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9 here this morning 

Was 18 when I left Asheville. 23.6 at the house 

1 hour ago, mercurydime said:

I love northern Rutherford County.  

And I swear, if you wanted to drop off the face of the earth, you could do it in northern Cleveland County. 

Used to be Yancey County but now its taken over by developments. 

It's going to be colder Saturday than today or tomorrow

Big upslope potential Friday. @Bucketheadyou got a couch I can crash on?

Euro tries to lay some snow down north of Raleigh Friday

15 minutes ago, StoneColdWeatherAustin said:

Correct me if I am wrong.  I am working off memory here, but I recall as a kid, the 80's as a whole being very snowy, up until '89.  Once I was in high school, I believe we went through a drought in the early 90's with the exception of my senior year, '93 and stayed in that drought until '96.  

I have done a lot of research on this (probably not as much as GaWx) but snow is very cyclical for most of the south. At my location, it's extremely common to have 2 or 3 snowless winters in a row before having 2 or 3 winters with snow. 2011-12 and 2012-13 were both meager with only a dusting of snow, sleet and ice here. 2006-07 and 2007-08 and 2008-09 were all pretty lousy with only one or 2 small events here. While 2009-10 and 2010-11, and 2013-14 and 2014-15 had multiple snows here. It's been rare to have a blockbuster winter then a shutout the following winter and many winters were saved by 1 storm (1992-93, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2021-22)

With all of that being said, I almost expected this winter to be poor because of the cyclical nature of things. Next winter could be as well to finish the cycle. 

13 minutes ago, StoneColdWeatherAustin said:

Correct me if I am wrong.  I am working off memory here, but I recall as a kid, the 80's as a whole being very snowy, up until '89.  Once I was in high school, I believe we went through a drought in the early 90's with the exception of my senior year, '93 and stayed in that drought until '96.  

Early 90's weren't very snowy but there were a few good storms mainly for WNC. 

Just now, strongwxnc said:

The 12 NAM watches the SLP walk out in the sea as it develops on SC coast. 

We are toast until February. The odds of a shutout are probably greater than 60% for us. 

29 minutes ago, eyewall said:

We zeroed out on this pattern.

That ton of arctic air ended up being 4 or 5 days give or take. 

At this rate, I'm gonna need a lifetime membership to the sanitarium...

I for one, look forward to the reset/pattern change. This pattern is obviously not what we need for snow. 

12 minutes ago, westmc9th said:

The webcams in Blowing Rock, Boone, and Banner Elk are just to die for...I want it for us so badly.

Still raining in Asheville?

I have to say in my almost 25 years of weather and model watching, this is one of the oddest systems I can recall. The orientation of the moisture, the temperatures, etc. Almost 70 in South Carolina and 12 near Nashville and 8 inches of snow. 40 and rain in Asheville and heavy snow in northern MS. It's all odd. 

Went to Spruce Pine for dinner and no snow there. 

All rain in Spruce Pine at the Sizzlin

Congrats

1 hour ago, snowbird1230 said:

Well..there's my dusting ..lol

Still ripping. 

Where's your pic?

Really nasty day

Rain picking up in Asheville. 38

Have to say, the Euro and GFS did pretty dreadful for this system. Both were too far south with the cold and precip. Even 2 days ago both has 1 to 3 inches of snow for most of us. The NAM has been much closer to reality. It gets trashed all the time but its whipped the globals on many occasions here. 

3 minutes ago, WxKnurd said:

You must not work with UT fans if you are just now starting to hate that state haha

Almost as bad as Clemson 

Got some drizzle in West Asheville. 

Looking ahead.. the GFS tries to give us a little love on Friday but its drying up quickly in our leeside screw zone

Good to see us forgotten foothills folks pinned and at the top of the page!