2026 Foothills thread

[mercurydime]

Glad to see this rain. 1.67 on the meter at 9:30a. A bit surprised at the amount. 

[strongwxnc]

1.68” total so far!


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[WNC_Fort]

Was I just not paying attention or is this significantly over performing? I’m already nearing 2” and there’s a lot of heavy stuff in N Georgia/SWNC heading this way. Local creeks and ditches are overflowing (never recovered post-Helene)

[Met1985]

3 minutes ago, WNC_Fort said:

Was I just not paying attention or is this significantly over performing? I’m already nearing 2” and there’s a lot of heavy stuff in N Georgia/SWNC heading this way. Local creeks and ditches are overflowing (never recovered post-Helene)

No this is definitely over performing. We've had heavy rain and storms basically all night and all morning.  Love to see it.

[wncsnow]

2.5 now here. Yard is starting to flood. 

[WNC_Fort]

2 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

2.5 now here. Yard is starting to flood. 

Yea, this is bad. Every hard rain causes issues here after Helene. And this was a major miss/underestimate by the models

[strongwxnc]

Bank it. Just had a good rumble of thunder !!


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[Met1985]

14 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

2.5 now here. Yard is starting to flood. 

Basements are flooded here as well. Driveway washed also.  

[strongwxnc]

Basements are flooded here as well. Driveway washed also.  

Damn’


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[BooneWX]

2.61” of rain. We’ve had dry conditions before this but I’m modestly worried it’ll be enough to loosen up tree roots before tomorrows wind.

[mercurydime]

3.2 here as it begins to taper off. Prefer that spread out a bit more. Hope no one is terribly inconvenienced. Fog is setting in. 

[wncsnow]

10 minutes ago, mercurydime said:

3.2 here as it begins to taper off. Prefer that spread out a bit more. Hope no one is terribly inconvenienced. Fog is setting in. 

Wind is whipping here 

[SnowDawg]

5.51” total here. Don’t remember forecasts being quite that high. Upslope enhancement never fails along the southern escarpment. Now if we could just get a synoptic snow setup with some southerly flow.

[calculus1]

1.56 inches here. Still quite a bit over forecast but nothing compared to what you guys a bit further west got.


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[Met1985]

1 hour ago, SnowDawg said:

5.51” total here. Don’t remember forecasts being quite that high. Upslope enhancement never fails along the southern escarpment. Now if we could just get a synoptic snow setup with some southerly flow.

Wow! That is freaking some rainfall for 24 to 36 hours.

[SnowDawg]

4 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

Wow! That is freaking some rainfall for 24 to 36 hours.

And over 4.5 of that is just from midnight to around 2 when it started to clear. Lots of flash flooding.