2026 Foothills thread

[wncsnow]

Let that front get hung up over the mountains a little. 

[BooneWX]

8 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Let that front get hung up over the mountains a little. 

Exact thing Webb cautioned about for days. Those fronts are never progressive!

[mercurydime]

30 at 8:05p.

Now it's 38 in front of the precipitation at 1a. 

Don't think that's gonna get it done. 

[Jmoon]

Were definitely trending in the right direction moisture wise for late tonight and tomorrow. Maybe we can get on the board for a change. Were overdue is a understatement. Good luck to all and especially the foothill crew.

[WNC_Fort]

I only saw a few flakes down where I am in Old Fort but dusting in parts of Marion/Sugar Hill.

[BooneWX]

She’s charging west, boys

[wncsnow]

1/4 inch of snow at the house!

[wncsnow]

What a pleasant surprise 

[calculus1]

1/4 inch of snow at the house!

Awesome! Congrats! Only wet ground here.


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[calculus1]

Even NWS GSP mentions “the northwest trend” for tomorrow. I think that gives relevance to it being “a thing”, in general, not just for tomorrow.


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[strongwxnc]

Awesome! Congrats! Only wet ground here.


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I’ve got wet ground here also, but my ring gauge didn’t pick up anything which is strange because it generally will pick something up…


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[wncsnow]

Looking at the latest SREF, it didnt trend west compared to 3Z but it beefed up amounts just east of most of us 

[strongwxnc]

Looking at the latest SREF, it didnt trend west compared to 3Z but it beefed up amounts just east of most of us 

Big if’s but as depicted western Cleveland County is about 10 miles to my east.


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[BooneWX]

8 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Looking at the latest SREF, it didnt trend west compared to 3Z but it beefed up amounts just east of most of us 

We’re probably about to have a healthy 12z nam

[strongwxnc]

Would love to build a loop of the last five days of modes just to see how crazy it has been.


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[wncsnow]

HRRR is way west of 6Z but is rain for most (probably wrong) 

[wncsnow]

17 hours ago, wncsnow said:

Something to watch tonight for us snow starved weenies. The HRRR is trying to bring a band of rain/snow mix and some minor accumulations in the upper foothills 

HRRR for the win. NAM showed no moisture at all and we got 1/4 of snow/sleet. 

[BooneWX]

Sref plumes are up to a mean of around 1.3” at KHKY. My gut says a slushy half an inch tomorrow but that’d be a hell of a victory after watching this storm run away from us. 

[wncsnow]

We need another 75-100 mile trend west to get into the good stuff. 

[BooneWX]

There’s also a slim chance but a non-zero chance nonetheless that we hit a boom scenario of 2-4”. All it’s going to take is that front getting a little hung up in the mountains and that axis of heaviest moisture will be over us, not the piedmont. 

[WNC_Fort]

We’re gonna run with the fact that @wncsnowgot surprise snow overnight as a sign we’re all gonna have a little event tonight/tomorrow… as an appetizer for something later this month? Hopium is back boys!

[strongwxnc]

We’re gonna run with the fact that [mention=3725]wncsnow[/mention]got surprise snow overnight as a sign we’re all gonna have a little event tonight/tomorrow… as an appetizer for something later this month? Hopium is back boys!

Hopium can be the best of things.


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[BooneWX]

I still think shift or not, with that moisture orientation being sw to ne, we’ll overachieve on rates and qpf 

[buckeyefan1]

Nice to see some reports of a flizzard this morning. It was a sweet pinging of sleet I heard as I’m working. I still expect to see a flizzard Sunday and it’s nice not to have to gather up flashlights for the black construction paper in order to document it