BMulkey

This is one of the more intense flow events I've seen in Boone/Blowing Rock, having lived here a bit over a decade now. Interesting considering we are much warmer and less windy than forecast. Guess the banding has set up right.

It picked up alright. Looking at the downtown Boone cam and King Street needs a plow!

Flakes were huge, but it has switched to rain in Boone, at least for the moment.

Yeah, this is going to get ugly especially on the escarpment. It was light precipitation in Boone but moderate to heavy sleet on 221 west of Blowing Rock about an hour ago.

Blacksburg posted in their discussion at 1:30 this afternoon that there was 30-40% chance of 10"+ snow for their NC counties.

I think this is a great call with the information we have so far. Thanks for sharing!

The Blacksburg forecast discussion suggests this is going to be purely snow/sleet for the northern mountains, stating that unless the models keep trending north and west, the surface cold air pool is simply too deep to be eroded. They give a 30-40% chance of 10"+ in the NC counties. At this point I would definitely take 9" of snow, 3" of sleet and then a little more snow on top of that.

Here in Watauga temps are in the upper 30s but dew points in the low teens. Highs may end up 2-3 degrees below the original forecast but dew points running almost 10 degrees below the NWS hourly forecast. As an amateur I'm not sure whether I should be happy, or concerned that we'll have a lot of virga when it starts.

Light flurries in Blowing Rock currently. If we get some snowfall after midnight, that will be five or possibly six consecutive days of snowfall coming up…can’t remember the last time we saw that.