WxKnurd

You must not work with UT fans if you are just now starting to hate that state haha

Yep Erwin has been the battle ground (outside of elevation dependent temps along the spine and on our side of the line) based on reports I’ve been reading all morning on the TN Valley forum. Interesting dynamic how the cold in the upper atmosphere hit a wall it seems. I think now it boils down to two things if you are below say 4200’: can you get heavy enough rates for a mix or changeover to all snow and then can the backedge hold off long enough so when it clips the region it hits after the sun has set in order to put everything at your advantage.

54 in Mint Hill with the sun out, 37.6 at home.

Grew up in Northern Catawba, can attest to that!

I’m just picking on you guys for starting this thread, I always considered anything north and west of hwy 64 say from Hiddenite to Rutherfordton the mountains. But it does make sense lately to discuss threats separately, which is unfortunate and sadly a sign of the Pacific being a pain in our backside for what seems like a decade. Heck, you guys aren’t too far ahead of me in the frustrated realm of things. Probably even more irritated than you guys considering I’m above 3800’ and 12 miles from the state line, got jack squat to show for that.

It was 32 when I went to bed, figured we’d hold there or drop a few degrees but looking at weather station data it was 36 by midnight and hung around there ever since. I’ll miss whatever falls since I’ll be in Charlotte, hopeful for seeing something other than the token flakes I’ve seen all season late week into the weekend. Keeps up and we’ll need a “Non-State line aka Everyone not @Buckethead or @nchighcountrywx Mountain thread” post. Really break things down since our foothill brethren left us

Can definitely tell where the moisture has been this morning on this side of the state line, temps are much more elevation dependent where it’s been. Drop down out of the Newfounds into the FB valley and you can see how the cold has filtered in from TN there. 36 at my place, 33 on the Glades and then drop into Buncombe where the moisture has seemed to dry up and bam, uppers 20’s In Leicester and Sandy Mush. I did see a few flakes mixing in the drizzle earlier as the wind picked up. Front seems to bd working through based on that wind and falling dewpoints. Hope everyone gets a surprise later today and tonight. I think another .25” will put me over 1” total for the year

It’s been rough on all of us since Jan 2022

43 at home, not expecting but maybe an inch around that end of the county, maybe Crabtree and Sandy Mush balds squeeze out 3”, with the system coming tomorrow. much rather be in the Plotts for it, Soco Gap to Lynn Lowry should get hit pretty good. I’ll be headed to Charlotte in the morning anyway for work so I’m kind of hoping late week works out better anyway.

Congrats to you guys down further SW, got some cool pictures overnight during the heaviest rates at my places. Looks like .25” on my mountain too @Met1985, solid dusting at the very least.

Thought I was seeing some flakes on the last few trail cam pics that got sent out, good to know I wasn’t seeing things

Yep, Balsam Gap will do way better than us. Pain train continues for now.

24 for my low on my tropical mountain land in NE Haywood. @Met1985 frozen tundra takes sucks all the cold air away from me.

Flurries flying and another trace on the ground.

28.4/20.8, wetbulb keeps going down, now at 25.9. Will be interesting to see how long we hold off the warm nose and then the plain rain. Not expecting anything more than a few flakes that go quickly to sleet for a bit then a quick glaze before a nasty, cold, wet day tomorrow.

33.8 for the high, 30.9/21.6, wet bulb of 27.5.

200 ft lower, like 3 miles away and 10 degrees colder. I’m gonna need to buy another station from a different manufacturer so I can verify my readings haha

Geez. 21.7 was my low if my weather station was online all night. Sitting at 26.8 currently.

I’m just gonna move to 7-8k feet in the Rockies

30’s and 40’s (April and May) or 80’s (September and October) during prime time for trout, woo!

Been flurrying all day here, some accumulation up above 4200’ on Wine Tops and The Glades. Top of Chambers has snow/ice and of course Crabtree Bald is still in a cloud. Some darker clouds moving in now that I’m headed to Charlotte for the work week

Shetley Jr strikes again! Just giving you a hard time, but we need you to stop being a little dark rain cloud all the time lately lol. Of course every time you complained about drought this year we got rain so maybe you are onto something….

Yea, the mountains there in Iron duff that are same elevation as me had a legit dusting up top you could see from 209 and I could see good coverage up at Cataloochee on my drive towards 209 (good view of Purchase Knob and the ski area after you get away from the base of my mountain). Ready for an area wide crushing followed by some NWFS, hopefully we get that next weekend.

Yep the closer to Maggie you are in Haywood the better it seemed on my drive back to Waynesville.

Well regardless of any more moisture rotating through I can at least say I have another trace on the ground.