WEATHER UPDATE

The remnants of Nate are bringing us much needed rainfall here in western NC now, but already there has been a rash of tornadic cells in the Upstate of SC this afternoon.  The wind field will get here soon, and I imagine some trees can come down, and maybe power outages, as well.  The tornado threat is greatly reduced here in the mountains as the storms are coming out of the SSE, so the high peaks of the Parkway will break up a lot of the circulation needed for a tornado.  Can't rule one out, but % chances are very limited.

The remnants of Irma brought us just under 2.5 inches of rain (and brought down a sizeable Hickory tree narrowly missing my LP gas tank, so the gift of rain brings its concerns, as well. I had heard of springs running dry this summer, and since Irma we've had high pressure giving us warm beautiful days and nary a drop of rain.  However, per the US Drought Monitor, western NC is not under a categorical drought.  

Soon enough our pattern will change and we'll have more rain chances and more typical fall temperatures shortly. Oh, and lest I forget, our paving looks great, so thanks for everyone's patience and understanding...and thanks to our board's Jeff Hintzman for his overseeing it all.


Bob