SATURDAY: CLEAN-UP TIME!

(UPDATES in red)  Well, well, well....the GFS and NAM models I post here were telling the snow story that forecasts didn't pick up on. My hunch was right, but the amounts went above and beyond. Click HERE for the latest NWS GSP snow reports page...some VERY impressive numbers.

When I hear of plowing information I'll post it here.  Refreshing this page will ensure you see it. Our regular plower had equipment issues and couldn't show up, but word is that another plower will be here first thing in the morning to begin clearing our roads. 

I drove out this afternoon.  No issues going down, though the usual steep, slick spots require close attention. Someone has plowed from Camry Lane down to the entrance, so that part is fine.  2WD cars will NOT be able to get up high and down.  Coming back in, it was very slippery in the wet snow that packed to a slushy ice layer, but I got to Staymon.  Staymon stopped me on the upper climb, so I threw in the towel.  Just too much wet snow and steepness.  The good news is I didn't have to call a tow truck to get me out of a ditch.  :-/

I picked up 11" here at the end of Staymon, with temps holding in the upper 20s until today, where it is getting above freezing (barely).  Tonight, low teens are in the forecast, so refreeze needs to be anticipated.  Tonight there is a clipper system (and again Monday night), but both are "northwest flow" events, which means hit and miss snow showers with very light accumulations for us as bands of snow pass over the Blue Ridge from the northwest. In looking at the radar at 530pm, there's a decent fetch of moisture back into TN and KY, where the snow bands are coming from.  The official forecast calls for around an inch in places like Max Patch on the TN border, and a dusting for ACA.  Given our plowing situation, what's another inch if we were to get it?

This snow system was very unusual in that all the moisture trained SW to NE behind a cold front...the front slowed to a crawl and the moisture kept feeding in over us for many hours.  Even Corpus Christi, TX got 6" of snow, the first snow for them since 2004.  Normally our snows aren't as long-lasting as this one.  You have to admit it's a gorgeous winter wonderland out there.

Be safe, y'all.


Bob