mpls StPaul 15 07 08 12 02 cdy 19 14 cdy Nashville 35 31 53 18 cdy 46 24 clr New Orleans 51 44 70 48 cdy 63 43 clr New York 23 14 25 19 sn 29 19 clr Norfolk Va 24 18 36 24 cdy 36 26 clr Oklahoma City 69 40 58 29 clr 68 37 clr Omaha 47 15 25 13 cdy 44 28 cdy Orlando 45 31 67 47 clr 69 46 clr Philadelphia 20 09 24 16 sn 28 19 clr Phoenix 79 53 80 54 clr 78 57 cdy Pittsburgh 10 02 26 12 sn 24 18 clr Portland Me 33 09 01 21 09 cdy 25 06 cdy Portland Or 47 40 03 48 37 rn 49 40 rn Providence 21 12 24 20 cdy 28 13 an Raleigh 24 18 45 25 cdy 43 24 clr Richmond 24 16 32 20 cdy 36 25 clr Sacramento 60 53 06 58 50 rn 58 51 rn St Louis 36 34 40 17 cdy 37 27 cdy St Pete Tampa 50 33 65 49 clr 68 48 clr Salt Lake City 36 28 44 34 cdy 44 34 rn San Diego 71 48 68 55 rn 66 54 cdy San rancisco 61 58 62 54 rn 58 52 rn Seattle 46 43 04 51 42 rn 51 42 rn Shreveport 67 51 68 38 cdy 60 40 clr Spokane 34 30 10 34 32 rn 37 32 rn Syracuse 14 09 01 21 07 sn 23 10 cdy Topeka 54 30 40 22 cdy 46 29 clr Tucson 80 47 80 46 clr 75 50 cdy Tulsa 67 40 55 28 cdy 66 37 clr Washington DC 23 14 27 19 sn 34 23 clr Weather information for the Mountain Empire region is fur nished by the NOAA weather office at the Tri City Regional Air port A 24 hour weather report is broadcast daily on 16255 on the VH band of radios specially equipped around the nation Thursday January 30 1986 40 0 0 Showers ronts: Cold Occluded Stationary A storm blasting across the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley spread light snow and gusty winds Wednes day across the Midwest while freezing temperatures hit lorida Snow ranged from the Dakotas to Wis consin and northern Illinois and from Michigan to Ohio and Kentucky Winds up to 35 mph dropped wind chills Into the 20 below to 40 below zero range in the northern Plains Elsewhere western New York had snow and blowing snow Snow prompted travelers' advisories were posted for west ern Maryland northwest Virginia and north central New York near Lake Ontario A storm off the northern Pacific Coast spread light rain from northern California to western Oregon and Washington while freezing rain pelted southeast Idaho Early morning temperatures in the Southeast were in the 20s to 30s as cold air held its grip on the region Highflow Yuma Ariz High340 Wednesday's highlow st Tri City Airport Saranac Lake 1 closer to home in Virginia Zones 16 Today: Partly sunny Highs near 30 Tonight: air Lows 15 20 Today: Partly sunny Highs 35 40 Zones 14 13 12 11 Today: Partly Clear Lows 20 25 riday: Mostly sunny Highs 40 45 Zones 4 2 1: Some morning cloudi ness otherwise mostly sunny and windy Highs mid to upper 30s Tonight: Clear Lows 20 25 riday: Sunny Highs 40 45 7 in Tennessee elsewhere NORTH CAROLINA: Skies should be mostly sunny today with breezy winds Highs across the state will mostly be in the 40s air skies but cold temperatures are forecast for tonight Low temperatures will be mostly in the 20s but ranging from the teens in the northern mountains to the 30s along the coast WEST VIRGINIA: Mostly sunny skies are expected for today with high tempera tures ranging from 25 to 35 degrees air skies are expected for tonight with lows mostly in the teens but around 20 in some portions of the state Zone Today: Decreasing cloudiness with a high in the mid30s Wind northwest 5 to 10 mph Tonight and riday: air Low tonight in the mid teens and high riday near 50 Zones 2 4 Today: Partly cloudy with a high in the lower 40s Wind northeast 5 to 10 mph Tonight and riday: air Low in the upper teens High riday in the lower 50s Zones 3 Today: air with a high in the mid 40s Wind northeast 5 mph To night and riday: air Low tonight will be in the lower 20s and high riday in the mid 50s Zones 7 8 9 10 Today: air with a high in the mid 40s Wind variable 5 to 10 mph Tonight and riday: air with the low tonight in the mid 20s High riday in the mid 50s Zones 12 13 14 Today: Sunny skies with high in the lower 50s Wind southeast 5 to 10 mph Tonight and riday: air skies with the low tonight in the mid 30s and high riday near 60 sunny Highs 25 30 Tonight: air Lows mid teens riday: Partly sunny Highs 35 40 Zones 10 Today: Partly sunny Highs 30 35 Tonight: air Lows 15 20 ri day: Partly sunny Highs 35 40 Zones 9 Today: Mostly sunny Highs mid 30s Tonight: Clear Lows 15 20 riday: Partly sunny Highs mid 40s Zones 8 7 Today: Some morning cloudiness otherwise mostly sunny and windy Highs mid to upper 30s Tonight: 7'7 Jf' 1 cxl jf 0 (k 1 feS i 2 I ft A I 3 I i Jr 6 i5 13 7 pTf 3 Extended outlook The extended forecast for Virginia riday through Sunday calls for sunny skies riday Partly cloudy Saturday A chance of rain or snow in the north and rain in the south Sunday Lows in the 20s Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s riday and Saturday and 40s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast Sunday orecast tempera tures will be about 10 degrees colder in the moun tains The extended forecast for Tennessee for the weekend calls for partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain Lows will rise to 40s by Sunday Highs should be in the 50s Ski report Appalachian Ski Mountain 33 inch base 6 inches of new nat ural snow 10 inches new ma chine made snow 7 slopes open powder primary surface packed powder secondary surface night skiing Ober Gatlinburg 24 to 36 inch base 8 inches of new natu ral snow some new machine made snow 10 slopes open packed powder primary surface powder secondary night skiing Ski Beech 25 to 50 inch base 6 inches of new natural snow 12 slopes open powder primary surface packed powder second ary surface night skiing Sugar Mountain 45 to 69 inch base 7 inches of new natu ral snow some new machine made 17 slopes open powder surface night skiing Wolf Laurel 32 to 42 inch base 10 inches of new natural snow 2 inches of new machine made snow 10 slopes open pow der primary surface hard packed powder face night skiing acts Sunset today will be at 5:53 Sunrise riday will be at 7:33 Temperature at 5 pm Wednesday was 34 Humidity at 5 pm Wednes day was 85 percent Winds at 5 pm Wednesday were westerly at 9 mph Barometer at 5 pm Wednesday was 2985 and ris ing Record high for this date is 70 set in 1947 Record low for this date is 9 set in 1966 Lake stages Station Level Change Holston 16940 D04 Watauga 19281 D06 Boone 13590 U08 Henry 12594 D02 Cherokee 10241 DO 5 Douglas 9419 D07 SNOW rom Page 1 A in Kingsport or Johnson City Meece said Lebanon Va re ported several additional inches of snow while further north in Grundy it was raining by af ternoon Meece said Rick Mitchell weatherman said the snow Wednesday was strange" He said it takes a sense of humor to forecast the unpredictable weather you need to get out of the business People on the street sometimes like to say we missed it even when we get it right just to have a good time We do miss it once in a Mitchell said the snow grazed the northern part of the Tri Cities and he expected it to move out of the area possibly by midnight high tempera ture reading was 34 degrees and the low was 15 new blanket combined with some snowfall every day since Saturday created a headache for public works and highway departments "It's bad and all I can say" said William A Stevenson Bristol Virginia's public works su perintendent Stevenson said the depart ment had nine plows working Wednesday but because of the TRACK rom Page 1 A ceways was responsible for devel oping and building the Bristol rac ing complex 25 years ago along with his former partner state Sen Carl Moore Bristol Rumors circulated all last year that part of the raceway might be sold to Kentucky busi nessman and drag racer Jim Ruth but Carrier said in Novem ber the rumors were unfounded Carrier himself said then that he had offered to purchase all of Na tional stock and payoff any outstanding debts to get BIR out of the bankruptcy courts But he also said it would be after the first of this year before he knew if his offer would be approved by the courts and all of National Ra creditors (the bankruptcy) all been said Darnell are ready to go selling tick ets for the Valleydale 500 and the Budweiser 200 about 70 days steady snow the plowed streets immediately filled with snow and Ice salted every street during the last three days but been snowing so fast and been so cold that it just hasn't done any he said Stevenson and Howard Campbell Bristol as sistant street superintendent said all roads and highways were slick by afternoon Main roads were snow covered but passable with caution while secondary roads were practically impassable they said working just as fast as we Campbell said been after this snow since Sunday night and the roads are still in bad Apparently the snow was too much for some Washington County Va motorists to handle County dispatcher Mona Doss said the department had a problem with some motorists abandoning their cars on snow and ice packed roads have just stopped in the middle of the she said Several tractor trailers jack knifed on Interstate 81 and the department advised the use of snow tires and chains The worst stretch of highway was away Racing is well and alive at Bristol and will continue to be so for many years to BIR officials will also an nounce Thursday that the Bristol racing complex will undergo major multi year renovation pro said Darnell as well as the addition of another to racing program next year He said the renovations will make the raceway of the most picturesque and most com raceways in the country Despite rumors the raceway might be sold BIR had one of the best seasons in its 25 years of op eration last year Rain postponed the Valley dale Meats 500 by one week and threatened to cancel the Busch 500 in August but the two events had some of the largest crowds in track history Attendance at the two major drag racing events of the year were also up substan tially state Route 58 from Abingdon to Damascus Ms Doss said About 10 fender benders were reported in Sullivan County Tenn and roads were icy and slu shy by afternoon said a dis patcher A spokesman for the Virginia State Police said some drivers were sliding off snow covered roads although interstate traffic was moving slowly The Tennes see Highway Patrol reported about 25 minor accidents and was advising the use of snow tires and chains In Smyth County light traf fic was reported and snow tires and chains were a must The Lee County Department re ported no accidents Roads were snow covered but passable said a department spokesman In Wise County several inches of new snow fell for a total accumulation of about six inches By afternoon Johnson City roads were generally clear but slick in spots and the weather changed from snow to rain all day said Dispatcher Tonyah Gwyn of the Police Department The Kingsport Police Department reported about five minor acci dents Snow had stopped falling there at about 2:30 pm and roads were slushy said Cpl Ron Epper son Bad road conditions meant the closing of nearly all public and private schools and some area col leges today Weather and 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