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    Here's a blue-hour blend photo from a lookout tower along the Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina, October 2019). Using a planning app (PhotoPills), I was able to determine that the Milky Way would align with my position along a colorful ridge line after dark. I took a series of blue hour photos to capture the foreground while it was still dimly lit by the fading twilight. I combined the data of these photos into one image that could pull out the color detail of the foreground landscape. When dark fell, I took a series of long exposures and combined their data in a program called Sequator. I brought the detail of the Milky Way out of the background using Photoshop, then I blended the foreground data with the night sky data for a composite. I used a Sony A7RIII camera body and a Sigma 14-24 f/2.8 lens, but you can get similar results with much cheaper setups. It's all in the processing. When I say "combining data," I'm talking about stacking, a process that aligns several images and averages out the data so that what stays behind is only the pixels that stay the same through the sequence. This eliminates transient objects, like hot pixels and thermal noise - the reason so many low-light photos look so grainy. The weather conditions were cool and clear, so clear that you can actually see a little airglow in the photo.
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    Snow in Asheville.
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    Light snow in Asheville.
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    Light rain in Asheville, but it's probably going to change back to snow.
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    Moisture stream is now coming from the northwest in Asheville, so this might be our chance.
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    Light snow in Asheville.
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    So the NAM and HRRR are in huge disagreement, especially in lower elevations like Asheville. Anyone have thoughts?
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    Some of the reasons are: 1) It's a smaller group. Larger groups always attract weenies, trolls, and idiots. 2) Lower stakes. We all typically see snow at least once every year, so each event doesn't feel like our only chance.
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    Snowing in Asheville.
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    Crazy that we’re talking about snow on one end of the state (NC) and tornadoes on the other. What a dynamic water weather system! EDIT: "Weather," not "water" lol.
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    I'm looking for a KAVL Skew-T sounding, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Is that data publicly available?
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    Near Mt. Pisgah from last Tuesday.
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    Don't see that kind of storm around here very often.
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    Anyone else watching that MCS in Tennessee? If it holds together, it could surprise some people overnight.
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    I've been interested in getting photos of red sprites. Does anybody know how low-topped supercells behave regarding lightning and red sprite potential?
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    Tornado watch issued for the Southern Mountains.
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    What app is that?
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    Moderate snow in Asheville.
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    For the Blue Ridge escarpment, here's a map from AshevilleWX.com
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    I majored in in meteorology for a year before changing to journalism. I heard all the same things while I was in school, but I switched for other reasons to another very competitive field. However, I was fortunate enough to land a decent job with competitive pay and benefits three months after graduating.
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