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A follow up question... Asheville sits in a broad valley open to the eastern piedmont. Do you think the air nestles itself into this "nook" and then becomes trapped by the Great Balsams and the Black Mtns? I only ask this b/c i feel sheltered sometimes from CAD events as I sit in a mtn valley. TIA.

Yes, but this is insitu cold. When ongoing, driven CAD develops usually the coldest air banks east, although in the beginning the residual cold pool hangs around and slowly warms. Hendersonville and south and east of the Beaucatcher mountains and Fairview /Lake Lure region eastward is where the cold will stay during a true synoptic driven CAD, while Boone and the higher elevations begin to warm up.

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Yes, but this is insitu cold. When ongoing, driven CAD develops usually the coldest air banks east, although in the beginning the residual cold pool hangs around and slowly warms. Hendersonville and south and east of the Beaucatcher mountains and Fairview /Lake Lure region eastward is where the cold will stay during a true synoptic driven CAD, while Boone and the higher elevations begin to warm up.

Thanks! Makes sense.

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Yes, but this is insitu cold. When ongoing, driven CAD develops usually the coldest air banks east, although in the beginning the residual cold pool hangs around and slowly warms. Hendersonville and south and east of the Beaucatcher mountains and Fairview /Lake Lure region eastward is where the cold will stay during a true synoptic driven CAD, while Boone and the higher elevations begin to warm up.

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Sounds like tommorrow night might get interesting ....from SPC

WHILE THERE MAY BE SOMEWHAT OF A REDUCTION OF SEVERE PROBABILITIES

TUESDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECT DAMAGING WIND/TORNADO THREATS TO ESCALATE

AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG/E OF THE APPALACHIANS... PARTICULARLY SC

NWD INTO ERN/CNTRL VA. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING DCVA

ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED JET STREAK THAT AIDS IN MORE

NEGATIVE-TILT TO THE UPPER TROUGH. STRONG UVV...SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY

LAYER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AND 50-60 KTS OF SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL

ALL BE FAVORABLE FOR LATE NIGHT QLCS SEVERE MODES. HAVE EXPANDED

LOW SEVERE PROBABILITIES NWD ACROSS THE MASON-DIXON LINE AND THE

CATEGORICAL SLIGHT RISK INTO MOST OF ERN/CNTRL VA.

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Already up to .35 looking like i could end up with 5-6 inches when all is said and done.

Very nice... isentropic lift really cranking out the totals in the favored locations. Meanwhile I'm only at .02" for the day here just NW of Asheville and my temperature is 39.9 degrees. Will be interesting to watch the temp slowly rise later tonight as the WAA overcomes the CAD.

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This is a great CAD right now. My temp is still dropping and now sits at 37 - hopefully this will bode well later this winter. Still pretty gust winds as well...add in the rain and its feeling cold :)

Been a while since we've seen this strong of a CAD this early to my knowledge...hopefully a good sign!

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you guys in northeast Georgia are about to get dumped on. Maybe the GFS was onto something, the echoes keep expanding and getting higher returns approaching ne corner of the state as well as western SC and sw NC. I'm def. jealous. The FFC radar shows the continuous redevelopment, wouldn't surprise me to see the estimates are underdone in some spots. The PWATS are ridiculous to begin with and this system has a lot going for it to be a major rainmaker there so I'm thinking some isolated 4" amounts near the Rabun/Oconee/Transylvania triangle. I'd hate to think if we ever had this type of moisture surge on top of a 1040 damming high, of course the synoptics would almost make it impossible.

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you guys in northeast Georgia are about to get dumped on. Maybe the GFS was onto something, the echoes keep expanding and getting higher returns approaching ne corner of the state as well as western SC and sw NC. I'm def. jealous. The FFC radar shows the continuous redevelopment, wouldn't surprise me to see the estimates are underdone in some spots. The PWATS are ridiculous to begin with and this system has a lot going for it to be a major rainmaker there so I'm thinking some isolated 4" amounts near the Rabun/Oconee/Transylvania triangle. I'd hate to think if we ever had this type of moisture surge on top of a 1040 damming high, of course the synoptics would almost make it impossible.

Hope you get a pile of it too. Can't imagine how it's gonna be tomorrow when this thing really gets kicking!

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Hope you get a pile of it too. Can't imagine how it's gonna be tomorrow when this thing really gets kicking!

I'm probably one county too far east to get in the good stuff, but tomorrow night I'm sure there will be a good period of a few hours where it pours...just in the knick of time too, to salvage what was going to be a very dry November, by maybe 4 hours , LOL. This happened at the end of September if I recall, the last few hours of the month it rained "just enough" to knock me out of a record dry month by about a quarter inch. Anyway, think my area will be close to a developing triple point tomorrow night, so I may be dealing with twisters . We get a lot of scares with those. I'd prefer the rain.

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I'm probably one county too far east to get in the good stuff, but tomorrow night I'm sure there will be a good period of a few hours where it pours...just in the knick of time too, to salvage what was going to be a very dry November, by maybe 4 hours , LOL. This happened at the end of September if I recall, the last few hours of the month it rained "just enough" to knock me out of a record dry month by about a quarter inch. Anyway, think my area will be close to a developing triple point tomorrow night, so I may be dealing with twisters . We get a lot of scares with those. I'd prefer the rain.

It seems like all the tornado warnings for the most are for the northern part of the county

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I hear ya on the early clock man....

First real heavy band puttin it down now, make for a good night sleep..4 am comes early especially when you've been off for 5 days :drunk:

I'll check the gauge in the morning and report in, good luck all with much moisture

No nighttime twisters please. I love the heavy stuff but I would hate any damage.

I'm probably one county too far east to get in the good stuff, but tomorrow night I'm sure there will be a good period of a few hours where it pours...just in the knick of time too, to salvage what was going to be a very dry November, by maybe 4 hours , LOL. This happened at the end of September if I recall, the last few hours of the month it rained "just enough" to knock me out of a record dry month by about a quarter inch. Anyway, think my area will be close to a developing triple point tomorrow night, so I may be dealing with twisters . We get a lot of scares with those. I'd prefer the rain.

High hit 45 today here. A nice nice day. Most people think Im nuts at work, but I love a cold cloudy day. Now, as lookout would say, give me 30 degrees!!

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I'm probably one county too far east to get in the good stuff, but tomorrow night I'm sure there will be a good period of a few hours where it pours...just in the knick of time too, to salvage what was going to be a very dry November, by maybe 4 hours , LOL. This happened at the end of September if I recall, the last few hours of the month it rained "just enough" to knock me out of a record dry month by about a quarter inch. Anyway, think my area will be close to a developing triple point tomorrow night, so I may be dealing with twisters . We get a lot of scares with those. I'd prefer the rain.

SPC mesoscale analysis showing the area of greatest pwats consolidating over western MS, and that may be enhanced downstream by the wet tongue in southern AL and GA, extending down into the EC of FL.

http://w1.spc.woc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/archiveviewer.php?sector=19&parm=pwtr#

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It seems like all the tornado warnings for the most are for the northern part of the county

those south mountain outcroppings are pretty good at inititating supercells, and low level shear spin ups. But theres been about 6 reports within a few miles near me, and especially between Waco to Kings Mountain over the last 7 years I've lived here, so this county has its share for sure.

.44 since the steady rain started earlier this evening. Good soaker is on the way :thumbsup:

You're already at my monthly total, almost. I'm right at .50" this month. LOL. I think you're roughly double my yearly too.

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those south mountain outcroppings are pretty good at inititating supercells, and low level shear spin ups. But theres been about 6 reports within a few miles near me, and especially between Waco to Kings Mountain over the last 7 years I've lived here, so this county has its share for sure.

Yea thats what I was figuring. Those south mountains sure are gorgeous though.

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