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2016 Mountains & Foothills Fall & Winter Thread


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58 minutes ago, NavarreDon said:

Winter Storm Warning


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EST THU JAN 5 2017

...HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS...

.A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THIS IS LIKELY TO CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES SATURDAY MORNING.

GAZ010-017-NCZ036-037-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-507>510-
SCZ001>003-005>009-012>014-060400-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.170107T0000Z-170107T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.170107T0000Z-170107T1800Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...HOLLYWOOD...
STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...FARMINGTON...FORK CHURCH...
MOCKSVILLE...ADVANCE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...
SALISBURY...BREVARD...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...LITTLE RIVER...
HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...DANA...EAST FLAT ROCK...TUXEDO...
ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...CROUSE...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY...
INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...
SPINDALE...SALUDA...TRYON...COLUMBUS...MILL SPRING...
MOUNTAIN REST...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...
TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CLEVELAND...EASLEY...DACUSVILLE...
CLEMSON...GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...FORK SHOALS...
SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...CATAWBA...
ROCK HILL...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...MONARCH MILLS...CHESTER...
CORNWELL...GREAT FALLS
315 PM EST THU JAN 5 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FOOTHILLS AND
  PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
  CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND
  MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE
  SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

Wow  good for you guys, unfortunately wilkes county which north wilkesboro and wilkesboro area will not see snow here, only the counties that were listed will see it meaning,we are outside of snowfall areas looks like will be dry here or rain oh well.. thats okay maybe next time we will get some here, I was surprised to see Wilkes county cities was not included where i am sheesh. Was hoping for it.. 

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1 minute ago, Bob2016 said:

Wow  good for you guys, unfortunately wilkes county which north wilkesboro and wilkesboro area will not see snow here, only the counties that were listed will see it meaning,we are outside of snowfall areas looks like will be dry here or rain oh well.. thats okay maybe next time we will get some here, I was surprised to see Wilkes county cities was not included where i am sheesh. Was hoping for it.. 

Bob dont worry that warning was from GSP in south carolina. The area you live in is covered by blacksburgh Virginia. Im sure they will issue you a winter storm warning shortly. Nothing to sweat over brother im sure your looking at 4-6in like the rest of us.

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17 minutes ago, McDowell_Weather said:

Bob dont worry that warning was from GSP in south carolina. The area you live in is covered by blacksburgh Virginia. Im sure they will issue you a winter storm warning shortly. Nothing to sweat over brother im sure your looking at 4-6in like the rest of us.

Oh I didn't know I was in the Blacksburg Virginia coverage area ha no wonder,it got mixed up with that, yeah your right about that..now I know thanks for telling me about it that helps a bit,,

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Yea I thought it would look worse, but for the immediate mountain counties, it didn't change drastically for the most part.



From what I saw, 18Z GFS really lowered amounts in the mountains. Much closer to 12Z NAM and Euro.

Gotta stick with my 1-2" call despite NWS warnings. Nothing seems to be adding up anywhere!
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Just now, HurricaneTracker said:

 


From what I saw, 18Z GFS really lowered amounts in the mountains. Much closer to 12Z NAM and Euro.

Gotta stick with my 1-2" call despite NWS warnings. Nothing seems to be adding up anywhere!

 

Hmm...maybe I'm forgetting in the thirty seconds between switching threads, it's a real possibility lol. At least in my area it didn't change too much although the totals got slashed in the foothills next to me. 

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17 minutes ago, HurricaneTracker said:

12Z GFS for Asheville was 5.5" including ratios.

18Z down to only 0.10" of liquid and 1.1" of snow. Wow


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Is it not true that the 18Z is not usually a model of choice.  probably the worst model to look at is what I heard years ago, maybe from Robert

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Is it not true that the 18Z is not usually a model of choice.  probably the worst model to look at is what I heard years ago, maybe from Robert



Not much anymore. Satellite data ingest is way better than it used to be at the 06 and 18Z times. They still don't take in all the fresh upper air data but they are still useful for monitoring trends and such. Right now trends are drier for the mountains.
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2 minutes ago, HurricaneTracker said:

 


Not much anymore. Satellite data ingest is way better than it used to be at the 06 and 18Z times. They still don't take in all the fresh upper air data but they are still useful for monitoring trends and such. Right now trends are drier for the mountains.

Thanks, maybe it trends better tonight or tomorrow.  like to see the 4-6

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1 hour ago, HurricaneTracker said:

12Z GFS for Asheville was 5.5" including ratios.

18Z down to only 0.10" of liquid and 1.1" of snow. Wow


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That is what is annoying about being a snow lover. Spending time, waking up in the middle of the night.... for a .10 inch of liquid equivalent, I think I could chew a bunch of starburst and spit a .10 of an inch. I'm not greedy. I'm fine with our eastern friends getting their big snow, but it would be nice to get a few inches at least. 

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Just now, ncjoaquin said:

That is what is annoying about being a snow lover. Spending time, waking up in the middle of the night.... for a .10 inch of liquid equivalent, I think I could chew a bunch of starburst and spit a .10 of an inch. I'm not greedy. I'm fine with our eastern friends getting their big snow, but it would be nice to get a few inches at least. 

Definitely have spent way too much time also on this one. Hopefully it was just a bad run and things will get better. So hard to pull away after watching run after run.

 

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Now that the storm is on land can anyone here give us a better understanding of how it is doing? Stronger than anticipated/modeled? We've been through quite the roller coaster here in the mountain forum going from little to a lot back to a little again. Should be interesting none the less. 

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