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Hey, Packbacker!  Here you can see that WxSouth backs up the fact that the biggest snow drought is in the immediate lee of the mountains.  He just posted this in the comments section of a recent post on Facebook:

 

If you draw a line from around Lynchburg down to the foothills of NC, western SC and northeast GA...yes, that area has been in a major snow drought into the southern piedmont of NC as well.The way the storms have all occurred with major downsloping to them right around Asheville, Hendersonville and extreme western SC those areas are probably the furthest removed from their actual snow averages than any place in the East or South over the last 3years. A few communities on the southeast side of the lee of the Southern Apps literally have gone 3 years now with no flakes whatsoever, which is pretty incredible.

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oh and as far as the nam goes. what would make the nam especially painful for the northern part of ga/western carolinas is the virga storm the nam gives us. It wouldn't be enough central and south ga/florida gets slammed..no we have to have a massive virga storm to boot to really piss in our face.

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I'm seriously considering handing out warnings. We let them know right now and if they miss the warning, oh well.

indeed  :hug:

 

oh and as far as the nam goes. what would make the nam especially painful for the northern part of ga/western carolinas is the virga storm the nam gives us. It wouldn't be enough central and south ga/florida gets slammed..no we have to have a massive virga storm to boot to really piss in our face.

:lol:  I have to laugh with you there Lookout.....from the looks of it I'm right in the middle of that same storm   :wub: 

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Everybody always says how bad the LR Nam is. If that's the case, then south GA, FL, and the coastal Carolinas are no more likely to get snow than interior sections were at 12z. So at least there's that. :)

Amen brother. Let the trend continue!

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Everybody always says how bad the LR Nam is. If that's the case, then south GA, FL, and the coastal Carolinas are no more likely to get snow than interior sections were at 12z. So at least there's that. :)

Lol the NAM is terrible. Really? over an inch of ice at 84 hours and the precipitation is still strengthening at 84 and no where near done with >30DBZ returns.
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I'm afraid that the foothills and piedmont will miss this. This will play out like 1989, just a little further north and west. Then the pattern flips to warm and wet leaving the ATL, AHN, GSP, CLT, and HKY areas to wait until next winter for any winter weather.

Are you just afraid it'll all work out that way, or is there a meteorological reason for feeling things will work out that way?

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Looks like a 1989 redux to me... some of the top analogs (if not the top) for this storm was 1989... also my area hasn't seen this many below freezing highs since 1989. I don't have any fancy explanation or maps, just a viewer with an opinion :) I'd like to see everyone on this board get slammed with as much snow as they want, but not going to happen :(

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oh and as far as the nam goes. what would make the nam especially painful for the northern part of ga/western carolinas is the virga storm the nam gives us. It wouldn't be enough central and south ga/florida gets slammed..no we have to have a massive virga storm to boot to really piss in our face.

Agree! If we sit up here all day with cloudy and 25 degrees, while metalman and NFL get buried in snow, will definitely be salt in the wound!
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Are you just afraid it'll all work out that way, or is there a meteorological reason for feeling things will work out that way?

The models are already showing the flip beginning this weekend to a much warmer and wetter pattern. Also if this event happens this way the analog would certainly fit 1989-1990 except that it occurs in Jan instead of Dec. After that flip back then, winter was over outside of the mountains except for one last  cold snap that lasted for 2-3. And not even a small threat of winter weather after the big coastal storm either.

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The models are already showing the flip beginning this weekend to a much warmer and wetter pattern. Also if this event happens this way the analog would certainly fit 1989-1990 except that it occurs in Jan instead of Dec. After that flip back then, winter was over outside of the mountains except for one last cold snap that lasted for 2-3. And not even a small threat of winter weather after the big coastal storm either.

did you see the euro ensembles today?
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