2025 foothills Thread

[strongwxnc]

32.9 for the low !
Let’s go


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[wncsnow]

Only 37 here 

[BooneWX]

Could tonight be the night? The wind has really died down here and it’s 59°. 

[strongwxnc]

29.5 at 7:35 this morning.


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[wncsnow]

30 here. Growing season (and most of the mosquito season) is officially over. 

[BooneWX]

32.5°. Hopefully that frost will cut back on my mowing schedule.

[BooneWX]

Doing some research and hoping yall can jog my memory. Whats the best “it broke containment” episode you’ve ever seen in the foothills from a NW flow event?

[wncsnow]

2 hours ago, BooneWX said:

Doing some research and hoping yall can jog my memory. Whats the best “it broke containment” episode you’ve ever seen in the foothills from a NW flow event?

Well the best non traditional snow (non gulf low, Miller A/B or upper low) was the super clipper in Jan, 2003. There were also some rogue NW flow events that broke containment in the early 2000s if I remember correctly. 

I have never recorded more than .5 or a dusting from a true NWFS and even getting that is super rare 

[BooneWX]

[strongwxnc]

Was not expecting loud thunder last night. Picked up .26


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[wncsnow]

I think we get flurries and maybe a snow shower Monday evening with the vort moving over 

[BooneWX]

Just now, wncsnow said:

I think we get flurries and maybe a snow shower Monday evening with the vort moving over 

Came here to say that as well. I think we see quite a bit of containment breaking. I just got the Christmas lights up yesterday so I’d kill to see some mood flakes. 

[wncsnow]

Models are shifting the vort north at the last minute (sound familar?) Not like we were going to get more than flurries anyways. 

[BooneWX]

Nasty thunderstorm here in Caldwell Co

[BooneWX]

Lightning and winter storm warnings all on the same map


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[strongwxnc]

Lightning and winter storm warnings all on the same map


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Crazy line for sure!


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[wncsnow]

Got to 75 here today. Still 62. 

[BooneWX]

It’s all downhill from here


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[wncsnow]

Slowly bleeding in over the mountains

[WNC_Fort]

Starting to think we’re cursed in McDowell. I didn’t even get a real chill last night, hovered around 39-40 for my low. 

[wncsnow]

23 minutes ago, WNC_Fort said:

Starting to think we’re cursed in McDowell. I didn’t even get a real chill last night, hovered around 39-40 for my low. 

Yep cold really had trouble getting east of the Blue Ridge. Snow has been unimpressive in the mountains so far too

[BooneWX]

I’m feeling bullish on some containment breaking this evening 

[LakeNormanStormin]

27 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

I’m feeling bullish on some containment breaking this evening 

Hope you are right. Would love some mood flakes down here by the Lake.

[BooneWX]

Flurries

[WNC_Fort]

I saw a flake… maybe 2 in Old Fort. 

[BooneWX]

Interesting obs: radar filling in over the Lee with virga, it’s now completely overcast here. What id give to see a little Lee side trough form.

[BooneWX]

Per GSP (see last bit):

 

Perhaps the main concern going forward will be to what extent snow
showers will escape the containment of the current Warning/Advisory
areas...as increasing coverage and intensity of showers means
at least scattered snow showers will spill south and east toward
the Blue Ridge escarpment. 1-3" of accumulation may become common
across portions of northern Buncombe as well as the high elevations
of Jackson, Macon, and Rabun Counties, with spotty/scattered
instances of 1-3" south and east of there...depending upon where
snow showers track. These accumulations aren`t enough to warrant
an expansion of any Advisories, but Advisory-level snowfall can
be expected on localized basis in the mountains counties outside
of the WSW. Flurries and light snow showers are also expected to
develop outside the mtns this evening, with some spotty dustings
possible across the northern foothills and northeast Piedmont of NC.

[wncsnow]

2 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

Per GSP (see last bit):

 

Perhaps the main concern going forward will be to what extent snow
showers will escape the containment of the current Warning/Advisory
areas...as increasing coverage and intensity of showers means
at least scattered snow showers will spill south and east toward
the Blue Ridge escarpment. 1-3" of accumulation may become common
across portions of northern Buncombe as well as the high elevations
of Jackson, Macon, and Rabun Counties, with spotty/scattered
instances of 1-3" south and east of there...depending upon where
snow showers track. These accumulations aren`t enough to warrant
an expansion of any Advisories, but Advisory-level snowfall can
be expected on localized basis in the mountains counties outside
of the WSW. Flurries and light snow showers are also expected to
develop outside the mtns this evening, with some spotty dustings
possible across the northern foothills and northeast Piedmont of NC.

Spruce Pine has a couple inches per family. Asheville has been sunny almost all day, I expected a bit more action here. 

[BooneWX]

5 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Spruce Pine has a couple inches per family. Asheville has been sunny almost all day, I expected a bit more action here. 

I think that batch coming out of e tn will deliver the goods

[BooneWX]

A lot of these snow showers are not falling apart in the slightest as they cross into the foothills. We may be in a rare scenario where there’s just enough instability and lift to overcome downsloping.