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10.7 here this a.m.. Some snow covered areas east of here were below zero! Tazewell, Va hit -4.

Get out. Really? :o That should not be terribly surprising to me, though; Southwest Virginia seems to always have the lowest readings of this region (outside of the highest terrain).

I would love to have seen what WCYB had to say about the temperatures this morning. Unfortunately, I am not feeling well and slept in, therefore missing the morning news.

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Get out. Really? :o That should not be terribly surprising to me, though; Southwest Virginia seems to always have the lowest readings of this region (outside of the highest terrain).

I would love to have seen what WCYB had to say about the temperatures this morning. Unfortunately, I am not feeling well and slept in, therefore missing the morning news.

You've got to get better so you can go play in the snow! Snowman.gif

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You've got to get better so you can go play in the snow! Snowman.gif

I was in the snow quite a bit this weekend. Snowman.gif

Two trips to Madison County (one during the height of the snow on Sunday)

A couple more to the higher elevations of Unicoi County

Sledding in several different spots

Several walks around town

Walking around campus in the snow Monday and Tuesday (ahhh, college)

Come to think of it, my activity this weekend is likely what caused the problems I'm experiencing.

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Here are impressive numbers for the first 9 days in December for RDU and GSO. The first 9 days averaged -10.3 degrees below normal at RDU. This happened even with Dec. 1 hitting 70 degrees. For GSO, the first 9 days have averaged -10.1 degrees below average. Now that is impressive Folks!

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Here are impressive numbers for the first 9 days in December for RDU and GSO. The first 9 days averaged -10.3 degrees below normal at RDU. This happened even with Dec. 1 hitting 70 degrees. For GSO, the first 9 days have averaged -10.1 degrees below average. Now that is impressive Folks!

CLT is -13 so far

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I just realized just how cold this past week has been IMBY. Last weekend, we had .6" of snow. The house next door (unoccupied) still has a thin coating on about half its' roof this morning (the north facing side) - and there's a small shaded area in our back yard that still has a very thin crust of snow. Kinda hard to believe that such a minimal amount is still visible 6 days later.

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I just realized just how cold this past week has been IMBY. Last weekend, we had .6" of snow. The house next door (unoccupied) still has a thin coating on about half its' roof this morning (the north facing side) - and there's a small shaded area in our back yard that still has a very thin crust of snow. Kinda hard to believe that such a minimal amount is still visible 6 days later.

I remember the early January event last year dropped a bit under an inch here. With temps in the teens during the afternoon the day after the event and around freezing the day after that I was unable to make it out of my shaded, steep driveway for 2 full days. From less than an inch!

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I remember the early January event last year dropped a bit under an inch here. With temps in the teens during the afternoon the day after the event and around freezing the day after that I was unable to make it out of my shaded, steep driveway for 2 full days. From less than an inch!

had an inch here as well with that event. it lasted for over one week :thumbsup: maybe even close to 2? i had snow on the ground (granted, maybe only in the shade at times) for 3-4 weeks, highly unusual in ga!

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I'm new to posting (far more lurking). Most days feel like I need a secret decoder ring to decipher the posts, but I've learned a lot.

This probably needs to go to a different thread, but I'm not sure which one- question: Rome is consistently in a screw zone. More often than not, if there is snow in NW GA, NE AL you can literally drive 30 miles in any direction and find measurable accumulation without a trace amount in the county. I've asked locals, but no one knows enough about weather for a reasonable answer. I saw a post or two back at Eastern... but didn't really understand them.

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I'm new to posting (far more lurking). Most days feel like I need a secret decoder ring to decipher the posts, but I've learned a lot.

This probably needs to go to a different thread, but I'm not sure which one- question: Rome is consistently in a screw zone. More often than not, if there is snow in NW GA, NE AL you can literally drive 30 miles in any direction and find measurable accumulation without a trace amount in the county. I've asked locals, but no one knows enough about weather for a reasonable answer. I saw a post or two back at Eastern... but didn't really understand them.

Were you in Rome during the 93 storm? IIRC they got close to 2'. Obviously not your run of the mill storm, however :lol:

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Were you in Rome during the 93 storm? IIRC they got close to 2'. Obviously not your run of the mill storm, however :lol:

No- I moved here in 97. It took about ten years before most folks wanted to see snow again- now most are in agreement that we are long overdue!

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Per lookout's request...I'll get the obs rolling again on this arctic chill across the Southeast.

After a low of 22.4, we have struggled to 27 degrees at noon-thirty. I don't think we'll get much higher.

Same here, 27 at 12:30. I don't see the mid 30's here today. GFS is slightly colder tomorrow, mid 30's forecast tomorrow as well.

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17.2 & still light to moderate snow falling. GSP forecast high of 20.....Don't think we will make it. We have had some tremendous winds this AM. No idea how much snow we have had today as there is really no place to take a decent measurement.

WNC Snow measurements: http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=GSP&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

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Cool to see Dr. Perry's 3-hr sounding data for this last event. As you can see...the last 12 hrs had higher SLRs than the previous 12 hrs, which can be directly related in part to the avg temps in the sfc/850 layer. The NAM and the GFS both predicted these SLR values very well.  

Flat Springs SLR (13/13z)

12 HR: 22:1
24 HR: 16:1


Warren Wilson Soundings

AVG SFC/850 T
L12 HR: -11.1
P12 HR:  -6.0

3-HR Change
13/14Z SFC/850 T: -9.2/-15.2, Avg: -12.2
13/11Z SFC/850 T: -9.2/-14.7, Avg: -11.9
13/08Z SFC/850 T: -7.9/-13.6, Avg: -10.7
13/05Z SFC/850 T: -6.7/-12.9, Avg:  -9.8 
13/02Z SFC/850 T: -7.2/-12.6, Avg:  -9.8
12/23Z SFC/850 T: -6.4/-12.1, Avg:  -9.2
12/20Z SFC/850 T: -1.9/-8.2,  Avg:  -5.0
12/17Z SFC/850 T:  2.6/-2.2,  Avg:  -0.2

   

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Temps already dropping along the escarpment...down to 25. I'm betting on single digits tonight if the wind can lay just enough.

Shelby airport down to 28 after a high temp of 30. Charlotte is 30 after a high of 32. We would have been a few degrees colder here, but the lee trough held in place for quite a while this morning. Here was my call from Friday morning, I posted in another thread.

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Shelby airport down to 28 after a high temp of 30. Charlotte is 30 after a high of 32. We would have been a few degrees colder here, but the lee trough held in place for quite a while this morning. Here was my call from Friday morning, I posted in another thread.

Not at home but the nearest station is reporting a high of 27 so far. Atlanta is at 27 currently. Very impressive cold...it's hard to get temps to stay in the 20s here without a blanket of snow.

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