I’m still getting surprised that our weather comes mainly from the south (the Gulf coast) instead of from the west, as during my 35 years in the Knoxville area. It’s a completely different weather pattern, and it’s incredibly confusing to look up at times and see what I call “hurricane sky”, that I would only see in ET when a severe storm was brewing in the Gulf. Thank God for the cooling breezes off the mountains, or it would be as awful as where you live!
Fun fact: Asheville is further south than Knoxville.