WINTER STORM WARNING...WITH A TWIST

Yes, I was in shorts...I'm a few fries short of a Happy Meal!

ACA is under a WINTER STORM WARNING (click link) from 1pm Friday until 7am Saturday morning.  Heaviest amounts (5-8") should stay along and near the TN border in the high country above 4,000'.  We are being put in the 3-5" range for the upper half of ACA, with 1-3" in the lower half of ACA (in an Advisory, not a Warning).

The 'twist' is the bitterly cold, fast-moving air that crashes in with the snow.  Here at the end of Staymon, I finally reached 40 degrees just a little bit ago, but the ground is cold and largely snow-covered thanks to our NE exposure.  While the precipitation may be liquid or a mix early on, it will quickly go to snow.  When it does, it will stick and stay.

With single digits forecast for lows Saturday morning as well as Sunday morning, don't look for good roads up in ACA for a while.  We homeowners can go to Lowe's or Walmart and buy our bags of -10 to -20 degrees ice melters, but road salt that is spread doesn't work below 25 degrees, unless it's in full sun.  Should we get several inches and it gets scraped, the salt put down won't be doing anything until it warms some.  Have patience, and be very careful.  

Wind chills will be below zero Friday night, so be prepared to bundle up when you head out.  This is one fast, bitter shot of arctic air.  If it makes you feel any better, the coldest I've recorded here was -9 degrees...at least we don't have that.  You're welcome.

I'll probably update and tweak tomorrow closer to lunch...I have two problematic charters Friday and Saturday that I need to closely assess.  Nothing worse than not being able to get back home and having to walk up the mountain in this bitter cold.  Wheeeeeee.   NOT.

Bob