nchighcountrywx

WPC updated....

Mount Washington recorded a new record low of -47.1 breaking the old record from 1963 of -32. Prior to last night our historical -34 degree temperature in January 1987 when the stratosphere reached Mount Mitchell had them beat.

GSP AFD: THERE IS A PRECIP-TYPE WRINKLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THAT DEVELOPS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON, PERHAPS THE RESULT OF DYNAMIC COOLING, WHEREBY A NEARLY ISOTHERMAL LAYER IS SEEN ON FCST SOUNDINGS ABOVE 5000 FEET OR SO. IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO BRING THE SNOW LEVEL DOWN TO WHERE WE COULD SEE A CHANGEOVER TO A HEAVY WET SNOW ABOVE 5K FEET. SUSPECT IT WILL BE SNOW AT THE SUMMIT OF MT MITCHELL BY THE END OF THE DAYTIME PERIOD. ELSEWHERE, THE EXTENSIVE CLOUDS, PRECIP, AND COOL AIR MASS WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 40S.

I would be interested in doing that sometime. I am always looking for new access points to trailheads for the the Appalachian Trail without trespassing on someone else's private land. The OnX OffRoad app does a good job of showing who owns which land. I have never visited the bald in your area. I would bring along my Garmin Montana

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Updated

NAM modeling 61” snow at Clingman’s Dome!

Appears headed to -20

https://tempestwx.com/station/81986/grid

It’s here

HRRR has Beech Mountain at -20F during the day Friday. Be ready

Significant warning occurred overnight with temps rising 12 degrees above 4500’. Cold rain Tuesday

16.5 Grandfather Mountain. 12.7 Mount Mitchell

AS OF 630 AM EDT TUESDAY: IR SATELLITE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES OF MINUS 8 TO MINUS 10 DEC C CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTY SNOW FLURRIES ALONG AND NEAR THE TN BORDER IN NORTHWEST UPSLOPE FLOW. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE SHALLOW UPSLOPE MOISTURE BRIEFLY INCREASES AND A BAND OF VORTICITY ARRIVES ALOFT. OTHERWISE, A DEEP AND COLD TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THE NEAR TERM PERIOD. DESPITE GOOD INSOLATION EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE IN THE 50S EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, WITH PLENTY OF 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN - RUNNING SOME 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MANY LOCATIONS!

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Fox Weather coming this year along with a new streaming weather service from The Weather Channel https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/fox-news-weather-channel/619408/

GSP: THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR WILL RAPIDLY BRING SFC TEMPS INTO THE 30S AT HIGH ELEVATIONS BEGINNING LATE EVENING; FREEZING LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SUCH THAT MIN TEMPS REACH THE MID 20S IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MORNING (MIN TEMP RECORD AT AVL DOES NOT LOOK TO BE IN JEOPARDY). STILL LOOKING FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF A NW FLOW SNOW EVENT, WITH THE MAJOR "CLASSIC" INGREDIENTS LOOKING TO COME TOGETHER TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND RAPID COOLING OF THE MIXED LAYER WOULD SUGGEST ABOVE-AVERAGE SLRS, AND A NUMBER OF SOURCES STILL DEPICT A SMALL AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY. STILL THINKING WE WILL SEE A GREAT LAKES CONNECTION; ALWAYS TRICKY TO FIND GUIDANCE THAT PRODUCES BELIEVABLE QPF IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS, BUT FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MOST OF THE NW FLOW ZONE, WITH ISOLATED 3". QPF TAPERS OFF AFTER 18Z, BUT AT LEAST SOME FLURRIES MAY LINGER INTO THU EVENING.