Met1985 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 As WNCsnow mentioned that the cold source is lacking very much in Canada. The cold air source is stuck on the other side of the globe. In our region again we look to score the best from the lack of cold air around. We get some of our best snows right around 30 degrees. But this may mean thread the needle scenarios in our neck of the woods or we may not score at all which can happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurydime Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1.71 inches out of this storm here in beautiful 'downtown' Pleasant Gardens. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Friday/Saturday is starting to look really good for the Mountains. Should be another great ski weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Blue_Ridge_Escarpment said: Friday/Saturday is starting to look really good for the Mountains. Should be another great ski weekend. Possibly, could also be another flooding rainstorm as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 25 minutes ago, franklin NCwx said: Possibly, could also be another flooding rainstorm as well. Still a ways to go but the trend is our friend right now. All Global’s showing wintry here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Possibly, could also be another flooding rainstorm as well. Rung in this year with 1.32” at a temp of 40! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Blue_Ridge_Escarpment said: Still a ways to go but the trend is our friend right now. All Global’s showing wintry here. Yeah, it looks like an elevation dependent event as of right now. However, it's been trending better for us foothills folks too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Interesting setup coming here on Friday and into next Saturday. Still looking for some cohesiveness among models, but all three major models show some form of snowfall for many around WNC during the mentioned time frame. The EPS is actually very bullish for this event. Its all going to depend on that ULL capturing the surface low as it transfers. One of these situations is bound to work out in our favor. Eventually if we get enough ULL's to come through one will catch a surface low and we will be in business. Main takeaway is that a -NAO is poised to develop and that will significantly increase our chances for a low to stall as it transfers. From what I see, we will have several chances for ULLs to move through with surface lows in favorable positions for a SE snow over the next 3 weeks. Should be some fun times of tracking! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Multiple chances for snow in the mountains the next week to 10 days according to Euro. Elevation could be key with the marginal cold air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Friday into Saturday could be a legit threat. Temps are going to be borderline, but it looks like the ULL could help get it done here in the mountains of WNC. GFS just dropped 4” of snow at KAVL. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sw NC weather Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hvward said: Friday into Saturday could be a legit threat. Temps are going to be borderline, but it looks like the ULL could help get it done here in the mountains of WNC. GFS just dropped 4” of snow at KAVL. Starting to look like we might be able to score a decent event. Almost every models shows at least light to moderate snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 A few flurries out and about in the banner elk area this morning. Refreshing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Also the 12z GFS is a thing of beauty. Great storm for Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 28° and light snow at 4360 in Wolf. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sw NC weather Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 12z Euro continues the good trends 3-6” for WNC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nice light snow shower in Boone right now.Okay maybe just a heavy sprinkle equivalent. Still nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Que the unicorns! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Coming down pretty good now in town. Not sticking cause the ground is still a bit too warm/wet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Coming down pretty good now in town. Not sticking cause the ground is still a bit too warm/wet. I have a nice coating of powdered sugar up here. It makes the mud pretty. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Well it looks like we will see some rain and snow starting tomorrow morning changing to all snow by the afternoon for the favored areas. May end up with about an inch or two in the favored spots. At least getting back to a wintry appeal until the models hone in on the end of the weeks system. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Well it looks like we will see some rain and snow starting tomorrow morning changing to all snow by the afternoon for the favored areas. May end up with about an inch or two in the favored spots. At least getting back to a wintry appeal until the models hone in on the end of the weeks system. Yep! 3 chances at snow for many over the next 10 days. Good times friends. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 22° with a little powder on everything this morning. It's really nice that the mud froze, makes driving a little better!Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Got about an inch here on Beech. Surprise. Now on to Tuesday and then Thursday/Friday. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelps Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, MotoWeatherman said: Got about an inch here on Beech. Surprise. Now on to Tuesday and then Thursday/Friday. Yeah where the heck did that come from? A little frustrating as I was up there for 4 days to celebrate New Years and it never got below freezing. Then as I'm packing up it starts to snow unexpectedly. Certainly eyeing a quick return trip Thursday evening. Side note; I know many on this forum are well aware but man it was bustling up in the high country. I think you had almost everything booked up with folks on vacation then on top of that a lot of day trippers had the mountains on their minds as they heard about the White Christmas. The ski resort looked like chaos. I'm happy for the local businesses but also won't mind seeing things get back to "normal". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 12Z GFS looks good. And another hit on Monday. Happy new year indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Phelps said: Yeah where the heck did that come from? A little frustrating as I was up there for 4 days to celebrate New Years and it never got below freezing. Then as I'm packing up it starts to snow unexpectedly. Certainly eyeing a quick return trip Thursday evening. Side note; I know many on this forum are well aware but man it was bustling up in the high country. I think you had almost everything booked up with folks on vacation then on top of that a lot of day trippers had the mountains on their minds as they heard about the White Christmas. The ski resort looked like chaos. I'm happy for the local businesses but also won't mind seeing things get back to "normal". Franklin/ bryson city have been packed since rentals could open back up in May. Everyone has and is fleeing the cities 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, franklin NCwx said: Franklin/ bryson city have been packed since rentals could open back up in May. Everyone has and is fleeing the cities And Covid numbers are skyrocketing here including my own family unfortunately 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Hvward said: Yep! 3 chances at snow for many over the next 10 days. Good times friends. It did thunder the other day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Threw this on our social media feeds but I thought this group might appreciate this more so (a rain, not snow post)... Highlands was 3.45" shy of beating Mt Mitchell for the annual rainfall state record of 139.94" in 2018. Highlands broke it's own record on 11/12/20 & collected 136.50" of rain in 2020! Past 3 years 2018 - 125.46" 2019 - 111.78" 2020 - 136.50" 1990 - 2010 annual average - 89.46" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Yeah where the heck did that come from? A little frustrating as I was up there for 4 days to celebrate New Years and it never got below freezing. Then as I'm packing up it starts to snow unexpectedly. Certainly eyeing a quick return trip Thursday evening. Side note; I know many on this forum are well aware but man it was bustling up in the high country. I think you had almost everything booked up with folks on vacation then on top of that a lot of day trippers had the mountains on their minds as they heard about the White Christmas. The ski resort looked like chaos. I'm happy for the local businesses but also won't mind seeing things get back to "normal". Yeah it's a fun time of year to live in the Banner Elk/Boone area. Getting a left out of my road onto 221 is about hopeless after about 7AM. I do a little grocery delivery to the ski resorts when I have time and it's always insane driving around in there on the weekends. Last week was probably the worst I've ever seen. Folks going stir crazy and bringing COVID up here to us. We've had cases going up at the store I work at in boone for a while now. Granted we get most of the Florida tourists which doesn't help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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