Saturday, February 16, 2013

Storm reports and wrap-up

745pm:  Easier sometimes to start a new page...there are some good bands of snow showers hitting the Smokies, and  ACA is just off the NE end of the Smokies.  Certainly a potential for a good dusting overnight, and the snow showers continue to fly right now, though no comparison to this morning's snow.   Limited accumulations are likely tonight, but thankfully Apple Creek Road got plowed and salted where serious issues were earlier today, namely the double hairpins on up.  Unfortunately, looks like some cars heading to body shop as they had big problems getting up and/or down the upper half of ACA.  What snow accumulates tonight should be negotiable with the brine levels on the road...just use extreme caution in the morning.
750pm Morristown radar...click to enlarge
The other odd thing about this event...NOTHING down at Lake J...Russ Avenue blank...yet at Walmart all was snow-covered nicely.   I look across at Utah Mountain which is higher than ACA, but their meadow up top had only a dusting to light accumulations...with almost no snow on the SE facing slopes.  Even in ACA there was a huge difference with the 4" at Al Rose's house up top, 3" at mine on Staymon, and minimal stuff down low.  Many 6" readings in the higher elevations around Maggie Valley.

 Both Al and I separately drove down and back up Apple Creek Road late this afternoon.  4WD will make it, but any 2WD cars and maybe some AWD ones might slip a good bit on the upper reaches of ACA.  From the blue roof down there's zero issues.  I imagine the untreated side roads are more of a challenge, as Staymon was...but I did some work on it and crawled right up coming home.

 Let's put reports here of any problems/observations/etc....and will put any morning updates here.  Thanks for everyone's input!

Bob
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4 comments:

  1. Linn D (579)February 16, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    The new snow has already covered the roads here at 579.......and is still coming down.

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  2. Apple Creek AcresFebruary 16, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    yep, stuff just won't end...but the briny undercoat should help a lot with traction, even or snow-covered roads. We shall see in the morrow. Some beat up cars above your house in the hairpin turnouts and higher. Radar returns are dwindling quickly, and that should do it for the night.

    bob

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  3. Apple Creek AcresFebruary 16, 2013 at 9:18 PM

    Might I add it's 17 degrees at my house...salt, do our thing under the veil!

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  4. Apple Creek AcresFebruary 17, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Low of 12 last night, now 14...1/2" of new fallen and windblown snow, but I do see a ribbon of dark that is Apple Creek Road down the mountain...just not close enough to tell the condition of it. Amazing we've kept power with these winds...ridgetop was howling all night. bob

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