I just rolled up to the house at 5:30 this morning and it's a miracle I even got up to the house at all. The roads are totally snow covered down around Lake Junaluska, Russ Avenue and out towards Maggie Valley and certainly Mauney Cove Road as well. And it only started that way once I exited off the four-lane to head down to Bojangles.
I've got 2" here at the house at the end of Staymon and the snow is still coming down. The roads are very slippery, and until the snow ends and it warms up some, there is little that can be done except to wait it out. It's 11ﾟ right now, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
That it really snowed at all was surprise enough to forecasters, as even my models didn't show it except 0 to 1" up in the Smokies. That the snow has continued unabated and amounted to this much as even more of a head scratcher. This particular event has been snow showers moving in from due North, which is not the usual direction. We will always get accumulating snow if it comes directly from the North like this but it is almost impossible to see it on the radar.
Too, I'm flummoxed with the lack of any advisory or viable Hazardous Weather Outlook from GSP. The 230a HWO for western NC said "no hazardous weather expected today". Not pleased....
I wouldn't advise travel unless you must do so, and hopefully you have 4WD and good tires. It really is a mess out there, even down low.
Bob
FYI... A plow just went by our place heading up Apple Creek Rd. That may eventually be a help for us once it gets warm enough to shovel our driveways to get onto the road
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