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Over 4.5 inches so far today, with more heavy rain falling and in the pipeline. This is insane! Also, low rumbles of thunder with these tropical convective showers. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Also over three inches here in Hickory. Still raining steadily with flash floods warnings and flood advisories for the area. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

The wet weekend has begun here in Hickory as of about an hour ago. I'm expecting upwards of 4 inches of rainfall when all is said and done, but we'll see if it all materializes as forecasted. So much for hiking this weekend in WNC... I'm glad I got the lawn mowed yesterday evening after work.

Agreed. And, even the hot days from a few days ago were not that bad because the humidity was so low and there was a constant breeze. Maybe there's something to be said for that dry heat they have in Arizona...

^Those are truly beautiful, eyewall! Thanks so much for sharing. Number 2 is my favorite, and then number 3. I just made that second picture my desktop background. It's beautiful!

Here comes the heat... Ugh.

Man, we really need this rain... /ducks for cover and grins sheepishly/ Up to 1.17 inches for the day already...

I'm at Lake Lure this weekend, but watched that radar signature closely. Fortunately, it weakened considerably before it passed over my house. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

We get it. You've got the weather all figured out, and we are stupid for even enjoying a chase that might not pan out. Come on, man. It's a weather board. And, more than that, it's a snow-lovers board. We are going to talk about what the models show and what might happen, and I won't apologize for that. If it doesn't snow, life will go on. If it does snow, I will enjoy it (just like the anticipation), even if it only falls from the sky and never actually accumulates.

The 06Z 12Z NAM was very friendly to upstate SC with a 7-inch lollipop of snowfall. We now have a HWO for up to one-half-inch of snowfall tomorrow morning. Crazy, but lovin' it! Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

The 00Z 12K NAM does not disappoint! A nice 6-inch swath of snowfall from Charlotte to Greensboro! Upstate SC gets 1-3 inches. Also, the afternoon discussion from GSP was priceless. Check it out if you haven't seen it yet. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Yeah, look at the classic LP placement on the 12Z ICON:

Congratulations, you forced me into a Google search this morning, and I just added a new word to my vocabulary. =) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

Oh, come on! =) You know everyone pulls for snow in their own backyards. It doesn't mean I hate people that live in eastern NC or anything. If you guys get snow out of this, I will enjoy seeing your pictures, just as I did when the posters from Jacksonville, NC, shared a few weeks back. I also think it's more likely (see earlier post) that you will see snow out of this than I will. Anyway, I pull for snow IMBY every month of the year -- January - December. Those of you pulling for spring to prevail now that we are in late March don't march to the beat of the same drum as do I. The advent of spring only means that summer (and the awful heat and humidity) will shortly be here. Ugh! Winter is coming...

True. There is that option. I don't think either one is likely, though -- westward trend or expansion of coverage. I think you stand the best chance of getting something in your backyard if you live to the north and east of Raleigh in this setup. But, who knows? We'll keep watching...

Just need that westward trend... [emoji16] Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

My favorite is the COD: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=GSP-N0Q-0-12

And the "jackpot zone" (if you can call 1.5 inches a "jackpot") is in the lee of the Apps in each case. I think that's good. Amirite? Or, should I concede to the conventional wisdom that you never want to be in the "jackpot zone" three or four days out? I'm just gonna grasp at any straws thrown my way right now...

Still there at 06Z. Winning! Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

My favorite! Leeside enhancement! Let's do this! Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

If you are south of I-85, then you should expect even less snow than what has been reported at GSP. So, again, this year isn't too different from normal. Still disappointing, but not completely aberrant.

You live in NW SC, man. Here are the annual (and monthly -- October to May) snowfall totals for the past 15 years or so at GSP: Your 4.3-inch season total this year is only 0.4 inches less than normal. It's also more than 16 of the years listed here. I think it's been a pretty normal year for you as far as totals go. (I also figure you don't actually live at the airport -- Boiling Springs is more north and east of there -- so your totals will vary a bit, but this is the best I can do.) We all want more snow, myself included. (Spring, stay away!) I think the extra bitterness and despair right now is due to the big storm that was had in December. Everyone believed that we were setting up for an epic winter with that early storm. It just hasn't materialized that way, though.

Wait. You're in favor of censoring which information the public has access to? I'm going to file a Freedom of Information Act request to counter your proposal. =) It should be up to the individual to determine what information they want to give credence to and how they want to process it. I don't need/want someone else filtering my weather map access because they believe I wouldn't be able to handle whatever mood swings they think I might incur.

00Z GFS still looking good...

A true southern slider...