Met1985 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 minutes ago, WNC_Fort said: I think messaging from WLOS/WYFF could be stronger. Think most local emergency offices are putting out strong messages on social media. But, there’s information overload on FB. I think people see confusion and just take it as no one knows. I think messaging needs to be stronger on the power outage likelihood and the cold that follows Half the public still thinks we are getting a snow storm locally... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Met1985 said: Half the public still thinks we are getting a snow storm locally... We all know that if social media puts it out there, it must be true 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Columbia office is hoisting Ice Storm Warning for the northern Midlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago At this point will be rooting for the NAM over any of the others. .5-.75in of ZR would be crippling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Ice Storm Warning up: ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Significant icing, in addition to compacted sleet, expected. Total sleet and snow accumulations up to two inches and ice accumulations between one half and one inch. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...A portion of the southern North Carolina mountains near the Blue Ridge Escarpment, and the mountains of northwest South Carolina. * WHEN...From 1 PM Saturday to 7 AM EST Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson- Including the cities of Tuckasegee, Allenstand, Almond, Cruso, Luck, Busick, Burnsville, Cove Creek, Waterville, Waynesville, Bryson City, Faust, Walnut, Ramseytown, Celo, Black Mountain, Micaville, Luada, Spruce Pine, Robbinsville, Marshall, Mars Hill, Poplar, Candler, Alarka, Sylva, Cullowhee, Stecoah, Hot Springs, Wesser, Canton, Asheville, and Swiss 936 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Significant icing, including compacted sleet and snow, expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to two inches and ice accumulations around one inch. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...A portion of the mountains of western North Carolina near the Tennessee border, including Buncombe and northern Jackson counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM Saturday to 7 AM EST Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes- Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery- Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt- Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania- Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers- Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Pulaski, Eden, Stuart, Alderson, Clifton Forge, Whitetop, Independence, West Jefferson, Hinton, Quinwood, Hot Springs, Buena Vista, Duo, Covington, White Sulphur Springs, Fincastle, Lynchburg, Wytheville, South Boston, Hix, Radford, Troutdale, Yanceyville, Floyd, Amherst, Flat Top, Bland, Volney, Rocky Mount, Lewisburg, Wilkesboro, Lexington, Bedford, Salem, New Castle, Marion, Dobson, Tazewell, Danville, Union, Keysville, Galax, Boone, Appomattox, Yadkinville, Rainelle, Martinsville, Danbury, Sparta, Pearisburg, Roanoke, Blacksburg, and Bluefield 943 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation. Mainly snow and possibly sleet along and north of U.S. 460, and snow, sleet and freezing rain south of U.S. 460. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. * WHEN...From 1 PM Saturday to 1 PM EST Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Basically everything and the kitchen sink across the mountains from north to south. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Met1985 said: Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson- Including the cities of Tuckasegee, Allenstand, Almond, Cruso, Luck, Busick, Burnsville, Cove Creek, Waterville, Waynesville, Bryson City, Faust, Walnut, Ramseytown, Celo, Black Mountain, Micaville, Luada, Spruce Pine, Robbinsville, Marshall, Mars Hill, Poplar, Candler, Alarka, Sylva, Cullowhee, Stecoah, Hot Springs, Wesser, Canton, Asheville, and Swiss 936 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Significant icing, including compacted sleet and snow, expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to two inches and ice accumulations around one inch. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...A portion of the mountains of western North Carolina near the Tennessee border, including Buncombe and northern Jackson counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM Saturday to 7 AM EST Monday. Terrifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, BretWx said: Terrifying. 1 inch is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Valley Steve Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago I'm wondering how long the electric grid will hold up in Maggie. We're on a buried electric cable from the main line running along Soco Rd. Fingers crossed the qpf is light and we rise above freezing early Sunday. Ugh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 2 minutes ago, Maggie Valley Steve said: I'm wondering how long the electric grid will hold up in Maggie. We're on a buried electric cable from the main line running along Soco Rd. Fingers crossed the qpf is light and we rise above freezing early Sunday. Ugh... I still see you getting a half in of ice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Valley Steve Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Just now, Met1985 said: I still see you getting a half in of ice... Yeah, I know. Duke came in before Helene and upgraded everything on the main line including new poles. Brand new wire and brand new transformers. They been working the right of ways the past Month cutting back tree growth near the lake and the high tension lines coming over the mountains as well as feeder lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Just now, Maggie Valley Steve said: Yeah, I know. Duke came in before Helene and upgraded everything on the main line including new poles. Brand new wire and brand new transformers. They been working the right of ways the past Month cutting back tree growth near the lake and the high tension lines coming over the mountains as well as feeder lines. Yeah hopefully but then you've got to worry about the transfer station and people driving on this crap that shouldn't be out in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonSalemArlington Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Meanwhile, at Sugar Mountain: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 minutes ago, WinstonSalemArlington said: Ouch. I am right here. 1hr wait at ACE for propane refills. Might have to suck it up and go get a couple more filled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago We cooked gang. This is going to be one hell of a storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I will be watching Northern Mississippi tonight to see if there are snow reports and what is falling. That will be where the tongue of precipitation comes from that could bring the early thump of snow. HRRR had a nice south jump the past few runs there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Southern escarpment looks to get hammered with freezing rain. Thankful my propane tank is full. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNC_Fort Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Man. I really thought we were gonna get away with mostly sleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, Rainforrest said: Southern escarpment looks to get hammered with freezing rain. Thankful my propane tank is full. You definitely cooked Rainforrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 2 minutes ago, WNC_Fort said: Man. I really thought we were gonna get away with mostly sleet. Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Haywood emc is usually pretty good at keeping our right of way cut back pretty good. The only thing that worries me is Duke powers transmission lines Duke sucks at keeping up maintenance on those lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, Rainforrest said: Haywood emc is usually pretty good at keeping our right of way cut back pretty good. The only thing that worries me is Duke powers transmission lines Duke sucks at keeping up maintenance on those lines. Yeah im on Haywood emc also. After the storm they went gang busters on clearing for lines and putting new lines up for just about everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago They did a lot of clearing after Helene up on this mountain but there's still too many trees near lines for me to feel comfortable at all. I am usually the last one to get stressed or paranoid about things but that forecast has me both. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, BretWx said: They did a lot of clearing after Helene up on this mountain but there's still too many trees near lines for me to feel comfortable at all. I am usually the last one to get stressed or paranoid about things but that forecast has me both. Yeah you cooked bro. Best wishes lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Onset tomorrow from 12z gfs.Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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calculus1 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago GFS continues with a decent front end thump of snow in the mid to northern tier of western piedmont/foothills NC counties, including McDowell, Burke, Catawba, and points to their NE. I’m really hoping that verifies. Should be pretty to watch fall late Saturday afternoon/evening. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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