BooneWX

We desperately needed that rain this morning. It wasn’t much but I hope the damp drizzly start to the day helped these firefighters.

Only got down to 36, but man is it a cold 36. I was surprised to see how gusty it was this morning. 

Northern Caldwell County going into Blowing Rock is an absolute mess this morning per reports. 321N has apparently been at a standstill near the curves for hours.

Unfortunately this event is living up to its hype. Stay safe folks.

It was a nice weekend, looking forward to a SER with sustained warmth even though I’ll be cussing the heat by June.  

Spring fever hit me hard this weekend. Yesterday’s weather was pure bliss. Had a honey-do list a mile long outside and knocked out building a playground for my little girl, planted a new crape myrtle and about 3 other plants. RIP to my back!! 
 

Next is the annual pine needle fluffing where I make my fingers go numb spreading 50 bales. 

It’s a tough start to 2025 for the we want normal rain crowd


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1 hour ago, EarlGrey said:

It’s so windy and dry outside right now. Is this what the Santa Ana is like?

Blows my mind that people are dumb enough to burn in these conditions too. 

3 hours ago, GaWx said:

 Not for me. As long as wx is happening (which is 24/7 all year long), it’s always possible I’ll post about it in obs thread. Ma Nature never gets shut-eye. Posts would be in here when looking ahead.

 Freezes are on the way!

You’re certainly not included in my remarks. I’ll remain active as well. Your analysis are a gold mine year-around brother!
 

Just got a bit sappy because the forum was bumping this winter. Vintage SE forum in my mind. 

The offseason for this site has arrived!

2 hours ago, wncsnow said:

Not possible, I’ll only believe results that crush the tidewater and beaches. 

Speaking of severe weather season - does anyone else get a kick out of the fact that every single year is supposed to be a repeat of 2011? Severe weather weenies are almost as weird as us winter weather weenies except they have a weird kink for destruction.

1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said:

12z GFS brings back Barney after the first week in March 

If there’s a shot, that’ll be the shot. Likely a bit more fleeting than anything prior this season but there’s probably at least one more good punch of cold air before we really shake up the Pacific pattern. After that, it’s a curtain call outside of the mountains. Perfectly fine with that if so… I’m always craving warmth with the time change. 

Also not sure winter and tracking is done. The MJO is parked in phase 1 and the models playing catch up to the cold wouldn’t be a shocker after the past few months. It’s certainly not going to have the same strength and bite this time around but the mountains can get major events into April and the entire northern tier of the south is due for a March storm.

3 hours ago, snowinnc said:

While I’m obviously happy that RDU finally got some good events, I absolutely feel awful for our posters in Charlotte and the foothills. I’m going to be cheering for them hard next winter. They are definitely due!

I keep telling myself that in hindsight maybe it was a good thing. None of the Helene affected regions had any major synoptic snow. While I love snow, many are pretty sick of any type of adverse weather in this region right now. 

5 hours ago, wncsnow said:

Looks like another long stretch of little rain. 

Should get balanced out by the next rain event being 8”.

3 hours ago, GaWx said:

12Z GEFS has a pretty strong snow signal for NC in early March:

A Lee side min already showing up lmao 

1 hour ago, Buckethead said:

Yeah, I've been driving in diamond dust since I dropped below 4kft. It's falling pretty good on 19E at Prices Creek.

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What’s your total on the year?

11 minutes ago, WXNewton said:

I am out for a few days, going to catch up on sleep at night. I'll check the models once a day for a while until some new potential shows back up. Bring on a good one in March! Actually checking the models once a day was a lie! 

I’m in the minority wanting a record torch. I think I’m just tapped out with the disappointment combined with my house having a new virus every week. This has been the worst sick season I think I ever remember.

Good riddance to this storm. Let’s get to spring.

Solid dusting - feathers falling

Moderate snow 

Back to light snow. Starting to accumulate.

Andddd it’s now sleet

16 minutes ago, WXNewton said:

What are seeing your way? Starting to have some small floaters mix in, with the snizzle. I know the wife's car is frozen over.

It’s light snow here!