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2023-2024 Fall/Winter Mountain Thread


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7 minutes ago, Sw NC weather said:

I’m looking at a tract of land that ranges 3100-3500 here in Macon. But will be 3-4 years before I can afford to build.

No kidding. I've got my eye on a few lots in Banner Elk ranging from 4000-4700 ft and I just can't believe the prices for land up there. 1 acre tracts for 300-500k. Grab one of those and I'll have to wait a decade to build...

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It took me approximately 6 hours to get from my house on Beech to Tyncastle.  Relentlessly snowing and I think everything in the area was so backed up they couldn't get the salt trucks out to us.  I think everything was fine until the skiers all left and the intensity of the snow picked up.  Would have turned around and gone back but that didn't feel like an option either.  I re-learned the lesson of when not to be on the roads up there.  

 

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Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-

Including the cities of Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut,

Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Swiss, Burnsville, Celo,

Micaville, Ramseytown, Busick, Spruce Pine, Poplar, Waynesville,

Waterville, Canton, Cruso, and Cove Creek

346 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2024

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS

MORNING...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON

EST WEDNESDAY...

 

* WHAT...For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed precipitation.

  Additional snow accumulations of a dusting to one inch are

  expected through daybreak. Ice accumulations will range from a

  light glaze to a few hundredths of an inch. Icy and snow covered

  roadways will continue. For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold

  wind chills expected. Wind chills will fall to 5 to 15 below

  zero, with values of minus 15 to minus 25 at the highest peaks.

 

* WHERE...Madison, Yancey, Mitchell and Haywood Counties.

 

* WHEN...For the Winter Weather Advisory, until 7 AM EST this

  morning. For the Wind Chill Advisory, from 2 PM this afternoon

  to noon EST Wednesday. Precipitation will taper off to flurries

  after 7 am EST.

 

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Temp rose above 32 around 9 pm last night, apparent that the heavy returns were what cooled the column all the way down to the ground. Once they were gone back up to 36 she shot, above 4-4100’ was the ticket for staying below freezing the whole event I believe on our side of the spine of the Apps.  Definitely had a bit of melt overnight but back down below freezing again.  Guessing we already had our high for the day, see how low we go tonight.   

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44 minutes ago, WxKnurd said:

Temp rose above 32 around 9 pm last night, apparent that the heavy returns were what cooled the column all the way down to the ground. Once they were gone back up to 36 she shot, above 4-4100’ was the ticket for staying below freezing the whole event I believe on our side of the spine of the Apps.  Definitely had a bit of melt overnight but back down below freezing again.  Guessing we already had our high for the day, see how low we go tonight.   

Yep exactly what I experienced. 

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7 degrees Wed morning. 47 and rain Thursday afternoon. Nice. There is a snow likely Thursday night (with of course they always awesome, little or no accumulation) but I will believe it when I see it. 

Anyway, good luck to all. At a minimum, maybe we can all avoid busted pipes. 

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Just now, ncjoaquin said:

7 degrees Wed morning. 47 and rain Thursday afternoon. Nice. There is a snow likely Thursday night (with of course they always awesome, little or no accumulation) but I will believe it when I see it. 

Anyway, good luck to all. At a minimum, maybe we can all avoid busted pipes. 

Yeah that is extremely frustrating.  

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11 hours ago, Sw NC weather said:

I’m kinda of tied up in Macon right now with work. I know there’s some land above rainbow springs available above 4k. 

Me too until my youngest is out of school.  Even rainbow springs is subject to rain and mixing.  The warm nose is too prevalent this side of the balsams

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