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All sleet here, should switch to snow soon if Maggie is back to snow.

Can hear sleet hitting the window, some flakes mixed in.

Went to town, roads were a mess when I first left but the big plow trucks finally got to 209 when I headed back. Russ Ave in Waynesville was a wreck an an 74 wasn’t too hot either. Had heavy snow driving up into the mountains at the house but that must of been the tail end of this opening act as it’s just flurries now. Whiteout conditions due to wind down low around the pastures with no wind break when I first left. 6-7” readings throughout, 6.5” on my deck rail that is serving as my “official” board. Want to make a run at a foot if this backside stays juices and swings through just right but I think 8-10” looks like a strong possibility at least. 27 over 25.5 currently here.

I know where I’d like to go outside Highlands, but that’s quite a drive from the new place in these conditions.

Consistently measured 5-5.5 on my deck railing and stairs that are the most in the open. Truck is cranked and ready to do some driving around. Might try to trek up to Max Patch.

Absolutely ripping outside now, they ain’t big flakes but it’s putting it down. Reminds me of my ski trips to Snowshoe and Vermont.

Must have been hammering here too like Met said after I posted, looks like it’s closer to 5-6” now.

Well rested and ready for the rest set of the storm. Approaching 4” via the eyeball measurement here in Northern Haywood, 24 degrees and moderate snow.

Got a slick deck with a trace on it, nothing falling from the sky. 30 over 27 for a wet bulb of 29.

Just got back from town with my parents, flurries flying up here with a dusting on the rhodo leaves.

3800’ here

I like where we are sitting, really all of Haywood. Hope our Cruso member can take delight in what looks to be jackpot areas for Haywood, I know it’s probably not the same kind of excitement after the flooding with lots left to clean up and try to get back to life pre-flood.

I’m up on the mountains above where Upper Crabtree/Liner Creek Rd pavement ends, facing WSW right below the ridge line that is the county line. You’ll have to learn me on the mountain names on this side of the county outside of the main ones, but the view from my front porch is a bald/pasture land mountain top so I’m guessing that’s Big Bald.

Crazy how your protected hollar helps with temps. Only got down to 28 at my place. Getting the majority of my stuff moved in today finally, hope to send the family back down to Hickory before things kickoff tonight barring an earlier than expected arrival that seems to tend to happen.

33 in NE Haywood.

Micro-climates are always fun. My old place on Balsam should do great with this setup. Should be a good county wide hit like you said.

Me either, short range models have burned me too much with showing increasing totals in the past to make me put much faith in them regardless of what they say (though I believe the HRRR is what first noted what happened with the 1/3 event so there is that). And if I get a 1/4” of ice as their map shows that little red dallop over me, I’ll eat my hat. I’m still learning the local climo around Haywood but to me if I torch at mid levels then there is no way the higher peaks 1-2k feet above me in elevation are gonna stay all snow either.

I really like my tempest after about 20 days of having it up. I do need to raise it tto tge 6-8’ range they suggest to get better wind readings however.

34 with flurries here

Met beat me to the punch, I’ll take my 16-20” and head to the cashier.

Had a quick graupel shower earlier when I got home. Clouds thickening and building back to the west now. Hoping to squeeze out at inch tonight down here if lucky.

That was my senior year if it’s the storm I’m thinking of. We got out at 11 and my parents house is closer to Hickory north and west up near the lake than where the high school is, so I left school with it just starting to snow and got home to a couple inches already on the ground. Ended up around 9” too I think and the bottom dropped out that night to single digits and it was a frozen solid mess. ‘93 is the gold standard in totality but ‘88 (from stories I’ve heard, too young to remember) ‘96 and that storm my senior year rank up there for Hickory. Another sleeper for total inches was a storm in February while I was in college, I’m thinking ‘04. Came home from Raleigh just to enjoy the aftermath. That was a foot plus but didn’t hang around long, temps shot up.

What’s the all-timer for populated portions of Haywood? I’m thinking it has to be March ‘30 (I think) I was reading about recently. 30”+ Fines Creek and Crabtree if I remember correctly.

I’m swinging by the store when I get back after lunch, need to grab tire chains (that I was gonna get way back in October before my Wyoming trip, where I desperately needed them) so I can get up and down the mountain once I’m off the pavement and then run the generator between now and Saturday night along with some possible dead limb and tree cleanup to save myself a possible headache. All that with moving some stuff on Saturday morning and early afternoon sandwiched in between. But I wouldn’t have it any other way

Yea, based on everything up to this point it’s a gamble of stay home for an all-timer in Hickory if all snow (top 5-10 even if it mixes) or go to Black Mountain for top 5 event there with an outside chance at an all timer. Can’t go wrong either way IMO.