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​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                    3:55 PM 3/31/2022 What a night last night was for wind. Gust 60-70 mph for several hours after midnight. That with the rain it sounded like house got pressured washed. We picked up a solid inch of rainfall this morning. Low this morning was pretty mild at 45F with a lot of cloud cover. After lunch we went to more 50/50 clouds and sun. High today 55F. Just another typical spring day. NW winds will kick in after midnight but no where near as strong as this morning.                                Friday thru Sunday  This no April fools joke but after midnight tonight we can see some light rain showers turn to snow flurries or even snow showers. This not unusual to see this happen. Actually past two April 1 we’ve had measurable snow. Wouldn’t expect any accumulation but can’t ever rule anything out for the high country. Temperatures will drop to upper 20’s Friday morning but any snow flurries should end

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/30/2022 5:30PM A typical spring like day for the high country. We started out at 41F degrees. Winds have been out of the south which helped heat the day up to 59F. Winds will be very strong along border upwards of 70-100 mph in areas especially up in elevation. Rain works in after midnight with some thunder showers. Rain should clear up around noon Thursday.                                   Friday thru Sunday  Rain showers come in early Friday morning while temperatures cool so May end as flurries as NW winds power thru. Saturday will be overall cool day. Sunday will be lot of the same as Saturday.  Fires in pigeon forge area this afternoon will definitely continue to get worse unless a miracle happens. The rain in early morning hours will definitely help. Definitely keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Definitely a bad situation with high winds and dry ground.  Please don’t burn til we get some rai

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                 4:50PM 3/29/2022 Another cool mountain morning of 24F to start a beautiful cloudy day. Even with a cool morning we warmed up to become a pretty mild day with high of 48F.  Wind has been light but that will soon change. High wind warnings and wind advisories are up for lot of the high country. Wind cranks up tomorrow morning til Friday afternoon but the strongest will be Wednesday morning til Thursday morning.  Wednesday night will have rain showers that will turn to possible thunder showers Thursday. Can’t rule out flurries Friday morning for border counties in the highest elevations.  Cool air rushes in behind front so Friday will be a cool day overall. Saturday looks mainly dry til late. Sunday and maybe a lil chance of a shower Sunday. Nothing wild and crazy looks to be happening this week out side of the wind and thunder showers mid week.  After this week all eyes to the 9th-12th time frame of April.

​                                4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/28/2022 4:05PM Clear skies this morning allowed temps to drop into the teens again. Morning low of 18F.  That makes back to back mornings with temperatures in the teens. Also at 1pm today was the first time since Saturday 3 PM we seen above freezing temps. Today high 38F. We will dip into mid 20’s tonight as clouds continue to thicken up. Another beautiful day in the high country.  Tomorrow looks like a very cloudy day on tap with highs in 40’s with low looks to be upper 30’s. Wednesday we will warm up a bit more before rain comes into the picture late Wednesday. Thursday looks to have some thunder showers with this cold front. Temperatures will likely crash quick once front passes. Could see some snow flurries in highest elevations Thursday night into Friday morning. Friday Saturday and Sunday looks to be cooler and definitely a chance of a freeze every morning this weekend. No harm still with no greene

​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                    3/27/2022 3:35PM Wall to wall clear blue skies today. Absolutely a beautiful day to get out and do whatever you want to do in the high country. Low this morning 17F made for a nice crisp morning to go out and do some yard work. Warmed up to 30F today but the sun makes it feel warmer. Wind still blowing 10-15MPH with some gust 20+ mph. We will likely drop back in the teens tonight into Monday morning where Monday will be lil warmer in upper 30’s. Week ahead will be milder during days with cool mornings. Some showers middle of week will be much needed to dampen the ground since we been in a elevated fire risk. Not just this week we will have some surges it looks of cold temps. Also will be a active weather pattern so we need to keep a eye on any of those link up together at some point. Go out and enjoy the beautiful high country weather. OTD: Highest Temp 98F Belhaven NC 1921 Coldest Temp 0F Mt Mitche

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                  3/26/2022 4:30PM Last night flurries turn to some light to moderate snow showers. Powdery snow accumulated to inch. Flurries still flying time to time as day goes on but no additional accumulation. Wind strong but will taper down after midnight. Sun angle eating up the snow on ground. But still some on ground. Low was 24F with high today of 33F. Tonight will be cold with lows in the teens.   Week ahead will be milder with showers possible Tuesday as the front that just passed returns as a warm front. Rain returns late Wednesday with showers and a possible rumble of thunder Thursday. Then end of weekend looks cooler with some moisture around. I will say there’s a shot of some moisture to be similar to last night event. Maybe some more snow. Let’s hope.  The way it looks April will be wild!  Roll coaster of swings and dips. But also severe and wintry side. Yes I said wintry the high country will probably h

​                                     4500’ Yancey NC                                    3/25/2022 3:15 PM  What a gorgeous day in the high country! Awesome day to get some yard work done and outside office work. We started the day below freezing at 31F and really the temps hasn’t risen much. High today 37F. Was partly cloudy I would say to start but around 11 am the clouds really started to thicken. The cold air in place before the moisture tonight. So that means snow showers will develop tonight into the morning. Accumulations will vary! Elevations above 3500’ can expect light accumulation in the favorable areas. Also will be windy into Saturday. Wind advisory in effect Saturday 6 am til 8 pm Saturday. 15-25 mph up to 50 mph gust. Sunday will be clear but cool.  Next week everything looks quite for most part. Will be mild days with couple solid rain chances mid week and first part of the weekend. Then all eyes on the first full week of April. Looks to be a possible cold snap so we wi

​                                     4500’ Yancey NC                                    3/24/2022 3:40PM What a day yesterday! Lot of severe weather yesterday to our east and south. Here nothing but light rain yesterday morning and few sprinkles and showers in afternoon. 0.39” was the final rainfall count.  This morning we woke up to low visibility and 36F to start the day. We have since cleared up and hit a high of 45F. If you haven’t check out the pictures and videos I posted from yesterday evening on the social  media accounts. Weekend forecast looks fun for us high country folks. Winter weather will make its presence Friday night and last into Saturday. Accumulation will be possible above 3500’ along the TN/NC Border. Having winter weather late March and all of April not unusual. But definitely a treat this late in season. We deserve it since December didn’t provide but few inches of snow. I do think Saturday during day we could still see snow showers but this time year it’s hard

​                                   4500’ Yancey NC                                   3/23/2022 3:30PM Today has been a rainy mild day with high of 51F.  We started the day rainy with low of 42F so today been pretty steady with temperatures. We have received 0.39” of rain  and for most part rain will be moving out but maybe some sprinkles for rest of day. Temperatures will fall to upper 30’s by day break Thursday.  Rest of week will be mild with rain retuning on Friday. Friday night into Saturday morning looks be a rain to snow scenario for the high country as temps drop to mid to upper 20’s. Winds will be howling Saturday. As of now a dusting could occur in the highest elevation above 3500’(Border Counties). But we still need to watch cause temperatures and track will be factors. Saturday into Sunday morning I believe the favorable NW Flow spots will continue to see some snow showers/flurries.  This coming weekend and first week of April will be cooler than avg. first week of April ha

​                                   4500’ Yancey NC                                    3/22/2022 7:30 Mild start to the morning of 40F helped push the high today of 57F. Would have been hotter if clouds didn’t thicken this afternoon. So thank you clouds.Winds been 10-15MPH. The headline story was the thick smoke that was caused by prescribed burns in WNC.  Rain enters tonight and into the day tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon should be drier and cooler. This weekend looks cooler for sure. Rain and snow looks to be possible this weekend. We need to closely  watch trends thru week cause high country could see some accumulation. Nothing guarantee.  OTD: Highest Temp 95F belhaven NC 1921 Coldest Temp 0F Mt Mitchell NC 2013 Greatest Rainfall 4.70” Henderson NC 1903 Greatest Snowfall 20” Grandfather Mountain 2001 Appreciate everyone support. Hope everyone has a great rest of there Tuesday.  Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbuck YouTube NC TN High Country WX

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                  3/21/2022 5:30 PM Started the day out at 31F with a quick rebound with high of 54F. Blue skies for majority of the day. Clouds are starting to show up out of the west. Today a true mountain spring day.   Rest of the week will be mainly quite til the weekend out side of Wednesday with just some rain but there’s a chance of a rumble of thunder. Severe weather to our south and west today and tomorrow. This weekend looks to be a solid cooldown on tap. Highs in 30’s and lows in the lower 20’s range kinda cool. Also there’s a chance for us high Country folks to see some snow and possible accumulation snow. Too far to know details but we will watch trends and hopefully we can catch a good snow accumulation before March ends.  OTD Highest Temp 91F louisburg NC 1948 Coldest Temp 1F MT Mitchell NC 2013 Greatest Rainfall 3.55” Lake Toxaway NC 1980 Greatest Snowfall 29” MT Mitchell NC 2001 Appreciate the support. Ho

​                                   4500’ Yancey NC                                  3/20/2022 4:15 PM Winter still wants to show its muscle as first day of spring equinox is here. Light flurries stared last night and the early morning hours we had some good snow showers take shape as the NW wind was pushing thru. If this was January or February accumulation would have been more but half inch was welcomed. Started off the day at 27F but warmed up just a little to 36F. Winds have been gusty at times but not too crazy.  Week ahead warm afternoons after t cool mornings with chance of rain mid week. There’s no real warm up in near future and actually a possible cold snap coming end of week into the weekend. Will moisture be available? That will be the question but we have plenty of time to track that. But would definitely hold off on planting anything especially high Country folks. Unless you can wrap and cover the tender plants. My rule I go by for planting up here is mid to late May into

​                                   4500’ Yancey NC                                    3/19/2022 4:40 PM Coolish morning of 42F with few stray clouds to start the day. A pretty mild early spring day with a high of 54F. Clear skies since the morning so wall to wall sunshine. Hot in the valleys with low to mid 70’s but the high elevations we stayed in 50’s. Clouds will increase this afternoon into the night.  Tonight clouds will increase with chance of light rain but could see some flurries 4K+ elevation as a little disturbance rolls thru. Sunday will be cooler highs low to mid 40’s after a morning of slightly below freezing start.  As of now next week looks a lot like what we had this past week. But we keep eye on end of month and early April.  Appreciate everyone support and hope everyone has a great rest of there Saturday.  OTD Highest Temp 90F Elkin NC 2020 Coldest Temp 4F banner elk NC 1993 Greatest Rainfall 4.29” Lenoir NC 1899 Greatest Snowfall 7” MT Mitchell NC 1996 Twitter @secu

​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                   3/18/2022 3:30 PM Cool 39F to start the day that turned into a warm 47F for the high. Current temp 44F. The day turned cloudy with little light rain. Just a trace of rain has fallen. Wind advisory still in effect til 8 am Saturday. Overall a typical early spring day.  Weekend looks like cool mornings with warm afternoons. Saturday night into Sunday morning there will be a little disturbance that will create light showers and even a few flurries for the high elevations. Cold temperatures are not gone yet as we will have to keep eye on the end of the month. Typical out of woods cold is 2nd week of May for us high country folks. Appreciate everyone support. Hope everyone has a great rest of there Friday! OTD Highest Temp 96F wadesboro NC 1945 Coldest Temp -4F Grandfather mountain NC 1959 Greatest Rainfall 5.30” Highlands NC 1884 Greatest Snowfall 16” waynesville NC 1936 Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbu

​                                4500’ Yancey NC                                3/17/2022 4:00PM                      HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY! We start the day out at 37F and struggled through the morning and even little after noon today to get up in temperature. The high today was 47F and now slowly dropping but won’t drop too far tonight. Cloudy day today turned into partly cloudy but rain will make its way back into the area tomorrow.  Only real excitement will be the wind advisory for the ETN mountains with up to 45 mph winds. That will be starting at noon tomorrow thru sat 8am. Lot times for us right on border we get gusty winds even when we’re not in the advisory areas so make sure the items that are not heavy are put away just incase. Also there could be few flurries possible with some light rain Sunday early morning but that will be reserved to highest elevations for any of the flurries if it even happens but there’s a chance. Other than that it will be showers around with chill

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/16/2022 6:00 PM A day of consistency! Temperatures started out at 36F and warmed to 42F. Not only the temperature been fairly consistent today but the gloomy and rainy day we started with has lingered. We have received 0.26” of rainfall since midnight. Overall a good weather day.  Tomorrow looks mostly dry now but warmer. Friday and Saturday looks mild and scattered rain showers but Sunday looks to be a typical spring day with cool morning but mild afternoon.  Appreciate everyone support. Hope everyone has a great rest of there Thursday.  OTD Highest Temp 90F New Bern NC 2016 Coldest Temp -4F MT Mitchell NC -4F 2017 Greatest Rainfall 6.59” Roanoke Rapids NC 2016 Greatest Snowfall 12” Mt Holly NC 1912 Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbuck YouTube NC TN High Country WX

​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                   3/15/2022 3:40 PM Sunny start quickly became a cloudy day that will be leading to some rain showers later tonight. We started out right at freezing this morning and warmed up to a high of 48F. There still some snow laying around up here but what’s left the rain will quickly wash away. Temperatures will fall to upper 30’s to low 40’s tonight. Rest of week looks rainy and mild temperatures til weekend when temperatures at nights be below freezing and mild afternoons will follow. If you like interesting weather we’ll this will be a boring 5-7 days  in this area. But the end of the month pattern looks to be showing signs of active and possibly cooler weather.  Keep you fingers crossed for that if your a team winter weather like me. But some things definitely will be watched for trends. Wait and see mode.  Appreciate everyone support and hope everyone has a great rest of there Tuesday.  OTD Highest Temp 8

​                                  4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/14/2022 7:45PM After a cool mountain morning of 27F we quickly warmed up today with bright sunshine to a temperature of 46F. Temperatures really stayed steady over night. Still some snow pack with a solid 2-4” especially in the shaded north facing areas. Still need to watch out for black ice in areas that fall below freezing tonight on the back roads of the high country. Week ahead will be mild during day and cool at night. Rain makes its way into the area Wednesday thru Saturday it looks. What I’ve heard from people is the hard freeze did some damage especially in SC to tomatoes and other varieties of vegetables. Also some plants and trees got nipped a bit thru the region. Good thing for areas that got snow is some of the plants got insulated by the snow which in other words helped protect them some. High country all brown and still dormant so no problems up high. Still can see affects from the cold t

​                             4500’ Yancey NC                              3/13/2022 4:30 PM What a day yesterday snowy, cold and windy! Today we started out with the lowest temperatures of the year and season of 2F. We warmed up steadily thru the day to 29F. The high temperatures cause melting from the snow that fell yesterday but also it helped keep things colder having snow pack. 12.3” was the official total from the snow yesterday that ended around 6pm or so last night but few flurries flew til late night on and off. There’s still 8” of snow pack on the ground even in the sun areas. A little tid bit we had a major snow accumulation  in just a hr yesterday from the NW Flow of 2.3” in one hr! The week ahead will be warmer but Monday morning we will need to watch out for black ice and refreeze of slush since there’s still snow and moisture non some roads in the high country. Calm weather til Wednesday when there will be rain chances into first part of weekend. We can’t rule out cold s

​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                   3/12/2022 2:30 PM What a day! Absolutely gorgeous snowy day up here on the mountain today. Winds whipping through the mountains causing limbs and trees to fall this morning as the cold air was rushing in. Our temperatures been crashing since midnight where high was in the low 40’s and now currently 8F. Snowfall today intense as you can about get where 2.3” in one hr fell around midday. Snow still currently falling with 11.8” on the ground. These NW Flow squalls will continue into the afternoon and night. The NW Flow will shut down late and temperatures will continue to fall. Some places in high country will see around 0F by day break Sunday. Sunday will warm up to mid upper 30’s and snow melt will begin but some refreezing could be a issue in high country Monday morning.  Let’s enjoy this beautiful snow that’s on the anniversary of the 93 blizzard. Appreciate everyone support and I hope everyone has

​                                 4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/11/2022 7:00PM Warm day today that will change quickly tonight. High today 50F after a low of 34F. Current temperature 43F with winds out of the SE. Overall  a beautiful day.   Now we get to the good stuff that will come shortly after midnight. Winter storm warning for the high country of NC with 5-7 inches and up to 10” especially for the favorable NW Flow locations. Winds will also be gusty 40 -  50 mph in the highest locations will be possible thru out the day tomorrow. Cold air will make its way in and temperatures will plummet through out Saturday. Lows will be in single digits by Sunday morning and windchills will be well below freezing. Also to note DOT will have hard time keeping up because there will be rain before the snow and plummeting temperatures will get to point that it will be extremely hard to keep up on the back roads.  All in all I think some will see more than the anticipated totals

​                                   4500’ Yancey NC                                   3/10/2022 3:30 PM Yesterday rain turned into a few flurries flying last night up here but no accumulation. Today we started out at 29F with few slick spots on elevated surfaces from the mist  that was lingering last night. We warmed up a little bit to 41F with a lot of cloud cover. All in all a beautiful day in the high country.  Big changes coming for the high country snow and cold will make its way here. Models all agreeing we will see accumulation along the border and it could be a nice mid event for some. How much varies and also models don’t do well on the back side NW Flow side of events. Above 4,000 ft and the favorable NW flow spots should see 4”+ when it’s all said and done. Lower areas and farther away from border to east that’s a mystery that we will see be solved in now cast. The cold air will finally spill all the way over and timing of that will be telling sign of who gets snow away from

​                                  4500’ Yancey NC                                  3/9/2022 3:15PM Rainy night and a rainy day. Our high today occurred in the morning hours of 44F and temperatures has fallen steadily to 36F. We’ve received 0.80” of rain since midnight which puts our weekly total over 2 inches. Still some light rain showers along the border with some wintry mix on highest elevations.  Saturday event seems about same as yesterday. Confidence grows higher as we approach Saturday event. What I’m thinking couple to few inches of snow safe bet for ETN and WNC border counties. Make sure you follow a good local source especially in WNC cause of the elevation differences. Not just snow we talking cold temperatures that will range from single digits to upper teens in varies locations all of the area. Likely will damage all new blooms and flowers that have popped out in past week in lower elevations.  Appreciate everyone support! Hope everyone has a great rest of there Wednesday

​                                    4500’ Yancey NC                                      3/8/2022 3:30 PM We started off cool this morning with low of 29F. Warmed up to 52F today with some gusty winds 15-20 mph. Yesterday rain ended as some flurries flying around late last night that gave no accumulation. Total rain accumulation was just over a inch.  Rain moves in tonight and ends afternoon on Wednesday. Now we focus our eyes onto Friday night and let’s say til Saturday late night for now. We are talking about a possibility per models of a mid to major snow with cold temperatures for the weekend. Accumulation unknown still but model trends has been really good so far. Definitely something to watch especially the temperatures for the folks lower than 3500’ where blooms and plants are showing green.  Us high country folks everything still dormant so no worries.  Thank you everyone for reading these it means a lot to share the weather up here. Hope everyone has a great rest of there Tue

​                                      4500’ Yancey NC                                      3/7/2022 3:30 PM We finally getting some rain today after a dry stretch. High today was 51F after a morning low of 45F. Temperatures will fall quickly this afternoon into tonight where we can be in a range of upper 20’s to low 30’s by sunrise tomorrow morning. We dry out later tonight before more rain tomorrow night.  Ok here’s the popular weather topic of the day. Will it snow and how cold will we get for the weekend? Here’s what I’m thinking. Friday night temperatures will crash where we should start to see some snow showers develop. Rain to snow scenario. Then Saturday we stay cold with snow continuing with a NW Flow that will set up.   The NW Flow set up I’m most confident on but with that and main event it has the possibility of a 24hr event for some that are in the favorable locations. Accumulations there’s no way to predict this far out and honestly we are still a long ways out from Satur

​                                     4500’ Yancey NC                                      3/6/2022 6:15 PM Today the warmest day in a long time. We topped out at 59.3F after a low of 41F. We were actually colder before midnight then we warm slowly thru the early morning hours. Partly cloudy day helped us not get above 60F or higher today. Winds also gusted 25 mph out of the south.  Changes are coming and thank goodness! After rain and possibly storms tomorrow we cool down and we cool down pretty quick. Also that will be the start of a pretty active pattern for at least the next couple weeks. High country snow chances will possibly come to reality or at least that’s the hope. It looks likely we won’t see any 60’s or higher til maybe end March or April. No greenery up here so there will be no harm for the possible cold that we will receive. I appreciate everyone’s  time reading these blogs. I have gotten so much support and I thank you all.  Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbuck YouTube  

​                                     4500’ Yancey NC                                      3/5/2022 3:45 pm  Another day with some haze but today we have a lot more clouds than past few days. We warmed  up to 56F from 41F this morning. 20 mph wind gust today makes it feel good out. We are in a elevated fire risk til 7pm tonight.  Clouds will thicken into Sunday with needed rain Monday. Monday thunderstorms are possibly followed by a nice fall off on temperatures Monday afternoon. Maybe 20+ degree fall off in just few hrs. Active pattern we will be in with cooler temperatures. Luckily us in high country nothing has greened up or bloomed so we will wait til April to see what happens with pattern for gardening and such. Soil temperatures are still too cold for anything to really grow also with upcoming change in pattern will drop those soil temperatures.   Thank you all for the support and the sharing of this blog.  Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbuck YouTube NC TN High Country WX

​                                     4500’ Yancey NC                                     3/4/2022 4:00 PM Another warm day today for us. Started out at 40F and we topped out at 54 F. Today mirrored yesterday a lot except for the smoke part that’s from controlled burns. We are starting to see a few clouds roll on which will take over tomorrow as partly cloudy.  We have couple more days to get all the yard work caught up from the winter months to only have some more winter weather that could be around in coming weeks. We will welcome it with open arms as we are use to these spring cold snaps and sometimes winter weather events. What to watch for is the back side of these fronts for high winds and possible snow this time of year that occur. I’m already cutting up new stakes for vegetables and all for when May and June come around il start the garden.   Now’s  a great time to get the preparation done so when it’s time to plant your ready. Get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors cause whe

​                               4500’ Yancey NC                                 3/3/2022 4:00 PM Warm and breezy day today. Wall to wall sun warmed us up from 39F to 55F today. Winds have gusted to 25 mph out of North this morning then as day went on it’s blowing out of the south west .  We will have few more days of mostly sun and warm then Monday brings us chance of rain. Then we will have to watch for the colder air that looks likely now to affect us especially in the high country. March 10-20 will be very interesting to say the least as it looks now. So keep the warm jackets out for at least another couple weeks. And hold off on the gardening especially the tender plants.  Hopefully we can get some more active weather so these blogs can be more interesting.  Appreciate everyone and hope everyone has a great rest of there Thursday.  Twitter @secusc1993 TikTok @secbuck YouTube NC TN High Country WX

​                              4500’ Yancey NC                              3:30 PM 3/1/2022 On the first day of meteorological spring we hit 46F.(45F currently). Definitely a shorts and short sleeve type of day hanging out on porch doing some work. Sun powerful today but there’s a light 5 mph or so NW Wind keeping it nice and cool. We did start out at 29F but it didn’t take long to warm up once sun came up this morning. Dry weather stays in forecast with cool morning and warm during day.  We are not done with cold after this week we need to focus on mid month there’s hints of the possibility of cold shots of air and maybe some wintry weather. The winter weather part it’s too far to know anything or if it happens. But we can definitely watch for pattern flips. This time of year there generally brief but can be potent. Let’s enjoy the sunshine while we have it this week! Have great rest of your Tuesday!  Twitter @secusc1993 Tik Tok @secbuck  YouTube @ NC TN High Country WX