12/4 Winter Storm Accumulation Totals

[superjames1992]

I decided to start a thread where we can all post how much snow we got.

I was in northeast High Point, NC and picked up about 1.5" of snow. The vast majority of that accumulated in the 12-3 PM time-frame. I kind of wish it would have snowed at night so it could have accumulated a bit better, but it was really need seeing moderate/heavy snow during the day for the short time it lasted. I was surprised how quickly it accumulated. The temperatures really plummeted during the event to around 30 towards the end of the snow. Hooray for endothermic processes like evaporation and melting!

[Poimen]

I measured 2" at my house.

[Local Yokel Wx]

Btw Newland and Linville in Avery County I stayed at a friends house overnight and left today with 10.75" on the table and 8-9" on the ground. It was snowing hard when I left around 1:30pm.

[wake4est]

In SW Wake County, we received only a trace. Driving 30 miles north last night in SW Durham County, There were 2" or so on the ground. Very dramatic and clear line of accumulating snow vs. almost nothing right at the Apex/Cary border.

[jrips27]

None

[Isopycnic]

This data is already in the obs thread.

[weathafella]

Btw Newland and Linville in Avery County I stayed at a friends house overnight and left today with 10.75" on the table and 8-9" on the ground. It was snowing hard when I left around 1:30pm.

Totally impressive! Enjoy!

[HKY_WX]

1/2 inch. most of it was gone though by this morning.

[Turner Team]

3 inches here just west of Martinsville, VA

[NegativeTilt]

1/2"

[Local Yokel Wx]

Talking with a friend who lives in the location from where the above pic came and he said he is over a foot and a half of snow since Sat! (Avery County; 4300')

[strongwxnc]

That is freaking awesome!!! Might be driving up to Boone this saturday... I assume this will still be around

Talking with a friend who lives in the location from where the above pic came and he said he is over a foot and a half of snow since Sat! (Avery County; 4300')

[BIG FROSTY]

3 inches here in Frosty Land.

[eyewall]

Trace

[tazaroo]

We had maybe 1 1/2 inches here in Ramseur but it melted fast and by Sat night only traces were left. Better than it could have been.

[eyewall]

Trace line needs to be farther south by me but this gives the general idea.

[KChuck]

3.25" Pine Knolls development north of Kernersville, NC

[Local Yokel Wx]

Trace line needs to be farther south by me but this gives the general idea.

I know its hard to account for the NW favored locations but man they should be at least pointed out with a max total or something. I know of several locations surpassing 15" for the event. After saying this Im beginning to think they might not merge storms together (Clipper and then NW flow) which would see reasonable for these favored locations (also i see its preliminary).

[eyewall]

Here is my forecast verification. In terms of the mountains I don't think they were accounting for the full upslope event and tried to capture more of what was directly associated with the clipper itself. I know at the ridge lines that isn't easy to do and some what is shown there is certainly upslope related.

[griteater]

As typical with clippers, that strip across the piedmont of >2 inches was located along and just north of the 500mb vort max track.

Trace line needs to be farther south by me but this gives the general idea.

[eyewall]

As typical with clippers, that strip across the piedmont of >2 inches was located along and just north of the 500mb vort max track.

Very true that is where you needed to be for the jackpot.

[phil882]

Here is my forecast verification. In terms of the mountains I don't think they were accounting for the full upslope event and tried to capture more of what was directly associated with the clipper itself. I know at the ridge lines that isn't easy to do and some what is shown there is certainly upslope related.

And here is my forecast verification.

Overall, I get the feeling they are including NWFS since they put the 5th of December, so this includes most of the reports from Sunday too. This likely inflated the totals in the blue area on Raleigh's map. Still though, I think my map was underdone across the mountains, and I should have blanked them in the pink area. In fact the pink areas should have shifted about one county westward. Otherwise, I almost got the finger of higher snowfall amounts right, but was shifted a bit too far north and didn't extend it far enough to the east. Overall I'd give myself a B.

[Lee]

And here is my forecast verification.

Overall, I get the feeling they are including NWFS since they put the 5th of December, so this includes most of the reports from Sunday too. This likely inflated the totals in the blue area on Raleigh's map. Still though, I think my map was underdone across the mountains, and I should have blanked them in the pink area. In fact the pink areas should have shifted about one county westward. Otherwise, I almost got the finger of higher snowfall amounts right, but was shifted a bit too far north and didn't extend it far enough to the east. Overall I'd give myself a B.

As far as this area you were right on for my county but the next county up received quite a bit more. Wise and Clintwood both received 4.5 inches from the clipper. These areas have received an additional 4-6 from upslope.

[phil882]

As far as this area you were right on for my county but the next county up received quite a bit more. Wise and Clintwood both received 4.5 inches from the clipper. These areas have received an additional 4-6 from upslope.

Yea I should have expanded the light pink and pink area further north as well into Virgina. I have primarily been focusing on the Carolinas, but since the map did include parts of Virgina, I should have done a better job here.

[MotoWeatherman]

Yea I should have expanded the light pink and pink area further north as well into Virgina. I have primarily been focusing on the Carolinas, but since the map did include parts of Virgina, I should have done a better job here.

Surprised they already called it since Banner Elk and those areas are still getting plastered. Guess upslope part of this does not count in their totals..??

[1bert1]

Its still coming down here too. There is a lot of blowing and drifting but I would say there is about 10in on the ground avg.

[Amos83]

Surprised they already called it since Banner Elk and those areas are still getting plastered. Guess upslope part of this does not count in their totals..??

I was suprised as well.... looking at the cameras up on Beech Mtn they have been getting hammered non-stop over the past 36 hours and it has not let up. I'm anxious to see the exact total up there and was a little bummed Ray didn't mention it in his forecast this morning. I'm guessing they are well over 20-24"

[MotoWeatherman]

I was suprised as well.... looking at the cameras up on Beech Mtn they have been getting hammered non-stop over the past 36 hours and it has not let up. I'm anxious to see the exact total up there and was a little bummed Ray didn't mention it in his forecast this morning. I'm guessing they are well over 20-24"

I spoke to a guy who works in Eagles Nest subdivision in Banner Elk that has elevations up to 5,200 ft and he said they have between 1-2 feet of snow with 4 foot drifts up top on the ridge line.

[Amos83]

I spoke to a guy who works in Eagles Nest subdivision in Banner Elk that has elevations up to 5,200 ft and he said they have between 1-2 feet of snow with 4 foot drifts up top on the ridge line.

That sounds abour right. Although I think dealing with all that cold and snow would get old after a while I would love to spend an entire winter up there just for the experience. It really is like living in a completely different part of the world.

[FoothillsNC]

That sounds abour right. Although I think dealing with all that cold and snow would get old after a while I would love to spend an entire winter up there just for the experience. It really is like living in a completely different part of the world.

it sure is. Its vastly different than just down the mountains, especially in the winter. That snow won't be going anywhere anytime soon this week either, maybe a tad of melting with some rain over the weekend before the snowguns are coming back on probably Sunday for another big upslope event.