franklin NCwx Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 hours ago, BhamParker said: I really would like to thank y’all for the suggestion yesterday on driving up to highlands. That was a beautiful drive with the national forest and all of the streams. The snow was beautiful. I really think I’ve become a permanent North Carolina mountain person. We are at Joeys pancake house right now waiting on a table and Maggie valley is a nice little town. Models are kinda all over the place for tonight but hopefully we will see some flakes. Maybe there will be enough energy for a surprise. We will definitely be back for a real big snow! Anytime! I'm not sure we're you're staying in Maggie, but if you take 19west towards Cherokee, Bryson city. At the top of the mtn just a few miles up from tube world is soco gap. You can turn left onto the parkway which is closed but its 4500' and a great sledding hill. You should be good for an inch or possibly 2 there overnight. If you want a beautiful drive back home take 19w to 74 w and follow that around Fontana lake, through the nantahala gorge and ocoee gorge. This will take you into SE Tennessee not too far from Chattanooga. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 You can always take a ride over to Fontana dam and take a drive on the dragon's tail or cherohala skyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 It might not add up to much for the week as a whole, but it's nice to see snow falling yet again today. I think that makes either 4 or 5 days this week snow fell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, franklin NCwx said: Anytime! I'm not sure we're you're staying in Maggie, but if you take 19west towards Cherokee, Bryson city. At the top of the mtn just a few miles up from tube world is soco gap. You can turn left onto the parkway which is closed but its 4500' and a great sledding hill. You should be good for an inch or possibly 2 there overnight. If you want a beautiful drive back home take 19w to 74 w and follow that around Fontana lake, through the nantahala gorge and ocoee gorge. This will take you into SE Tennessee not too far from Chattanooga. We are off of summit drive about a mile and a half up the mountain. It’s amazing how quick it’ll take you up. We are only 3800 feet and it feels like we are on top of the world. I should probably get a little more optimistic about some flakes tonight. It seems like I may be in a favorable spot for something. We are going to hit up Soco gap in a couple of hours and then drive up to the catalooche ski area. Joeys was fantastic for breakfast but fairly crowded. We are only a 10-12 minute ride from Tube world, I saw it this morning. I’d be pumped if we got lucky and got a .5 inch to an inch tonight. I could see a little snow on the highest peaks of the mountains this morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 NWS backing off of there earlier morning forecast of snow levels dropping to around 3,000 feet. Hopefully they are wrong. At the surface, winds are generally W/WSW except for the mountains, where WNWrly flow has begun. This has scattered out the remnants of the surface wedge, with most everyone outside the mountains finally breaking out of overcast conditions and actually seeing the sun. There is a bit of moisture associated with the passing upper shortwave moving across the area which will keep light shower activity going near the NC/TN border through this evening, though some of the moisture may break containment to produce some brief and light showers this afternoon in the NC Piedmont. Confidence in this possibility is low, however, and and all shower chances in the Piedmont should be over by sunset. As the shortwave moves eastward tonight, skies outside of the mountain zones will clear out even more, and just enough shallow surface moisture will remain along the TN/NC border to allow for some NW flow snow showers on the very highest peaks. No snow is expected below 4000ft, and even above 5000ft will only result in 1-2" totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 If this keeps up it might turn out decent. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 No snow yet but we have a cold rain at 38 degrees. I guarantee you ill see snow tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Drove up to the blue ridge parkway and had a nice snow shower for about 5 minutes. Met1985 you have me a little excited for tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Yep just like that we have a sleet rain mix. Heavy sleet now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, BhamParker said: Drove up to the blue ridge parkway and had a nice snow shower for about 5 minutes. Met1985 you have me a little excited for tonight. Dont worry it will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Yep just like that we have a sleet rain mix. Heavy sleet now.55 down in the foothills. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Temp has dropped to 36 since the sleet started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just now, Met1985 said: Dont worry it will come. The fetch of moisture upstream looks unimpressive to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 3KM NAM looked impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLander48 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'm not excited at all for tonight's little shin dig. nothing I see says it will be worth walking out of work to look at lol. * For us Northern county people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Blue_Ridge_Escarpment said: The fetch of moisture upstream looks unimpressive to say the least. It will take until about midnight for things to really get going but I think it will materialize. Call me an optimist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarmNose Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Temperature slowly dropping up here on top of Sugar..it’s about to spill over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ran into a heavy snow shower up at the blue ridge parkway and it coated everything real nice for a bit. Soco falls is also beautiful. Picking up a pizza at Cafe Italiano and then taking it easy in the cabin and watching the Alabama basketball game. Will be ready for some action tonight. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Looking decent to the NW. feels like the temp is really dropping off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Dandruff size flakes just started falling at the cabin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just now, BhamParker said: Dandruff size flakes just started falling at the cabin Enjoy man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Flurries and fog. Only 31.2 degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Flakes didn’t last. It just can’t get established. I keep seeing clouds to my NW, but they just can’t make it to me just yet. Hopefully they will soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Flurries and fog. Only 31.2 degrees. I'm down to 28 with an inch of paste on the ground so far. Currently in between showers. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 NWS in there latest update still saying 1-2 inches 4000ft and higher, so Met1985 may be right about being patient. I know it’s plenty cold enough to fall as snow here, we just need some moisture to filter in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Just now, BhamParker said: NWS in there latest update still saying 1-2 inches 4000ft and higher, so Met1985 may be right about being patient. I know it’s plenty cold enough to fall as snow here, we just need some moisture to filter in. Unfortunately the radar says there’s no moisture past this last batch rolling through now. Just not enough energy with this system to generate its own moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 It's been snowing here for the past 45 minutes and it's coming down good and sticking... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Been coming down for about a half hour. Deck rails and grill cover is becoming white. Took awhile for the clouds to stay in, but it’s coming along nicely now. im sipping on some woodford and In a hot tub. Let’s go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamParker Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Anybody else getting any right now? It’s coming down hard now!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, BhamParker said: Anybody else getting any right now? It’s coming down hard now!! This has been a decent band. It's laid down an inch in about 45 minutes and still pouring. Glad you're getting some on your trip, I mean with the hot tub and all. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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