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...
4500’ Yancey NC Beautiful day on the border today. High of 39F. Snow from Friday the 18th has now melted mostly except for the north facing slopes where there still some lingering snow cover. We will warm up thru mid week and into weekend before a cold shot enters late weekend. Also to mention could be some flooding rains in the valleys with rain Tuesday through Friday. We are officially in flip flop pattern season. But don’t be fooled by the spring like temperatures cause we will likely not get into a consistent warm pattern until sometime in May. We are currently at 63.6” of snowfall for the season here . Still have a ways to catch up to 81” that fell in the 2020-2021 season but there’s still some time to catch that. Thankfully January was a great month for sno...
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 ...
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