Moonhowl

Back when I worked downtown and had a view to the south; frequently during NWF snow you could see that the sun was shinning to the south in the direction of the airport.  That certainly could cause significant discrepancies.  However, it has been mostly sunny here today and didn't expect such a large discrepancy. 

Surprised to see KAVL reporting 39 F when I have 27 F IMBY.

Down to 16 deg F IMBY this morning.  Below is close to my brother's backyard this morning:

Changed over to snow on the East side about 30 minutes ago.  Temps have dropped from about 38 F earlier this morning to 33 F at the moment.

Wind has picked up and temp dropped about 2 degrees in the past few minutes to 36 F IMBY.  Very light rain.

17 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Bad news is, it is gonna be warmer yes but it doesn't look like sunny and warm at all with all of the Pacific air and a storm track up the Ohio Valley. There will be lots of southerly flow which will make for dreary rainy times for the escarpment and most of the mountains. 

Sans a blocking pattern no doubt the two options for the southeast in the winter are cold and dry or warm and wet.  I recall some El Nino years were the sun was a rare sight during February.

5 minutes ago, AsheCounty48 said:

It went from 48 at 5 am to 45 at 830. And I've busted my butt twice getting to and from campus. Can we get 65 and sun til it at least dries out...

I am thinking you have a typo on those temps unless the freezing point has changed.  I was wondering out loud to my wife the other day if we would ever see dust again or is it just mud for ever more.

2 minutes ago, Buckethead said:

I was sitting at 39 at 7am.  Now down to 30.4/29 and snow starting to cover the ground.  

Starting to have my doubts whether we will even see a flake down here in the valley; out with the moisture and in with the cold air; c'est la vie.

53 minutes ago, Tacoma said:

Yep same old same old it's 7 or 8 days for snow then it's another 7or 8 days for snow then another, we're going to run out of winter if something doesn't pop soon.  I can't believe we've gone the whole month of January and not had a decent storm to follow, or I should say we've had a couple to follow but they go poof.  I would have bet money we would have a good snow storm at least one in January and now it's looking like thru February 8 is not looking good.

Don't worry, the mountain folks will get their snow in April

A toasty 8 F down here in the valley this morning.

2 hours ago, BretWheatley said:

Ended up losing the tree that I took a picture of this morning. Sucks. 

Water in the house and losing a tree; you certainly have had the bad end of the weather recently; hope the tree did not fall on anything but the ground and the water wasn't too destructive.  Maybe we can get some nice cold light weight snow at some point this winter although my magic 8 ball says outlook not so good.

33 F in IMBY; airport reporting dew point of 18 F.

Drove from Raleigh to Asheville yesterday; brine on the road for pretty much the entire 250 miles.

Most definitely would be nice to see some flakes flying and have a little January weather in January.  I know the ski resorts are sorely needing this cold snap.

12 hours ago, WarmNose said:

Well, 00z GFS was a bad start. You can stick a fork in 2019 if that look tries to verify. Shut the ski slopes down too. Pitiful 

Wolf Ridge is already shut down; however, didn't think it would be for the season...

10 hours ago, Met1985 said:

Dang fellas its suppose to be warm tomorrow.  All I can say is enjoy because it will get cold sooner or later.

I don't need to look at a model or the NWS forecast to know if there is little chance of cold and snow; no activity in the mountains thread = no snow

I know you love winter Met1985, I am curious during your sabbatical in Wisconsin, did that get to be a little too much winter even for you?

Last year other than one warm week in late February the cold and wind hung in through April in these parts as I know it did in the upper Midwest; I get grumpy when it is still winter in April.

Warm in this neck of the woods seems like the front door to the gulf has been left open and endless rain.  Warm and wet or cold and dry appear to be the two options.

A few photos from Azalea Park in Asheville (if this works; never posted photos before):

Looks like KAVL now around 5"; wettest year on record .  Thankfully the rain is fairly light at the moment.

Just got a robocall from the City of Asheville about flooding and urging caution with the usual don't drive around barricades message.  I think that is the first I have ever received about flooding.

A rather extensive list of flooded roadways in WNC can be found on the WLOS site at the link below:

https://wlos.com/news/local/friday-weather-update-extreme-rain-causes-flooding-road-closure-updates-here

Dropped from 44 F to 39 F here in the valley; ~2.3" of rain IMBY for the storm event so far.  It would be nice to see a few flakes mixing in; we will see...

Disclaimer: not sure I would trust my rain gauge as much as the World's Coolest Rain Gauge.

On 12/19/2018 at 8:15 AM, isohume said:

The AFD is kind of a dinosaur product. It was designed well before the internet and public access to coordinate thoughts and forecasts between the media, EMs, and surrounding WFOs. All the coordination is now done through AWIPS collaboration or NWSChat. The average public doesn't even know the AFD exists nor has a need for it. I imagine with "Evolve", the AFD will go away within the next 5-10 years.      

Count me in as one that would hate to see the AFD go away.  Not sure what "Evolve" is...

16 minutes ago, AsheCounty48 said:

Jim is a really cool guy to talk to, helped me and some others push someone's truck out of the snow (I believe that was shown on TWC?) and was cracking jokes with the people who were there.

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Awesome!  Glad you got the chance to meet him.

1 hour ago, ncjoaquin said:

Well, I guess I should feel very fortunate then. Wow, what a difference. You are east side also, correct?

Yes, I am east side also not far from the Asheville Mall.  The variability in accumulation over such a small area is amazing.

27 minutes ago, franklin NCwx said:

Still no power here and we didn't get the snow y'all did.

Heard a transformer blow this morning and saw the line crew working and chainsaws running not far away.  I kept power but clearly others did not and we only had 3 inches.  Hope you get your power back soon.

I would say 3 inches max IMBY; did hear a transformer blow this morning but have power here.

4 minutes ago, ncjoaquin said:

Crazy the variability. I have an inch(it took a while to get there), roads are white, everything is white, and it has really starting to come down. I am in West Asheville for reference

Wow, it should pick up in the east side of town before long but very light so far.