WEATHER UPDATE

UPDATE THURSDAY 6:45 AM: 
1" snow, but not AS nasty icy on the bottom as the last snow...23 degrees...got up at 330a and power was out again, I phoned it in, and when I woke up it was back on.  Please put any road conditions or salting updates in the comments section, or email me and I'll put 'em in.  Thanks!

Boisterous system is heading our way...just got an interoffice briefing from the GSP office, and they think our windfields could have gusts in the 40-60mph range from the pre-dawn hours Wednesday through the frontal passage later in the day.  Trees and power lines could be like Jericho's walls and come tumblin' down.

There is also the threat of thunderstorms at severe limits, the main concern being straight-line winds of the damaging variety...as well as 2-3" of rain for the central mountains. It may be the higher side of those amounts falls on the other side of the Blue Ridge Parkway from us; regardless, mo' rain coming, and it will not be the easy, soaking garden variety.  The top end of Staymon is a soft, muddy mess, but I guess if there is a silver lining, it's that sub-freezing overnight temps will soon be here, making it temporarily hard.  :-/

Overnight Wednesday some snow showers are forecast to wrap in here, though models keep ACA in the 0-1" range.  The Smokies and Plott Balsams stand to pick up 1-3", and the latter are very close to ACA.

In short, power outages and downed trees are the biggest concern from this vigorous cold front.  Suffice it to say I'm letting the sawdust fly all day today.  If I see significant changes, I'll update around or just after supper time this evening.

Bob