Tyler Penland Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Looks like a decent batch of moisture back to the west coming this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Currently at 4400' in Wolf 11.4°/7 with a 25 mph wind and light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Good morning from the high country... 24s 4 hour time span showing sunrise over the fresh snow. For reference....Roan Mtn is to the far right and Mt. Mitchell is far away just right of dead center. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Exposed skin is not good up here ATM...was out with the chickens and my hands are freezing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Surprised to see KAVL reporting 39 F when I have 27 F IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncjoaquin Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 38 minutes ago, Moonhowl said: Surprised to see KAVL reporting 39 F when I have 27 F IMBY. KAVL seems to be constantly warmer, like the thermometer is placed next to jet exhaust. I have noticed that WLOS is showing the downtown temp too now. I wondered if people were like, my temp is colder than that when they showed the airport temp. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold air aloft Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 43 minutes ago, Moonhowl said: Surprised to see KAVL reporting 39 F when I have 27 F IMBY. It's really too bad that the airport is used as the official weather station for Asheville. The difference between downtown Asheville and Fletcher can be huge, especially in the Winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Back when I worked downtown and had a view to the south; frequently during NWF snow you could see that the sun was shinning to the south in the direction of the airport. That certainly could cause significant discrepancies. However, it has been mostly sunny here today and didn't expect such a large discrepancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRidgeFolklore Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, Moonhowl said: Back when I worked downtown and had a view to the south; frequently during NWF snow you could see that the sun was shinning to the south in the direction of the airport. That certainly could cause significant discrepancies. However, it has been mostly sunny here today and didn't expect such a large discrepancy. True, but then look at snow events like December where when storms come from the South, the difference between downtown and Fletcher was a few inches. All in all, I think it averages out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRidgeFolklore Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 33 minutes ago, cold air aloft said: It's really too bad that the airport is used as the official weather station for Asheville. The difference between downtown Asheville and Fletcher can be huge, especially in the Winter. IMO it's not the difference in latitude between Fletcher and Downtown that causes the larger descrepecy but the fact that the airport weather station resides along the largest body of moving water in WNC. Same could be said for an area along the French Broad well north of Downtown. This a weather station reading in Hot Springs. The river simply has too much influence. Just east of Fletcher atop Bearwallow Mtn, they are reporting a temperature of 20 degrees. Nearly a 20 degree difference in about 7 short miles. https://climate.ncsu.edu/cronos/?station=BEAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 33 minutes ago, BlueRidgeFolklore said: True, but then look at snow events like December where when storms come from the South, the difference between downtown and Fletcher was a few inches. All in all, I think it averages out. I ended up with 3" out of the December storm; totals killed by sleet. Not complaining because I like my trees in the upright position. My wife and I drove a bit up Hwy 276 out of Pisgah Forest after the storm; was a bit stunned at the number of trees that came down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRidgeFolklore Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, Moonhowl said: I ended up with 3" out of the December storm; totals killed by sleet. Not complaining because I like my trees in the upright position. My wife and I drove a bit up Hwy 276 out of Pisgah Forest after the storm; was a bit stunned at the number of trees that came down. Yea during those CAD setups with cold air coming from the east and warm air to the northwest, it seeps down that French Broad River valley to the from Tennessee and can cut down total in and around Asheville. That's what I was alluding to. All depends on the setup. You definitely do better with NWF that points south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 10° and flurries this morning. Wasn't expecting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 36 minutes ago, Buckethead said: 10° and flurries this morning. Wasn't expecting that. Me either. Flurries have turned into light snow. Where did this come from? Expected sunny skies today. Got down to 8.6 this morning, up to 12.2 now but the wind has relaxed a little. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLander48 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Had flurries just about constantly since yesterday morning. Picked up a little here now though as well. Wont complain with some light snow before the warm up begins tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 GFS model had been showing this small batch of moisture at 850mb crossing the area this morning lasting into early afternoon. No model showed any measurable precip but when you get 850mb moisture crossing the mtns with temps this cold it almost always produces something. Anywho 6z GFS says this should last through mid afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Flurries up here since I got up...and it's actually snowing pretty good here at the moment...more than what I would call flurries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 And for the 4th day in a row...flakes are flying once again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I had posted the same thing a little while ago but wasn't sure that it wasn't blowoff from the resort this morning, so O deleted it. It's picked up a little and the wind direction is wrong so I'm guessing it's natural snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Getting legit steady light snow here. Last gasp before everything ends and the temps warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLander48 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 After spending the last couple of days in Asheville and Raleigh in shorts and short sleeve shirts, I'm done with winter. I hope it warms up and stays warm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRidgeFolklore Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 55 minutes ago, AsheCounty48 said: After spending the last couple of days in Asheville and Raleigh in shorts and short sleeve shirts, I'm done with winter. I hope it warms up and stays warm. Same! We've had a 12 incher and some other smaller snows. I'll call that a success and ride off into 70 degrees and long days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I'll definitely take some nice weather for now. It will most likely be another miserable March and April again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 8 hours ago, franklin NCwx said: I'll definitely take some nice weather for now. It will most likely be another miserable March and April again. You are probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Wouldn't be surprised to see a few overrunning snow flurries/showers around WNC on Sunday morning. Models typically struggle to resolve that moisture until a few days before but it certain looks like the a zone of truncation could develop due to pressure differences. Also cold have a pretty stout wedge in place with most models showing a 1038mb high to the NE. 12z ICON has a plausible solution imo and would get the job done with a 1044mb hp in place across the Mid Atlantic. Might be grasping at straws here since its been so boring, but these overrunning events are notoriously poorly modeled.. and could be something to watch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Wouldn't be surprised to see a few overrunning snow flurries/showers around WNC on Sunday morning. Models typically struggle to resolve that moisture until a few days before but it certain looks like the a zone of truncation could develop due to pressure differences. Also cold have a pretty stout wedge in place with most models showing a 1038mb high to the NE. 12z ICON has a plausible solution imo and would get the job done with a 1044mb hp in place across the Mid Atlantic. Might be grasping at straws here since its been so boring, but these overrunning events are notoriously poorly modeled.. and could be something to watch. Fv3 has been intent on an ice/zr event next Tuesday or so for a bit now. Interesting to watch unfold for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 It's all alone but the 12z fv3 is a thing of beauty. Massive storm for the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sw NC weather Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, Tyler Penland said: It's all alone but the 12z fv3 is a thing of beauty. Massive storm for the mountains. It’s a absolute monster! 1.5-2 inches of precip and temps quite a bit below freezing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 The euro shows 2-3 inches.. of rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 The euro shows 2-3 inches.. of rain Yeah fv3 is completely on its own. Doesn't even have a single eps member on board. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come with that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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