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2019/2020 Mountains and Foothills Fall/Winter Thread.


Tyler Penland
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The guys are coming to put up our Christmas decorations up tomorrow. Right on cue, let the Holiday season begin!

...A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...

.In the wake of a vigorous cold front passage late today,
northwest upslope flow and associated moisture will spill into the
southern Appalachians from the west starting tonight. A fairly
extended period of snowfall and very windy conditions will then
continue through Monday and linger well into Monday night.
Snowfall accumulations will range wildly, from 1 to 2 inches at
many lower mountain elevations away from the immediate Tennessee
border to 3 to 6 inches in some places along the immediate
Tennessee line, to 6 to 12 inches at the higher elevation
locations above 4500 feet, especially in the Smokies.
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57 minutes ago, Tacoma said:

with all this snow around can't we muster up an inch for KAVL, gheeeezzz

Heck I’m above 3000’ in Haywood in the Balsams and don’t expect more than an inch, if that.  Just not confident when it comes to flow snow here due to where we are at the base of a 6000’-er. The Smokies look to get smoked (cue drum roll), I’d love to be on LeConte tonight and tomorrow.  Met looks to do good though, along with Buckethead and Joe.

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1 hour ago, WxKnurd said:

Wind has really picked up in the past hour or two.  You can hear the occasional roar across the tree tops when it really gets gusty.  And with that wind you can see the moisture getting transported and those classic snow shower looking clouds starting to form.

Yeah the wind has really picked up but dang its a beautiful day.

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7 hours ago, Buckethead said:

WWAs are up for the border counties.  It wouldn't surprise me if they eventually get upgraded to WSW's by tomorrow morning.  

 

Just upgraded us to a warning. 6 to 12 for us, over a foot higher up.

 

...A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...

.In the wake of a vigorous cold front, brisk northwesterly winds and
associated moisture will reach the southern Appalachians starting
tonight. A fairly extended period of snowfall and very windy
conditions then will continue through Monday and linger well into
Monday night. Snowfall accumulations will be highly dependent on
elevation and be most significant on northwest facing slopes.
Most lower mountain elevations away from the immediate Tennessee
border will see less than 3 inches for the event as a whole, but
the higher ridges, above 3500 feet, will see 6 to 12 inches. A
few ridgetop locations will exceed 12 inches, especially in the
Smokies.
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Warnings hoisted 

Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-Graham-
Including the cities of Ingalls, Banner Elk, Newland, Faust,
Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck,
Swiss, Burnsville, Celo, Micaville, Ramseytown, Busick,
Spruce Pine, Poplar, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso,
Cove Creek, Robbinsville, and Stecoah
257 PM EST Sun Dec 1 2019

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...For the Winter Storm Warning, heavy snow expected. Total
snow accumulations of up to 11 inches above 3500 feet. Winds
gusting as high as 50 mph. For the Winter Weather Advisory, snow
expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 5 inches in these
lower elevations. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.

* WHERE...The mountains of western North Carolina, generally near
the Tennessee border.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening
commute. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches

 

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4 minutes ago, Tacoma said:

comon fellas can Asheville not get just a little if there is even winter storm warnings posted and winter weather adv. for west, east and north of asheville?  :axe: plus for some of Buncombe County

my bad fellas I went to GSP site and it states also for the City of Asheville.  I missed that on the AW.

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Recently moved down the Mtn to Hickory and now living vicariously through each of you in this thread. Good luck everybody. I’ve never been more jealous and I’ll miss taking in the scenes this winter. Post plenty of pictures. 

I’m south of you in Rutherford county.. you will get use to living vicariously


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Surprised we are already clouded up thick here and getting a rain/snow/sleet mix on my end of Haywood.  Didn’t think it would be this quick.  Edit - and just liked that I can see stars and it’s stopped but can also see clouds starting to streaming back over.  Will be interesting what I wake up to and drive through on my way to Ohio tomorrow.

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