rosie Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Arson fires in Rabun County, over 30 acres burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernskimmer Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Pictures a buddy of mine posted from Lake Lure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Just drove to Buckhead and there is smoke all the way down there today. I guess we will be dealing with this a while until the wind direction changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oconeexman Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Todays satellite image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alhooks13 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I was up on the Blue Ridge Parkway between BLowing Rock and Grandfather Mtn this afternoon. I could see the smoke from the Caldwell County fire and I'm presuming from the Lake Lure fire. There was a lot of smoke from the Lake Lure fire rising on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Air Quality index much further east now for WNC to past Asheville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 The sunset is gorgeous tonight. One positive about the smoke. Also that satellite pic is amazing. Thank you for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Here is a picture taken yesterday of the largest fire so far (Rough Ridge in North GA just south of the TN border): ] As of last night it was over 10000 acres. Has doubled in size since Wednesday. This area is supposed to receive 20-30 mph winds tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 ^That may be the most beautiful picture I have seen in quite some time. Absolutely gorgeous. Dangerous situation, but beautiful photography.Sent from my 6045O using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesussxwx Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 1 hour ago, dwagner88 said: Here is a picture taken yesterday of the largest fire so far (Rough Ridge in North GA just south of the TN border): ] As of last night it was over 10000 acres. Has doubled in size since Wednesday. This area is supposed to receive 20-30 mph winds tonight. wow. nice capture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 2 hours ago, dwagner88 said: Here is a picture taken yesterday of the largest fire so far (Rough Ridge in North GA just south of the TN border): ] As of last night it was over 10000 acres. Has doubled in size since Wednesday. This area is supposed to receive 20-30 mph winds tonight. Amazing photo as others said! GFS shows .08 in rain in the 16 day range. This is going to get uglier and uglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshetley Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 57 minutes ago, LithiaWx said: Amazing photo as others said! GFS shows .08 in rain in the 16 day range. This is going to get uglier and uglier. The 18z GFS is a little better, at least north of I-20 and NW of I-85. Trouble is, is it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Kendra Kent says rain Sun afternoon!? Don't know what model she's smoking!? Johnny C, says no rain for next 10 days!? It's smokey out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 POLICE: WANNABE WEATHERMAN SET FIRE TO GAIN FACEBOOK VIEWS By Associated Press Nov. 11, 2016 6:38 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) — A wannabe weatherman was jailed for arson after admitting he started a wildfire to draw attention to his selfie videos on Facebook, his town's police chief said Friday. http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2016/And-in-Kentucky-police-say-a-wannabe-weatherman-was-arrested-after-admitting-to-setting-a-fire-to-draw-attention-to-his-selfie-videos-on-Facebook/id-b4b4fa3df6f44d19ba680dfafa7af00f?utm_content=bufferebcf7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 We need to take a head count and figure out which SE poster did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 15 minutes ago, LithiaWx said: We need to take a head count and figure out which SE poster did it. Lol that's what I was thinking . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherfide Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 37 minutes ago, Met1985 said: Lol that's what I was thinking . Could it be...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 3:55 PM, UnionWX said: wow. nice capture! Yeah that's awesome. Horrible week dealing with the smoke here. First few days i was at home then spent a few in gainesville and it was indeed awful. It was thick enough at times to dim the sunlight quite a bit and enough of it to see it over just a few feet (10 feet)distance. If you spent more than a few minutes outside your clothes smelt like it. Finally, after days of being choked by it though the east winds have finally given us a break. Cant believe its bad enough that wildfires are a significant issue. What a horrible, depressing, and frustrating fall it's been. Feel like I have moved to California with all this dry, sunny, warmth, and smoke. Unreal how long this dry weather has lasted and still how little hope there is for any significant rainfall for the foreseeable future. Mother nature sure owes us with a few big winter storms for all of this that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 2 hours ago, weatherfide said: Could it be...? OMG, I had to turn that off after just 25 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Near term /through tonight/... as of 2:45 am EST Sunday... Early this morning, Canadian high pressure was centered in the eastern Ohio Valley. Light winds, clear skies and a dry ground has allowed pre-dawn temperatures to fall well into the 20s for many locations and even some teens in the deeper valleys. The 00z/13 rnk sounding measured a precipitable water value of 0.10 inches, which is one of the driest soundings on record for this date and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 13 hours ago, Lookout said: Yeah that's awesome. Horrible week dealing with the smoke here. First few days i was at home then spent a few in gainesville and it was indeed awful. It was thick enough at times to dim the sunlight quite a bit and enough of it to see it over just a few feet (10 feet)distance. If you spent more than a few minutes outside your clothes smelt like it. Finally, after days of being choked by it though the east winds have finally given us a break. Cant believe its bad enough that wildfires are a significant issue. What a horrible, depressing, and frustrating fall it's been. Feel like I have moved to California with all this dry, sunny, warmth, and smoke. Unreal how long this dry weather has lasted and still how little hope there is for any significant rainfall for the foreseeable future. Mother nature sure owes us with a few big winter storms for all of this that's for sure. This has been some pretty incredible weather. The string of days with zero rain is becoming epic. 2007 I remember bein bad but I was lucky enough to not have to deal with smoke day after day. I quit smoking a few months ago and can smell everything now. I'm about done waking up and going outside to smell plastic burning and a slight haze in the air of smoke. Right now it's a breezy 55 with patchy smoke and it smells like fire. Amazing. I hust saw a teport on the news that the rough ridge fire near the tn/ga border is now the largest active wildfire in the country. A lot of that terrain is no mans land out in the middle of nowhere. It will be difficult to contain let alone put out anytime soon. To to give readers an idea of how remote the terrain is here is roughly where the fire is. Someone please correct me if that's not right. Elevation goes up over 3500' in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Congrats on quitting cigs! Almost 8 years for me. Fires are going crazy, shame arson is involved, long jail time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, rosie said: Congrats on quitting cigs! Almost 8 years for me. Fires are going crazy, shame arson is involved, long jail time. Thank you Rosie! I agree anyone caught setting an arson fire needs to face some long jail time. The amount of people the crime impacts is tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 16 hours ago, Lookout said: Yeah that's awesome. Horrible week dealing with the smoke here. First few days i was at home then spent a few in gainesville and it was indeed awful. It was thick enough at times to dim the sunlight quite a bit and enough of it to see it over just a few feet (10 feet)distance. If you spent more than a few minutes outside your clothes smelt like it. Finally, after days of being choked by it though the east winds have finally given us a break. Cant believe its bad enough that wildfires are a significant issue. What a horrible, depressing, and frustrating fall it's been. Feel like I have moved to California with all this dry, sunny, warmth, and smoke. Unreal how long this dry weather has lasted and still how little hope there is for any significant rainfall for the foreseeable future. Mother nature sure owes us with a few big winter storms for all of this that's for sure. Are you not getting any rain today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 51 minutes ago, J.C. said: Are you not getting any rain today? I don't know about over his way, but we were supposed to be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain here and it's not happening. There's a lot of sun, smoke and haze. Starting to feel pretty nervous. If those fires start moving southward there's a big population of people at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 No rain here today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshetley Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 The mountains of NC did not get 1 drop from this except maybe right on the SC line. The fires were untouched and will just keep going.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Yeah the radar was pathetic. Absolutely nothing here except heavy smoke and the smells of the woods burning. We will have to wait until this weekend to see if that comes through but even that looks less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 1 hour ago, jshetley said: The mountains of NC did not get 1 drop from this except maybe right on the SC line. The fires were untouched and will just keep going.. There's more to it than just drops of rain...I'm sure some of the fire areas saw a rise humidity levels with it passing close by upstate SC. That will help and cooler temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Ive been out in SW NC all weekend. Depending on where you were and the wind direction, you could have some dense smoke to just smoke lingering in the air and make it pretty hazy. Will go thru my pics and post a few. Waynesville was pretty smoky yesterday morning then last night it cleared up and we got done with dinner around 10pm and it was smoky again. this morning was more smoky than yesterday morning. It wasnt that bad yesterday in Cherokee though Saw the Lake Lure fire from I 40 heading west Fri afternoon I think it was around Hickory area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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