WxKnurd Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Looks like a half inch on the front deck railing, hard to tell with no light currently out there. Can tell the ground is covered at the back of the house looking out the kitchen window. All uphill from here now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ja643y Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just flipped to fine granular flakes. Deck starting to whiten. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXNewton Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Staying in Foscoe, started ripping fat flakes about 5:15. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Winds roaring here. Chillin with my new and 1st grandson (off topic mods) his first winter storm. He’s 2 months today. We’re talking shop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just a bit off on my estimation, an easy inch on the deck. Everything is caked. Hard to tell what flake size is with all the blowing snow but mostly look like maybe some dime size at best currently. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, WXNewton said: Staying in Foscoe, started ripping fat flakes about 5:15. Welcome to our tiny town! Down to 34 with cars starting to turn white. Flakes IMBY still kinda slushy but we're usually last to change locally tucked up in this warm-air-holding valley. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just changed over to a sleet snow mix here. Winds howling! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilj4425 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 The wind is insane here. Wow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Snowing good here in toxaway Also no power since 5:00. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 All snow now! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbird1230 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just hit 3" in Graham County 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiQuiDBuD Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Big flakes blowing around here in Southern Jackson, just a dusting on grassy and elevated surfaces so far. 32.2 and dropping. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 New MD covers the NW corner of the state. Another MD just a hundred miles east for a severe watch possibility. Mesoscale Discussion 0028 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0413 AM CST Mon Jan 03 2022 Areas affected...Parts of southwest through northern Virginia and central Maryland Concerning...Heavy snow Valid 031013Z - 031415Z SUMMARY...Heavy snow rates around 1-2 inches per hour and occasionally greater appear increasingly possible along and to the east of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, into the Greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore Metropolitan areas, through 7-10 AM EST. DISCUSSION...Precipitation rates have increased along a frontal zone north through north-northeast of a deepening surface cyclone center across the South Carolina Piedmont. Although temperatures near the surface and in layers aloft are generally still warm to the east of the Appalachians, across much of the southern Mid Atlantic, a combination of strengthening mid/upper forcing for ascent and gradual low-level cold advection on northerly surface flow is likely to contribute to profiles increasingly conducive to snow. Surface temperatures are already approaching freezing across much of the Greater Baltimore and Washington D.C. metro areas into the immediate lee of the Blue Ridge, where strengthening mid-level frontogenetic forcing for ascent appears likely to become focused, beneath an intensifying divergent flow field between coupled upper jets. Forecast soundings suggest that lift will become increasingly maximized within the dendritic growth layer through 12-15Z, in the presence of seasonably high moisture content (including precipitable water on the order of .75-1.0 inches) supportive of 1-2 inch per hour snow rates, and perhaps occasionally heavier. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, BretWx said: All snow now! Frida is here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherHawk Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tyler Penland said: New MD covers the NW corner of the state. Another MD just a hundred miles east for a severe watch possibility. Mesoscale Discussion 0028 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0413 AM CST Mon Jan 03 2022 Areas affected...Parts of southwest through northern Virginia and central Maryland Concerning...Heavy snow Valid 031013Z - 031415Z SUMMARY...Heavy snow rates around 1-2 inches per hour and occasionally greater appear increasingly possible along and to the east of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, into the Greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore Metropolitan areas, through 7-10 AM EST. DISCUSSION...Precipitation rates have increased along a frontal zone north through north-northeast of a deepening surface cyclone center across the South Carolina Piedmont. Although temperatures near the surface and in layers aloft are generally still warm to the east of the Appalachians, across much of the southern Mid Atlantic, a combination of strengthening mid/upper forcing for ascent and gradual low-level cold advection on northerly surface flow is likely to contribute to profiles increasingly conducive to snow. Surface temperatures are already approaching freezing across much of the Greater Baltimore and Washington D.C. metro areas into the immediate lee of the Blue Ridge, where strengthening mid-level frontogenetic forcing for ascent appears likely to become focused, beneath an intensifying divergent flow field between coupled upper jets. Forecast soundings suggest that lift will become increasingly maximized within the dendritic growth layer through 12-15Z, in the presence of seasonably high moisture content (including precipitable water on the order of .75-1.0 inches) supportive of 1-2 inch per hour snow rates, and perhaps occasionally heavier. Thundersnow! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Whiteout conditions here. Temps have plummeted to 31, ground is covered, road is covered and the wind is ripping. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Happened within 15 minutes or so. Ground already dusting. Fat flakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Closing in on 4" now and in an insanely windy snow squall. Just had a gust of 47! Temp has crashed to 23 now. What a great morning!Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Absolutely ripping now and just dropped below freezing. Everything covered. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 30 minutes ago, LiQuiDBuD said: Big flakes blowing around here in Southern Jackson, just a dusting on grassy and elevated surfaces so far. 32.2 and dropping. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk Crossroads cam looks solid with 1 - 2" on the ground, same for Highlands but looks a bit more (6am) Someone i follow on twitter (and encouraged to join the forum) is out of Yancey at 4500', 1/2 mile from the TN line and is reporting 7" as of 6am. 2" here in the valley (Waynesville), about a mile from downtown the way the crow flies. Congrats everyone! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Amazing to see that funnel of cold air come right how into Henderson county as shown on the models. Yard is white, rates are moderate. Edit: The WIND! Just heard a tree fall somewhere in the neighborhood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Amazing to see that funnel of cold air come right how into Henderson county as shown on the models. Yard is white, rates are moderate. Edit: The WIND! Just heard a tree fall somewhere in the neighborhood. Yeah this wind is intense. I'm concerned about losing power. The trees are moving a lot more than I like right now. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiQuiDBuD Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Looks like it's slowing down here now. About 1/2" total just south of Cashiers. Radar looking paltry for us going forward. Power has flickered off and on a couple times just now.Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BretWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Light snow here, seems to be slowing down a bit also. Was a fun couple of hours! Wild ride with those models the last couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Picked up close to 3.5" in the past 45 minutes.Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk 5 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Buckethead said: Picked up close to 3.5" in the past 45 minutes. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Killing it up there like I figured you would, think I’m closing in on 4 here just eyeballing it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbird1230 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4" now in Graham County @2200' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ja643y Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I'd guess about 1/2 inch here. I think the wind has hindered as well as being in a marginal area that didn't flip until after 5a 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 First measurement at 3.5". Had a dusting at 6AM so roughly 3" in the last hour. Amazing. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 When these gusts hit it’s a bit crazy, strongest yet. I think I can hit 6” here if I can get some of those heavier returns to rotate in from TN, I bet my ol’ bugaboo of dendrite size struck again from what I’ve seen since 4 am. Hard to pile up above 6” with lackluster flakeage for lack of a better term. One of these days I’ll get some quarter-sized flakes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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