Tyler Penland

Grandfather Mountain set a new wind record about 4am this morning of 121.3mph. Crazy. It was the strongest wind I've seen at the house in foscoe since I moved there.

The euro shows 2-3 inches.. of rain 

It's all alone but the 12z fv3 is a thing of beauty. Massive storm for the mountains.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a few overrunning snow flurries/showers around WNC on Sunday morning.  Models typically struggle to resolve that moisture until a few days before but it certain looks like the a zone of truncation could develop due to pressure differences.  Also cold have a pretty stout wedge in place with most models showing a 1038mb high to the NE.  12z ICON has a plausible solution imo and would get the job done with a 1044mb hp in place across the Mid Atlantic.  Might be grasping at straws here since its been so boring, but these overrunning events are notoriously poorly modeled.. and could be something to watch. 

Looks like a decent batch of moisture back to the west coming this way.

We're over to more of a sleet. Strange.

Aaand it's snow.

Rain falling west of Boone. Waiting for the change.

Haha sorry if I seem a bit down. Just disappointed in the fact that so many reputable mets called for a possible historic winter and it has been historically bad since the big December snow. Also where I live is still recovering from the flooding from last fall which has devastated our trail system making my job much harder. I am just so tired of the rain and wet weather. It ruined my honeymoon last year with Florence, etc. Trying to stay positive isn't working. 

Well this particular thread is the winter mountain thread. We mountain people keep all of our events in one thread as to not clutter up the forum. If a storm threat thread is going to be made it will be from someone outside the mountains. 

I bet you're loving that location! How long is the drive between the two?

As of an hour ago, HWY 16 in Ashe has been shut down, numerous wrecks up and down the mountain.

I use radarscope which is also $10 and I pay for the pro upgrade which is another 10 to get lightning and stuff.

Just another day in paradise with a slight East wind breeze. 
 

1.5" at the house in foscoe. Nice event considering I woke up not expecting much of anything lol.

Didn't take long to cover the grass here. Coming down good. Roads holding up quite well.

This thing means business.

Bread guy said it was starting some in Boone. Wind has picked up a bunch and cold here west of town.

I'm interested to see how this clipper works out this afternoon. NAM is a quick couple inches for the mountains. Certainly looks healthy back west.

Nice somewhat surprise this morning. Little under an inch.

Tyler:  Surprised that section was open...we used to park at Beacon Heights and cross country ski on the parkway...but don't tell the Rangers

Got a nice coating of snow on the cars and grass here. Had flizzard conditions a couple times between Boone and the house a few minutes ago.

Got snowed on at the viaduct this evening. Made it up on the Parkway after work. The section from 181 to Flat Rock was surprisingly open. Couple pics from the trip.

Little hard to see in the photo but from Vilas looking up the hill. No ice here at the store but the glazing starts a hundred yards up towards the bypass. Always amazing cutoffs right through here.

Also better house pic.

Bad photo. Maybe a quarter to a third of an inch here. Went above freezing around 3am which has melted some off.

28 and zr/ip mix. Everything icing up solid now.