Southern Apps. Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Looks like Boone will close out February with roughly 20" of snow. That is pretty darn respectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirNelson39 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Here's the video I made after I journeyed to Chapel Hill during the middle of the storm! Well worth the adventure. Snow Covered UNC-Chapel Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Man, what a snow pack will do to temps when the sun goes down. Lost 9.6 degrees in the past hour. Already down to 17.8 with calm winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 What's the difference between a "freezing rain advisory" and a "winter weather advisory" that's for freezing rain ? Severity ? Amounts ? Duration ? To screw with people like me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 What's the difference between a "freezing rain advisory" and a "winter weather advisory" that's for freezing rain ? Severity ? Amounts ? Duration ? To screw with people like me ?lol Joe your funny man. Yeah probably just to screw with you. I think a freezing rain advisory is primarily for freezing rain but a winters weather advisory is for a variety of winter weather like sleet and maybe some snow also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCWEATHER Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 What's the difference between a "freezing rain advisory" and a "winter weather advisory" that's for freezing rain ? Severity ? Amounts ? Duration ? To screw with people like me ? Ptype only. Majority if not all precip needs to be freezing rain for freezing rain advisory....further north is not included because the onset could feature snow/sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Gotcha'. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Anyone have any info on how WNC usually does snowfall wise with these anafront type events? It seems to me that in the past we have had trouble getting the cold air to bleed through the mountains, and we never do well in these type events but it is hard to ignore what the Euro/GFS are suggesting. I would be curious to know if we have ever gotten 4"+ at the airport from an event like this, but in my research there doesn't seem to be much on anafronts and how they affect the SE/WNC. Just trying to put my forecast together for this week and am having a hard time deciding what is realistic(climo) compared to what the models are showing. Anyone have any recollection of the last time we had a strong anafront move through during the winter and what it brought to your location? Those OBS would be very valuable if anyone could share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncjoaquin Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Anyone have any info on how WNC usually does snowfall wise with these anafront type events? It seems to me that in the past we have had trouble getting the cold air to bleed through the mountains, and we never do well in these type events but it is hard to ignore what the Euro/GFS are suggesting. I would be curious to know if we have ever gotten 4"+ at the airport from an event like this, but in my research there doesn't seem to be much on anafronts and how they affect the SE/WNC. Just trying to put my forecast together for this week and am having a hard time deciding what is realistic(climo) compared to what the models are showing. Anyone have any recollection of the last time we had a strong anafront move through during the winter and what it brought to your location? Those OBS would be very valuable if anyone could share. I can't give you specific dates Hvward, but it seems like we usually struggle with the cold air bleeding into the Asheville area. It seems to make it to the Smokies and the Northern Mtns,. but someone puts up a wall here. I am sure that it has happened, but I just remember the fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I can't give you specific dates Hvward, but it seems like we usually struggle with the cold air bleeding into the Asheville area. It seems to make it to the Smokies and the Northern Mtns,. but someone puts up a wall here. I am sure that it has happened, but I just remember the fails. Thanks ncjoaquin. The 12z GFS continues to show a frozen column sounding over Asheville Thursday morning with decent moisture in place. It appears this won't be your typical anafront with strong lee side cyclogenises taking place as the wave leaves the mountains. Upper level winds flowing parallel aloft allow for moisture to propitiate back westward and into the mountains. Couple that with a low pressure developing over central GA then moving off the coast and we could have a nice recipe for snow in WNC. Still a ton of time for modeling to fall apart on this one, but it will be a good system to learn from. I think flakes will certainly be possible in WNC with this one.. just a matter of how much gets strained out in the TN border. If we get a sort of coastal low development, I would feel much better about seeing flakes in the French Broad valley, but I really feel like a needle will have to be threaded to get good accumulating snowfall at 2000'. Fingers crossed this continues to trend in our direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Just cracked the 50 degree mark here with full sun. It feels wonderful !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneTracker Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Anyone have any info on how WNC usually does snowfall wise with these anafront type events? It seems to me that in the past we have had trouble getting the cold air to bleed through the mountains, and we never do well in these type events but it is hard to ignore what the Euro/GFS are suggesting. I would be curious to know if we have ever gotten 4"+ at the airport from an event like this, but in my research there doesn't seem to be much on anafronts and how they affect the SE/WNC. Just trying to put my forecast together for this week and am having a hard time deciding what is realistic(climo) compared to what the models are showing. Anyone have any recollection of the last time we had a strong anafront move through during the winter and what it brought to your location? Those OBS would be very valuable if anyone could share. Normally anafronts don't work out here. Right now I would say the midweek snow is a "no go" for now with both GFS and Euro having snows back in Kentucky. Just isn't cold enough fast enough. A usual problem around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneTracker Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Just cracked the 50 degree mark here with full sun. It feels wonderful !!!! Got to 56° here...which is darn close to normal for March 1st. Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Barely 44 here with the wonderful wedge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Got up to 52 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Normally anafronts don't work out here. Right now I would say the midweek snow is a "no go" for now with both GFS and Euro having snows back in Kentucky. Just isn't cold enough fast enough. A usual problem around here. Thanks HT that confirms why I can't remember one really working out for us. GFS and Euro both pretty much show this happening on their most recent runs so I think WNC, or at least the valleys will probably sit this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hit the 50's as well. Now everything is turning to mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I went up to Ohio this weekend for an event and saw snow from Asheville all the way up to a town north of Cincinnati on Friday night. There was a snow depth of 3-5 inches while I was there and got to play in it so I had a great time As I was leaving Ohio, I got caught in that ongoing snowstorm and had a quick 2-3 inches with roads becoming very bad before I was able to get south of rain/snow line in Kentucky. Overall, it was a fun weekend but I'm tired of cold by now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Quite a contrast in temperatures! Mid-30s here in the NW Piedmont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Last time I was under one of these it didn't even get cloudy. Freezing Rain Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC316 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING....AFTER COOL HIGH PRESSURE MOVES PAST TO THE NORTHTONIGHT...MOISTURE WILL RETURN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE TOP OF ACOLD AND DRY AIR MASS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERNFOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA ON TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHTPRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ASTEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOPBY AROUND DAYBREAK NORTH OF I-40 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINSAND BLUE RIDGE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB BACK ABOVE FREEZING BYMID TO LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY.AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE316 PM EST MON MAR 2 2015...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOONEST TUESDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUEDA FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHTTONIGHT TO NOON EST TUESDAY.* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THEADJACENT BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ZONES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.* HAZARDS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...MAINLY ON TREE LIMBS ANDELEVATED SURFACES.* TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 4 AM...THEN CHANGING TO RAIN BY MID TOLATE MORNING.* ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.* IMPACTS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES...ANDELEVATED SURFACES. UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOMESLIPPERY AROUND DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY.* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN PATCHY DENSEFOG AND FREEZING FOG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah looks more like drizzle than anything else. What's your temp Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah looks more like drizzle than anything else. What's your temp Joe. I'm down to 34.8 with a forecasted low of 32. I see that several other mountaintops are in the upper twenties already. I guess it'll all depend on how much moisture gets in here. http://mitchellweather.com/Regional+Roundup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Temps rose quite a bit overnight as the moisture moved in. We're at 34.2 with drizzle. With a quick check, I don't see really anyone in the mountains that are below freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 well fellows whats the take on Thursday morning? I think the mtn. valleys will see at least a dusting or a little better. very cold air coming in will wring out the atmospere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 well fellows whats the take on Thursday morning? I think the mtn. valleys will see at least a dusting or a little better. very cold air coming in will wring out the atmospere. a good look at things really is don't expect anything much other than a few flakes of snow at this point. The cold air just does not get in here and as we have discussed, we do not do well with these events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Did some of the models trends help us for tonight and tomorrow or do things still look pretty blah....? Ray seems to think 1 to 3 inch totals of ice/sleet/snow for most of the area. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Did some of the models trends help us for tonight and tomorrow or do things still look pretty blah....? Ray seems to think 1 to 3 inch totals of ice/sleet/snow for most of the area. Thoughts? The models have been putting out more ice than anything really. We could see some snow but the cold just does not look to get in here quick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Got up to 78°F at UNC Asheville. What a nice, warm day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Lol 70 one day and snow the next. What a cold front. A winter weather advisory for pretty much all of the mountains. Son ice, sleet, and snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Lol 70 one day and snow the next. What a cold front. A winter weather advisory for pretty much all of the mountains. Son ice, sleet, and snow. If I got the snow that all these advisories have called for this year it would've been a great winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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