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Yea as always, get under a good band with good flake size and that’s the ticket. We just didn’t have majority of fat flakes for any consistent amount of time for it to rack up from what I saw last night. You’d post it’s pouring fat flakes at your spot, I’d look out and it would be snowing good but dime sized at best before slacking off or going back to pixie dust almost. Give me moderate snow with nickels and quarters falling vs heavy rates with only pea size crystals. Hence why based on my experience I always harp and worry about moisture in the dendrite growth region vs thermals. One of these days this end of the county will get a 1936 blizzard again lol. Heading to Max Patch here shortly if I can talk the gf into getting out of the house.

Nice pics everyone! Starting to think I’m too close to the Buncombe County snow hole since the county like is only 2-300 yards away haha! Quick walk around the property earlier found 2” in last nights tire tracks and sheltered spots with 3”. So unofficially I think we ended up around 4” snow plus whatever sleet fell for the storm total. 2-3” is what’s on the ground and deck right now with pixie dust light snow falling all morning. Guess the better stuff stayed south of me last night since Met measured 6.5” and my buddies in waynesville and Clyde said 6” for them too. I’ve been having a sneaking suspicion lately that even at my elevation I get downsloped by Crabtree and Sandy Mush Balda since they are 1500’ higher.

No clue what we ended up with. I measured 2” before I went to bed last night with snow still falling. Everything wind whipped today so maybe I’ll find a sheltered spot to measure. I’d guess we hit the 3” storm total mark after factoring in sleet knocking down and compacting a little things before I got home last night.

Looks like we probably had 2” at my place before sleet knocked it down some. Sleet/snow mix that can’t make up its mind what it wants to do. See what, if any, flow snow adds to it. I figured 3-4” storm total was what we’d end up with even though my mind wouldn’t let me believe the snow hole over Asheville would actually reach up and over the mountains here into Haywood and a general 4-6” would be more likely. Been burned too much by low moisture in the dendrite growth zone resulting in tiny flakes and sleet. Add to that the fact that isn’t mostly either snow or rain for the most part at this elevation and my area except for early and late winter time periods when sleet happens more and I think it was more a moisture thing than thermals but that’s probably a dead wrong guess. Still, fun day skiing and enjoying the winter weather!

About to find out how bad they are out my way, grabbing food currently. Fun day on the mountain, looks like 2-3” out at the house based on my cell cam photo.

Nothing to write home about here at Cat but there have been heavy returns just tiny flakes. Flake size starting to increase though and it’s pounding again, think those juicy returns yall are talking about have arrived!

Starting to get heavy here up at Cat, love it!

Demo skis acquired from a local shop in Maggie, grocery and alphabet store runs completed, fire roaring. Can’t believe 2 freaking years between non-flow snow storms here. Let’s go!

Ah the RAP, a thing of beauty, too bad it’s the RAP haha. Give me the QPF and good moisture in the dendrite growth zone and I’ll take my chances. That fluff deck topper last night and Monday’s flow snow that’s leftover needs some company. Also, northern Haywood close to the state line had quite the surprise last night, saw a report of 3” at 4k elevation.

Should be an epic day tomorrow skiing at Cat. First time on slopes in like a decade or more, gotta get ready for out west in March.

That’s a SW Special there. Wayah, the Cowee’s, Snowbirds and Cheoahs would all be smoked! @snowbird1230will have some great skyway pics!

Long time without logging in but I’ve been lurking mountain peeps! If I was in Balsams and SW I’d be grinning ear to ear, think the west and southern end of Haywood is in for 6”+. Not buying the p-type output just knowing our micro-climate but I have been surprised before. All it takes is a dry layer in the dendrite growth zone to throw a major wrench into things. For my place on the other side of the county I’m not liking the perpetual qpf minimum even though my experience and mind can’t rectify that happening. Like @Met1985I believe backside flow snow is being under modeled, kinda what happened in 2022 after I just moved to my new place. Synoptic portion of the storm was underwhelming relatively speaking but the wrap around helped bump me from 4-6” to 10”. Not the same setup but my feelings for a solid 4-6” in my area haven’t been shaken. Still chasing a foot-plus storm since I’ve moved to the mountains but at least this year is better than last so far. Think I’ve had some sort of snowfall on average of every other week since mid-November it seems. Nickel and dimed but bet I’m already approaching or at double digits which took every bit of last winter for me to reach.

I probably won’t be able to hunt any of my high country stuff this year after seeing that. Holy cow!

@Met1985is good, power out and some trees down but no major damage for them. Got my neighbors taken care of and now may be going to try and help my coworkers buddy in Brevard.

Just sent @Met1985 a text message to check I. Him, forgot I had his number. Cell service is slowly getting back online everywhere it normally is in Haywood

Attempting to get to my house later today, if anyone needs anything I’ll do my best to load up my 4Runner with it and get it to you.

Currently unable to get to my home due to multiple washouts on the paved road from my neighborhood to hwy 209. That’s not even including parts of 209, 40 and 26 being shut down as well. Neighbors told me my house was fine damage wise, I’m going to lose all my meat in my freezers and a bear hide though unless someone with a generator takes it to their freezer or I can get there tomorrow to get mine running.

It was my Apple Maps on my phone specifically that showed it better like an hour ago but here is the link to the NCDOT one. https://drivenc.gov

The road map with all the closed roads blows my mind

I’ve been worried about Lake Logan Dam along with other smaller dams west of 77. How’s Crabtree? Am I even going to be able to get home tomorrow?

Have heard 3 trees fall and watched another one fall here in Easley, winds are nasty.

Dear Lord at those storm totals!

I’ve been thinking how lucky we are that it has been so low, also lucked out we didn’t have the same training of the truly heavy stuff yesterday like those to our East had to deal with. That said, I’m getting more and more concerned about wind again. Saw the Pigeon is forecast to peak at 19 ft in Canton, so a little less than Fred but still flooding almost as bad.

Gonna ride this one out down in Easley (not much better, heck probably worse but want to be there to help the gf out if worst case happens) before heading home tomorrow or Saturday to check on things. If winds don’t get crazy then the “only” problem I should have is just trying to get to the house navigating any flood waters. Worried about gusts to just 30-40 mph with this amount of rain however, hopefully won’t have to breakout the chainsaw to get home. Here’s to all of us staying safe guys and gals!

If you guys ever want a respite from the heat and humidity you need to head to the PNW coast in Summer. Currently in Newport, Oregon and it’s stunning weather at sun and 64 degrees. Only downside is when the wind cranks up in the afternoons, otherwise it’s spectacular and the views are hard to beat. Looks like to me if the ocean ran up against the Blue Ridge, lots of the views looking inland at the Coast Range remind me of home.