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Since about sunset it's been non-stop hammer time.

Absolute whiteout in Haywood currently

Cannot stress enough of how much of a classic NW upslope event this will be.

Yeah literally you can go a half mile and the weather will be different. Going to be a great event for us.

We are socked in Probably going to stay that way for 24 hours or so.

The last few frames of the radar you can really see the moisture start to blossom to our NW. Boy this evening and tonight is going to rock.

30 degrees with about a half inch accumulation. Been snowing lightly all morning.

39 and misting currently. Wind has picked up as well.

Yeah the NAM looks really good. Gives the Asheville airport nearly 2 inches of snowfall.

NAM rolling in. Looking really good even down into some of the valleys.

Rain finally letting up a bit. We've seen better storms this winter than this past spring and summer...

Yeah temp dropped from 62 to 46 with this line blowing through.

Yeah no kidding. Big time storm rolling through. Freaking torrential rainfall.

Pea size hail hitting now. Embedded storm is strengthening.

Big time cell fixing to hit me. Torrential rainfall and high winds.

The wind is really picking up ahead of this squall line. Heads up for the SW mountains.

To the newbies on here that are fixing to enjoy this upslope dream don't really worry about totals and what not at this point. As eyewall pointed out with flow snow as long as you have a strong signal things will proceed. This is different than a synoptic storm. All models have a difficult time with flow snow because we have so many peaks above 3500' and we have some really small microclimates in the mountains that can produce huge totals given the right setup. The signal is there still very much so and at this point just sit back and wait for tomorrow morning to come.

Well I was off a bit. Hoisted up the warning right off the bat. Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Graham- Including the cities of Ingalls, Banner Elk, Newland, Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Swiss, Burnsville, Celo, Micaville, Ramseytown, Busick, Spruce Pine, Poplar, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, Cove Creek, Robbinsville, and Stecoah 340 AM EST Thu Jan 12 2023 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... * WHAT...For the Winter Storm Warning, heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 9 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. For the Winter Weather Advisory, snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 2 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...The North Carolina mountain counties along the Tennessee border. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 AM EST Saturday.

GSP will hoist a watch up tomorrow morning then a warning tomorrow afternoon.

Yeah that line looks to mean business. Probably torrential rainfall, hail, and high winds.

Gfs still looks good but at this point this is where the short range models come into the light. Also this is going to be a long duration event especially with the energy wrapping up so tightly. A lot of moisture and a lot of energy.

Also don't overlook the squall line blowing through here tomorrow night. That thing is going to be potent and may cause some damage also.

Yeah gfs is really latching onto the fetch of moisture off of Lake Michigan this run.

I definitely think some streamers will make it over the mountains into the foothills with this one if the trends continue to look good.