Won't be long until the "maybe a bowling ball ULL in Late Feb or March will save us" or the 1960 redux! And definitely the "well it was a very mild winter before the blizzard of 1993 too".
More than 2 years here. It's been generally wetter than normal here since 2013. I saw mosquitoes the other evening. It has only been below 20 degrees once and that was in November.
Not that impressive this weekend maybe an inch or 2 in favored areas on the border. Next week could be a bit better for upslope areas but doesn't look that great right now. If it doesn't turn around in late Jan or Feb this winter may turn out to be one of the all time least snowy. Even places like Beech and Mt Mitchell have barely seen half a foot all season.
The past few weeks have been more like Seattle than Western NC.. We are over 5 inches here in the past month and it looks to be very soggy in the next 2 weeks..
GFS and Euro look way different even later this week. Euro has 2 to 4 inches of rain and GFS much less. Then the GFS tries to develop a southern wave on the next front giving a decent snow chance next week. Euro has a low cutting up the Ohio Valley with showers/storms and turning a bit colder behind it.
I got some new chest waders for trout fishing but looks like the water levels will be high after the new few weeks. About all the models have 3 to 5 inches of rain the next 10 days and it's already wet...
High elevations may see snow this weekend if the EURO is correct. It has heavy precip here with a nice low track. Too bad there isn't more cold air around or it could be a big one.
The next drought monitor should look much better. Water table is healthy again in the Blue Ridge after 2.61 so far in Pleasant Gardens and over 6 inches for the month.
And you all were hating so bad on my posts a month or 2 ago about this winter sucking and being over... LAte next week I expect flowers and cherry trees to bloom for parts of the south