2026 Foothills thread

[SnowDawg]

That run right there is what every single person on this board deserves. Foothills and upstate deserves this win! Reel it in.

[strongwxnc]

12 hr rule. Buts damn that’s Purdy.


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[BooneWX]

Climatologically….IF there’s a min, it tends to favor the northern foothills. I know painfully well because I grew up there. Fingers crossed. 

[wncsnow]

Looking good fellas. 00Z NAM will be fun I think 

[BooneWX]

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[wncsnow]

Weathernext increased totals. Close to 10 inches with the ratios.

[BooneWX]

Nam run wasn’t super great but the end of the 3k was going absolutely nuclear over us with the deform band. 

[wncsnow]

End of the FV3 

[JoshM]

0z ICON gives me 0.82" of QPF 

[JoshM]

That lee enhancement  

[wncsnow]

RDPS looks consistent

[wncsnow]

Still looking good fellas

[wncsnow]

[WiseWeather]

I feel like 6zGFS might be a big dog closer to the euro.


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[JoshM]

13 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Still looking good fellas

Steady as she goes... 

Canadian about to show some love!

EDIT: I jinxed it, cut back on QPF a lot 

[WiseWeather]

I feel like the gfs is honing in a solid 5-10 inches for the foothills


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[WiseWeather]

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[WNC_Fort]

2 minutes ago, WiseWeather said:

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Woah. This is a cut back from last night

[WiseWeather]

Woah. This is a cut back from last night

Seems like a trend right now…..


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[strongwxnc]

Lock with the 18z around here a lesser out east.


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[strongwxnc]

Wind flow will be very important as we move through Friday for our foothill/lee side areas. Need the best trajectory to max snow. I.e, hope to minimize any down sloping winds or just minimal as the ULL pivots.      

[WXNewton]

06 EPS another step our way!  Also shows that precip maxima on the 06z Euro AI in the same general area.

 

[BooneWX]

We’re looking good. Only critique would be that I’d like to see the digging calm down a bit. You want to be just northwest of the ULL, not way northwest.

[calculus1]

So much uncertainty still with this system. Here's a chart from NWS regarding snowfall amounts. I highlighted locations with 9 or more inches of spread in their possible outcomes. Crazy!

[BooneWX]

Agreed, it’s a feast or famine setup 

[strongwxnc]

7 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

We’re looking good. Only critique would be that I’d like to see the digging calm down a bit. You want to be just northwest of the ULL, not way northwest.

Hopefully we will have a good agreement on this today into tonight.  

[strongwxnc]

NWS GSP chat says they will upgraded to a warning this afternoon.

 

[BooneWX]

Meant to snap a pic but was in a hurry this morning, but I had red skies at sunrise over my glacier. You know the rules… red skies at morning and what do we say about snow that’s sticking around? Fun weekend ahead potentially. Glad we’ve had a winter full of tracking whether the storms pan out or not. Sure as hell beats what we’ve had for years otherwise. 

[calculus1]

"Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning - a winter storm warning!"

[wncsnow]

3K NAM is a thing of beauty for us guys!