There was an article in the watauga Democrat about it. I don't remember anything about the recession but we're down to 7 farms from 12 last year if I remember correctly. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Little tiny flakes here just south of Boone. Hit a decent shower driving out of town earlier. Tynecastle area never thawed much today. Trees were gorgeous coming home. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Wound up with about a half inch of sleet and solid glaze of ZR. Hearing from friends in Eastern Ashe County that it was a lot worse there. Roads south/west of Boone were a little slushy at 530 this morning but not too bad. Few small limbs down here and there. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
12z 3k NAM totals. Still looks pretty rough on the mountains even if you reduce those totals. Very brief change to rain in the worst areas near the end of the event but it shows more wraparound snow than previous runs now. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
What's interesting is that the RGEM actually has 850's sub freezing for most of the mountains during the heart of the event which would probably keep it as sleet rather than freezing rain. Wish there were soundings available somewhere.
Keep in mind it has a tendency to overdo precip by quite a bit, especially in CAD events right along the escarpment. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Yeah the 12z shows around 0.5-0.6"QPF falling with surface temps below freezing. Should be interesting through mid-morning. Temps start off in the low/mid-20's and never get above 36 in Boone during the event. Cold, cold rain.
3k NAM looks like a 33° and rain kinda day Friday. Very borderline for the higher elevations to see a wet snow. Guess we'll see how it plays out. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
I was up on grandfather yesterday and it's certainly trying to look nice. Most NW facing slopes are bare and everything above 5kft for the most part is probably gonna be a dud. Below that there's still some hope. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk