I'm gonna be in Georgia this weekend so y'all can go ahead and pencil this storm in. Got a good dusting in Blowing Rock this morning. Actually saw a faint snow/fog bow. Never seen one with snow falling. Hopefully it shows up in the pic.
The NAM stuck to its guns and if you take into account the GFS/Euros well known issue with northern precipitation shields I think North GA/SW NC have a very good shot at a 1-3" event Wednesday evening/night. Also wouldn't be surprised if border folks wake up to a dusting to kick off the new year.
Yeah. I don't know how this stacks up in strength or anything other than in how it relates to PSCs (which made it to +42N BTW) but thought it was interesting to see it mentioned somewhere not strictly weather related. I will say that spike is still the forecast but a warming event is underway. Just gotta see how warm it gets.
Yeah I always struggle when it's below freezing. I store extras in an inside pocket on my coat to keep them warm. Once they get cold and thaw out they're back to normal again so I just switch them out as they each get too cold. It was in the upper-10s up there most of the day yesterday so they really didn't appreciate the temps lol
Here's some photos from Grayson Highlands today. Summiting Wilburn Ridge in the snow is definitely sketchy. Made it all the way to Mt Rogers for our first proper snow summit of it, cold but fun trip.
Only took 45min to tack on another inch. 2.5 total but it has let up for now. Big sigh of relief we have not repeated last winter. This beats the season total of '22-' 23.
Roads around Watauga are a mess. From FB posts pretty much every road into Boone has stuck cars and wrecked. Dumping here again. We may break last years season total tonight.
Nice flurry/flizzard action here in Blowing Rock this morning. Had to put some lead in my shoes or my skinny butt would have been in Charlotte via the surface jet stream this morning.
NAM has been trending towards the GFS and now Euro. Well it was fun while it lasted. Here's hoping the higher elevations still do well and I can get into some fun stuff Tuesday morning.