Once again another noisome bit of weather news for you, per snow potential on the mountain. ACA is in a Winter Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to midnight Tuesday night. I've been watching the models for about 3 days and ACA has been generally in the 1/2"-2" range between the two models, but some recent runs want to bump to 3" very close by ACA, like the Cataloochee area and the Plott Balsams. The going forecast is 1-3", but with the colder temps forecast for Tuesday, 2-3" seems more plausible. The high will not reach 32 for most of us Tuesday, and down into the upper teens the following morning.
Timing: While there is a chance of snow after midnight tonight through all of Tuesday, the more likely period of snow that could accumulate looks to arrive in the early AM hours Tuesday, 4a-9a...as day goes on, snow showers will still be around, with temps now forecast to be too cold for any rain to mix in. All draws to a close well before Wednesday sunrise.
We at least start with a modestly warm ground temperature, but even slight accumulations make Apple Creek Road slippery. So a heads up for our own bit of March Madness before we start warming back up almost immediately after this event.
Bob
At 5:45 it was snowing fast and furious but the snow seems to have stopped for now. We have 3 inches of snow here and looking out at the road I can see mostly pavement but I haven't been out to see whether it is slick or not. The car and drive are covered. Oh yeah, it was 33 at 5:45 and is 32 now so the temps seem to be going down.
ReplyDeleteI'm at 30 degrees at 8:20a and have 4.25" at the end of Staymon. The snow does sweep clean off the deck, as in no icy belly, so that's a plus. Got in from out of town at 2:45a and only when I hit my driveway did the heavens open up with snow...good timing! Bob
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