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Not everyone in NC is snowless

It’s interesting that the DMV has snow cover, but most of central North Carolina was colder than the DC area this morning.

Disgusting

Brad P doesn’t think this is a case of the Appalachians blocking the cold. He says: “actually, no, this has nothing to do with the mountains. The flow is out of the Southwest, and it's colder and snowing to our southwest. It's just where the trough is located, and the moisture, so the mountains play no role in this.”

I don’t recall an Arctic plunge taking so painfully long to blast East. It cleared Nashville two days ago, and still hasn’t gotten past the mountains. We routinely have Summer cold fronts that blast through faster.

At least Roanoke, Richmond, and mountainous Northwest North Carolina got some decent snow. Until we get a western ridge, I am not hopeful for the Triad. We need the Eastern trough to be off the Mid-Atlantic Coast, not along the mountains.

I fairly understand why the cold delivery had failed so far, but I don’t get why the moisture delivery has also failed. GSO has only had a piddling .02 inches out of this entire system. Is it downsloping? But why did Central Virginia and Northern VA get more precip?

What even is

Thanks so much

Thanks for explaining

Could someone explain to me what it takes for Arctic fronts to enter the States in the East instead of the West. It’s clear that’s polar invasion that includes Portland is going to be underwhelming here.

We need the Arctic plunges to enter the US in the East, not the West or Plains to eliminate the need for cold to get over the formidable Appalachians.

DT: “ Any system that does develop is going to be weak track well to the south and east of Cape Hatteras and will not become a significant East Coast winter storm in any way shape or form. It is possible however that there could light snow which could accumulate 1 to 2 inches in Northeast North Carolina Southeast Virginia (away from the coast) and Central Virginia in and around Richmond up across the Middle Peninsula, the Northern Neck and the Delmarva. But even THAT is iffy as this is such a weak and diffuse system that is quite possible that nothing will fall but flurries. Further to the North and the big cities from Washington DC up to Boston this is a big fat zero.”

Do you include the Triad in “central NC?” There are some people here who do not for some reason.