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  1. Moonhowl
    A wedgie is usually best avoided but there are exceptions
  2. Moonhowl
    30 F IMBY in Asheville, a few sleet pellets earlier but nothing since.
  3. Moonhowl
    There were some things about the forecast and models that don't make sense to me. Reluctant to say anything other than we will see how it turns out.
  4. Moonhowl
    32.0 F RH 45%
  5. Moonhowl
    Ha,too bad I won't be able to see your reports, lol. Did split a fare amount of firewood yesterday. Coincidentally, today I am working on the same drainage system as I did leading up to Helene. Some critter decided to start plugging the pipes with mud so I had to dig it up, dang varmits.
  6. Moonhowl
    Meanwhile, at Sugar Mountain:
  7. Moonhowl
    I've been through a storm that had 5 inches of nothing but sleet. Not a problem for trees but flat roofs on the other hand...
  8. Moonhowl
    With the 20 degree F freezing rain the NWS has forecast for Saturday night, I guess the top of Mt Mitchell will be having a tropical rain.
  9. Moonhowl
    Not what I wanted to see in the NWS GSP forecast discussion this morning: While the system moves into the area, the colder air appears to get a slight delay in arrival, thanks in part to a developing shortwave moving over the southeast. This could create a brief period of isentropic ascent with moisture lagging, ahead of the colder air. What this does is help to create a warm nose sooner than originally expected. A warm nose means more ice/sleet than snow.
  10. Moonhowl
    Just looked at the NWS forecast for Asheville and saw this: Saturday Night Snow and freezing rain before 8pm, then freezing rain between 8pm and 4am, then freezing rain and sleet after 4am. Low around 18. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Sunday Freezing rain before 1pm Then add wind. This is starting to remind me of Helene. What is the worst case scenario; mother nature says lets do it. Still hard to believe it would be that cold and not be sleet.
  11. Moonhowl
    Winds still cranking here with a toasty 18 F IMBY
  12. Moonhowl
    Congrats on getting some snow! Didn't see a flake IMBY.
  13. Moonhowl
    Enough cold to produce a cold rain for my neck of the woods, oh well, at least I got to see a few flakes last night.
  14. Moonhowl
    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Get those snow blowers going, hoping to get in some early December
  15. Moonhowl
    The cool down after the storms the past few days has been fabulous.
  16. Moonhowl
    Barely a dusting here, wind cranking. Still a little PTSD from Helene, didn't make for a restful night.
  17. Moonhowl
    So your saying not a March 1993 repeat
  18. Moonhowl
    Glad there is rain on the way, still worry about slope stability with heavy rain in the forecast.
  19. Moonhowl
    The typical scenario is spring for a week or two in February, second winter starts in March and other than brief warm-ups lasts until the first week in May then summer. So, since you missed spring, the second week in May?
  20. Moonhowl
    I agree. I am expecting the teleconnections to repeatedly go into a cold pattern throughout the spring. I suspect any warm ups will be followed by more cold on up into the first week of May. We will see...
  21. Moonhowl
    Went cross country skiing on the Parkway from the Hwy 276 intersection toward Shining Rock thanks to that event. They had plowed the Parkway to Pisgah Inn by the time we got up there. A long time ago but I don't recall seeing any snow in the downtown Asheville area.
  22. Moonhowl
    Winters of 2009-2010 and early 2010-2011 before the February 2011 warm up were epic. Haven't seen anything remotely similar since then; certainly no 10 inch snows IMBY. Not quite as excited about big snows as I used to be since my steep driveway is not usable with even a 1/4" on it. Good exercise but snow shoveling was getting a little old in 2010, lol.
  23. Moonhowl
    Glad someone's memory is better than mine; went back and looked at photos and you look to be correct for 2021; appears to have exceeded 2 inches. My photographic record doesn't indicate much for 2021. Temp bottomed out around 13 F here as well. January 16, 2022:
  24. Moonhowl
    Yes, as a valley dweller in Asheville, weather wise I think I have more in common with the foothills folks than the high elevation mountain folks getting snow regularly. However, that doesn't bother me and I enjoy seeing the snow photos. The big snow for me this year was less than an inch. My memory is way short of perfect, I think, could be wrong, the last time I had more than 2 inches in any one event was 2019 and even then totals were cut due to transition to sleet.
  25. Moonhowl
    Of course the poster formerly known as AshevilleDon is always welcome here and thanks for sharing, great photos!
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