Maggie Valley Steve

Winter Weather Advisories hoisted for the border Counties to Swain County. GSP has me in the 2 to 4 inch range. Carefully watching a more Northerly flow early Friday before a NWFS sets in.

A bit of am uptick via the GFS and ECMWF this afternoon. Both models suggested a bit more vigorous upper air disturbance/lobe dropping more SSE into the Southern Apps. Both suggested a couple inches of accumulation here in the Valley.

Second morning with 32 and heavy frost to the Valley floor. The "warm up" was not so warm here on the N facing mountain. Hoping to see a flurry or two Thursday night!

Yeah we needed the rain. Started out at 41 this morning and currently sitting at 45 with light rain.

This pattern keeps popping up. Makes me think it may have legs

I am finally seeing signs of a pattern change suggesting at least we get back to seasonal norms regarding temperatures. Looking like the first shot of stronger colder air arrives mid next week followed by several more shots of colder air leading up to Thanksgiving.

No snow at 3200 ft. Just a mix of rain and sleet pellets. Looks like the snow line here was around 4500 ft. Sheep Back Mountain looked nice with snow cover this morning.

Nice to see snow on the ground at Cataloochee this morning. Looks like we may get another chance toward the end of the month. November is coming quickly and hopefully the ski areas open up ahead of schedule!

Just walked the dogs. Light rain and sleet mix. Webcam at Cataloochee shows some light accumulation starting.

Flurries now at Cataloochee Ski Area.

34 with heavy frost to the ground this morning. My point and click forecast from GSP indicates a 50% chance of snow overnight tonight.

The 12Z 3km NAM suggests some accumulation above 5K Tuesday evening into Wednesday. Definitely feeling like a Fall day with a current temperature of 55F.

36 and frost in Maggie.

43 this morning. I'm noticing the longer range guidance suggest much cooler air possibly arriving early to mid next week. I'm praying that the folks still needing to be reached with supplies get what they need soon! The Army arrived in Maggie Sunday afternoon. They've been working with our Town Maintenance crews since arriving!

45 here this morning. Fortunately local restaurants and businesses are opening back up so that their employees can get back to work. I still have spotty cell phone issues, but otherwise progress is being made locally in cleaning up and repairs continue! Thankfully the weather has been cooperating.