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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPORTS 6 TREES
DOWN ON SOUTH SIDE OF
ASHEVILLE.
322 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.
336 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
april 10 snowstorm
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC SNOWFALL REPORTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...FROM SPOTTERS...COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS...AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. YANCEY COUNTY...ABOUT 6 INCHES REPORTED EARLIER IN BURNSVILLE. GENERALLY 3 TO 4 INCHES AROUND THE COUNTY...WITH MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. POWER WAS OUT IN MANY AREAS. NOW DRIZZLE AND 35 DEGREES. MITCHELL...4 TO 8 INCHES AROUND THE COUNTY TODAY. NOW DRIZZLE AND 35 DEGREES. MADISON...UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE SPRING CREEK AREA AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 19/23. NO SNOW IN HOT SPRINGS OR MARSHALL. SOME HIGH ELEVATIONS LIKELY HAD MORE. BUNCOMBE...WIDEPSREAD POWER OUTAGES. WEAVERVILLE AREA HAD 8 INCHES. ASHEVILLE ABOUT 4 INCHES AS DID LECEISTER. SWANNANOA HAD 6 TO 7 INCHES. NOW DRIZZLE. HAYWOOD...NOW RAIN AND FLURRY MIX IN WAYNESVILLE. GENERALLY AROUND 3 INCHES IN THE COUNTY WITH MORE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. JACKSON...2 TO 3 INCHES BALSAM AND OTHER HIGH ELEVATIONS. NOT MUCH IN VALLEYS. NOW DRIZZLE. GRAHAM COUNTY...NO SNOW IN ROBBINSVILLE. UP TO 6 INCHES AT 1 PM IN HIGH ELEVATIONS BETWEEN NANTAHALA AND STECOAH AND STILL SNOWING HEAVILY AT THAT TIME. SWAIN COUNTY...NO SNOW IN BRYSON CITY. HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NO SNOW IN FONTANA ALONG THE SWAIN/GRAHAM LINE. LIKELY SNOW IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE STATE LINE BUT NO REPORTS. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...2 TO 3 INCHES CEDAR MOUNTAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN BREVARD WHERE IT LARGELY HAS ALREADY MELTED. HENDERSON COUNTY...LIGHT RAIN NOW IN HENDERSONVILLE. ABOUT 2 INCHES IN TOWN. WIDEPSREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. AVERY COUNTY...4 INCHES IN NEWLAND WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. SNOWING HARD WITH SEVERAL MINOR ACCIDENTS. SWAIN...RAIN IN BRYSON CITY. NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS REPORTED. HAYWOOD...2 INCHES IN WAYNESVILLE AND SNOWING VERY HARD. WRECKS ALL OVER THE COUNTY. MORE SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BUT NOT SURE HOW MUCH. MACON...MOSTLY RAIN IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS. SNOWING HARD AT HIGHLANDS...BUT SNOW IS JUST COVERING THE GRASS. TRANSYLVANIA...HEAVY SNOW IN BREVARD WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS...SOME MAJOR...ACROSS THE COUNTY. NO CHANCE YET TO GET ACCUMULATIONS. MCDOWELL COUNTY...OLD FORT MOUNTAIN GETTING SLICK. GATEWAY MOUNTAIN AREA ON BAT CAVE ROAD HAS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 3800 FEET. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS ON THE ESCARPMENT ARE JUST SLUSHY...BUT GETTING SLICK. POLK COUNTY...ACCIDENT EVERYWHERE. I-26 FROM EXIT 36 WEST IS AT A DEAD STOP. SNOWING HARD IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BUT NOT SURE OF AMOUNTS. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WERE REPORTED IN THE LANDRUM AREA OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY...WITH NO PROBLEMS REPORTED BY THE GREENVILLE COUNTY DISPATCH. ...WATAUGA... BEECH MOUNTAIN 11" 308 PM HEAVY SNOW FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN 14.7" IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY
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march 30 snowstorm
If you were up this morning, you no doubt saw the beauty that only nature can provide in late March, a spring snowstorm. Big fat, wet snowflakes cascading from the clouds coming down at times at a pretty good clip of 1 to 2 inches per hour in some spots. Quite a widespread across the Asheville area with some spots to the south and east of the city only picking up three quarters of an inch to some picking up close to 10 inches in the far northern part of Buncombe County. What a difference a day makes. We had a high Saturday of 67 degrees, today subtract 26 degrees and we only made it to 41 degrees for the high. That's March's coldest maximum temperature this year and our coldest high temperature since February 27 when we reached 40. The low today was 32 degrees, the coldest temperature here since March 12 when we were at 29 degrees. Those two average 13 degrees below normal and marks the first time in 20 days that we had below normal temperatures. Officially at the airport, 0.57 inch of rain/sleet/snow fell today and we picked up 2 inches of snow which was a record for the date. The previous record was a trace set in 1988. This is the most snow in March since March 20, 2001 during that epic snowstorm. Again, a lot of areas especially north and west of the airport got a lot more snow than that and most of the accumulating snow happened within a relatively short window of about 4 or 5 hours this morning. So let's take a look at today's weather in the captures with this regional IR satellite capture from 6:31am and the thickest cloud shield was off to the east of the Asheville area but you notice some lower clouds right over the mountains. That was associated with some jet energy riding up and over the cold air in place. It helped produce a lot of lift and that seemingly menaceless cloud band produced prodigious snowfall totals in a very short period of time. All of this activity was well behind the cold front which passed through yesterday. You can see the upper winds in this 300mb capture from 7am, and a highly amplified, positively tilted trough existed over the Midwest. Great position with the upper winds strongest right on top of the mountains to help produce the heavy snow. Also had phasing of the two jet streams on top of us with the cold Polar branch bringing down the colder air and the Subtropical jet bringing in the moisture from the south. They lined up just right and usually behind a front, we'd dry out and clear out. Not the case with this Subtropical jet nosing in from the south. This evening in the mid and upper levels with this water vapor capture from 6:45pm, the deepest moisture connection had propogated well to the east during the day. Thus our burst of snow was shortlived this morning. We had a bit of a break around late morning/midday and into the early afternoon before a shortwave trough pushed in and you can see the little swirl in the water vapor over northern Alabama and middle Tennessee, well that helped induce more snow showers. Just take a look at this 500mb capture from 7am, and notice those temperatures in the upper levels how they quickly cool off as you get into the trough. When you see temperatures this time of the year especially down to -28 to -35 degrees C, that is ridiculous. Because temperatures at the surface were nowhere near as cold and usually aren't this time the year. The steep temperature gradient, or lapse rate, from the surface to about 18,000 feet created a lot of instability and the snow showers we saw this afternoon on radar were widely scattered and driven mainly by the temperature contrasts almost like what you'd see in the summer with afternoon thunderstorms popping up. Well it wasn't warm today so it was in the form of snow and in fact, some areas did have some thunder and lightning because the atmosphere was so unstable. Here's a depiction of the scattered nature of the snow showers in this Morristown NWS Doppler Radar capture from 7:15pm, and you see the speckly elements on the radar. That's typical when you have a cold upper low overriding relatively mild air, even though it was quite cold just not as cold aloft, at the surface. And as the sun dies down, a lot of the activity will go down in their ferocity. Under one of the snow showers or snow squalls, significant falls of snow in a short period of time would be expected. As well as a big drop in temperature as those snowflakes fall heavily and bring down that cold air to the surface. The snow showers and squalls were moving southeast from the northwest and were enhanced by the cold, moist northwest flow as you see in this 850mb capture from 7am, showing the conditions at 5,000 feet. It was a cold day, but the coldest of air still was to the west. So continued cold air advection allowed our precipitation to stay snow all day. A bit of a front at this level in connection with an 850 low helped enhance snowfall this morning but that gradient moved east during the day. Here's a look at the weather in this surface map capture from 6pm, and the airport reported light snow with a lot of areas around the region reporting the same. Temperature was 34 degrees. Breaks of sun this afternoon warmed us up to that 41 but all that did was help destablize things and when the snow fell those temperatures quickly dropped into the 30s. Winds were quite strong today gusting as high as 33 mph out of the northwest. Even had some thundersnow in Beckley, WV, just an indication of how unstable the atmosphere was. Wet snow today due because temperatures weren't very cold. Had a lot of water content in them. As temperatures cool off this evening, the water content will lessen and the flakes have been getting smaller than the half dollar ones experienced earlier this morning. Snow that did fall this morning melted away due to warm ground and above freezing surface temperatures. In this case, the snowfall was much greater than the snow depth.
Mesoscale Climate Today
Southern Mountains: Rain started the day during the pre dawn hours, especially in valley locations. Higher elevations started with rain or a mix. Then that translated to a mix or snow while valley locations saw either rain or a mix. But as the deep cold air kept penetrating in, even into the valley the precipitation began falling as snow. A general 1-3 inches fell across the area, with less than an inch in valley spots. Little to nothing accumulated in Murphy. Light to moderate rain fell there then tapered off before some instability showers redeveloped in the afternoon and those changed to some light snow showers around 6pm. The high reached 41 degrees in Murphy after a low of 34 degrees. Temps were falling this evening.
Southern Foothills: Not much in the way of snow fell in this region with Rutherfordton not recording any through press time today. They did get a lot of rain which was heavy at times early this morning. The cold air advection finally made it into the area by late in the day as winds turned out of the northwest after sunset gusting over 20 mph in Rutherfordton. They saw a high of 55 degrees which occured just after midnight. Temperatures most of the day stayed in the 40s. The low today was 39 degrees which occured this evening as temperatures drop.
Eastern Foothills/Piedmont: The closer to the mountains, the more snow this region saw in the foothills. Although, there was snow across the area at some point during the day. Up to 2 inches of snow fell in some of the higher locales. Morganton saw some rain, sleet, and snow and it started after midnight. Precipitation types varied there throughout the morning before eventually turning to all rain by 8:45am and they haven't seen snow since. They had nearly a half inch of water equivalent, most of that falling before sunrise. In Hickory, they had close to an inch of rain today, mostly before sunrise. They too saw a rain/snow/sleet mix from 8:30am to noon off and on. Then mostly cloudy with light rain at times after that. The high reached 48 degrees in Hickory and that occured after midnight with a low of 33 degrees that occured this morning. In Morganton, the high reached 52 degrees right after midnight with a low of 34 degrees. Sleet started falling through with a temperature of 45 degrees at 12:45am.
Northern Mountains: The snowiest region of western North Carolina where snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 12 inches across the area. Jefferson was the big winner with 12 inches of snow. The day began with rain, except some mixed snow in the highest elevations and that quickly became the predominate precipitation type shortly after midnight across much of the area. The heaviest snow came in a burst between 3 and 10am. Then a break with just some light snow before the instability snow showers and snow squalls came in during the afternoon. Before the snow, both Jefferson and Boone picked up about a tenth of an inch of rain. It was quite windy in this region too with those northwest winds gusting as high as 32 mph in Boone and 33 mph in Jefferson. The high was 39 degrees in Jefferson which occured at midnight and the low went down to 31 degrees this evening. In Boone, the high reached 37 degrees at midnight with a low as the temperature at press time of 31 degrees.
heres the forecast from thursday before the sunday snow for sunday...
sunday will be quite interesting. we'll have the jet stream running south to north over western north carolina aloft. at the same time, deep cold, moist advection at the low levels out of the northwest will increase all day and combined with that a cold pool aloft associated with the upper low will move over the area and help destablize our atmosphere. the end result, mostly cloudy skies and the chance for rain showers that will mix with and change to snow as sunday afternoon rolls on. with the instabilty in place as highs reach around 50, we could see heavy falls of precipitation at times and that'll help translate even colder air down toward the surface. it'll be windy too with winds out of the northwest from 15 to 25 mph. after the sun goes down, precipitation to primarily to be snow with a strong northwest flow event setting up sunday night. very cold temperatures at 5,000 feet cutting across a great angle for snow showers into the asheville area. any chance of accumulation looks to be from the city on north and westward toward the tennessee border. due to warm ground, accumulations will be limited however in heavier snowfalls, snow will stick for a time. this will increase as the upper low moves east sunday evening. temperatures drop into the low 30s monday morning and it'll be quite windy as well. a morning snow shower monday otherwise variable clouds and temperatures into the mid 50s.
***heavy, wet snowfall in western north carolina today***
heavy snow developed around midnight in portions of the mountains, especially in higher elevations. some locations at lower elevations saw a mix of rain and snow with some sleet at times. by daybreak, most all areas in the mountains went over to snow as deep, strong cold air advection behind the cold front that moved through saturday poured in and continues moving in. at the same time, we had warm, moist air is overriding the layer and providing the heavy, wet snow across the area. here are local snowfall totals through 10am courtesy of the national weather service:
AVERY COUNTY...3 TO 4 INCHES WITH ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. MITCHELL...BAKERSVILLE 2 1/2 INCHES. COOP OBSERVER AT SPRUCE PINE REPORTED 4 INCHES. YANCEY...2 TO 3 INCHES IN BURNSVILLE WITH 4 INCHES SOUTH END OF COUNTY. MADISON...5 INCHES FROM SPOTTER AT PETERSBURG. 7 INCHES AT SPRING CREEK. 5 INCHES AT MARSHALL AND MARS HILL. SWAIN...BRYSON CITY 1 INCH. OCONALUFTEE STATION 3 INCHES. GRAHAM...2 INCHES AT ROBBINSVILLE AND MELTING. NO SNOW ACCUMULATED AT FONTANA. HAYWOOD...7 INCHES AT WAYNESVILLE. JACKSON...2 TO 3 INCHES AT SYLVA AND CASHIERS. 6 INCHES BALSAM. MACON...1 1/2 INCH FRANKLIN. 2 TO 3 INCHES HIGHLANDS. 4 INCHES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN. BUNCOMBE...ASHEVILLE 1 1/2 INCH. WEAVERVILLE 8 INCHES. BLACK MOUNTAIN 0. HENDERSON COUNTY...1 TO 2 INCHES ON GRASSY SURFACES. TRANSYLVANIA...1 TO 2 INCHES ON GRASSY SURFACES. BURKE COUNTY...2 INCHES AT JONAS RIDGE. RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA...AN INCH OF SNOW IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS REPORTED FROM GLASSY MOUNTAIN IN GREENVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA...AROUND SALUDA NORTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11 IN PICKENS COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA.
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the president's day weekend storm of 2003 made its impact here in western north carolina. here's some of the area reports from the national weather service from how the ice impacted the area from asheville on eastward:
BUNCOMBE COUNTY...ICY ROADS...MAINLY BRIDGES AND ON TREES WITH FEW TREES DOWN REPORTED. HENDERSON AND POLK COUNTIES...FEW ACCIDENTS REPORTED EARLIER...SLICK ROADS AND BRIDGES. TRANSYLVANIA...ICE ON TREES WITH TREE DOWN IN BREVARD. SLICK ROADS. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... YANCEY...MITCHELL...AND AVERY COUNTY... ROADS COVERED WITH HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE. NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS DUE TO TREES OR POWERLINES. NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...CALDWELL...BURKE...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL... RUTHERFORD...AND GASTON COUNTY... SLICK TO TREACHEROUS ROADS WITH 3/4 TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ON ROADS. NO PROBLEMS REPORTED DUE TO TREES OR POWERLINES. PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING IREDELL...DAVIE...ROWAN...CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG...AND UNION COUNTY. ICY ROADS WITH ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... ASHE COUNTY...1/2 INCH OF SLEET IN JEFFERSON ALLEGENY COUNTY...UP TO 5 INCHES OF SLEET WATAGUA COUNTY...1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF SLEET IN BOONE
this was a quite a winter storm for the month of february. this is the most snow we've seen in at least 10 years in the month of february and based on daily records the most snow we've seen in the month of february since february 10, 1983. on thursday, officially asheville airport picked up 3.5 inches. and in the early hours on friday, we added 2 inches more which was a record for the date and brought a storm total snowfall in asheville of 5.5 inches which is the most snow from a total storm since march 2001. here's some of the snowfall totals through the end of the event courtesy of the NWS:
MCDOWELL COUNTY...AT LEAST 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION IN MARION. BURKE COUNTY...SEVERAL REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AROUND MORGANTON. CALDWELL COUNTY...4 INCHES ACCUMULATION IN LENOIR. DAVIE COUNTY...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...HEAVIEST IN THE WEST AND NORTH. ROWAN COUNTY...JUST RAIN WITH SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART. CATAWBA COUNTY...NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION GENERALLY. ALEXANDER COUNTY...4 TO 5 INCHES ACCUMULATION. IREDELL COUNTY...ROADS SLICK NORTHERN SECTIONS. RUTHERFORD AND POLK COUNTIES...SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS. SWAIN COUNTY...AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. GRAHAM COUNTY...5 INCHES ACCUMULATION REPORTED AROUND MIDNIGHT. MACON COUNTY...5 TO 6 INCHES REPORTED AROUND MIDNIGHT. JACKSON COUNTY...4 TO 6 INCHES. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...4 TO 5 INCHES BREVARD...6 TO 8 INCHES LAKE TOXAWAY. HAYWOOD COUNTY...AROUND 6 INCHES WAYNESVILLE. HENDERSON COUNTY...4 TO 5 INCHES. BUNCOMBE COUNTY...3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH SOME REPORTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IN THE COUNTY. MADISON COUNTY...4 TO 5 INCHES IN MARSHALL. YANCEY COUNTY...3 TO 8 INCHES AROUND THE COUNTY. 6 INCHES AVERAGE...STILL SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MITCHELL COUNTY...4 TO 5 INCHES BAKERSVILLE WITH 7 TO 8 INCHES NORTH END. AVERY COUNTY...4 TO 6 INCHES NEWLAND AREA...7 TO 8 INCHS IN NEWLAND
Now here's my forecast discussion from Wednesday evening and the philosophy behind it was the same since Sunday with me saying all snow throughout...
even more chaos tonight with the forecast models. interestingly enough, the only model to catch the precipitation that's ongoing this evening over the south central area was the avn but i don't think even that one showed it happening at this time from yesterdays model runs. so the models are all over the place, my forecast is a blend of some of their details plus mainly some nowcasting and intuition. what that tells me is that snow is a liklihood tomorrow. unless all of the precipitation just evaporates, its going to snow across all of the area at some point on thursday. starting tonight. we have high and mid level clouds streaming over the area in a fast jet stream flow that is also helping to strengthen the surface high that is propogating slowly east. the dry, cold air already firmly entrenched as temperatures have dropped rapidly after sunset. in fact, we'll go down to the low 20s by sunrise tomorrow and it should stay dry through sunrise thursday. there will be radar echos, in fact they were as close as northern georgia this evening but what was reaching the ground was as close as central mississippi. with virga occuring on thursday as the extremely dry air will take some time to moisten, don't expect snowflakes to fall in the asheville area till about the noon hour. when they fall, it should be light initially and then increase as the day goes on. so snow develops, staying cold too with temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s during the day. not a real organized surface low in the gulf in this whole event, this is mainly some overruning moisture from the gulf coming northward into a dry, cold wedge of air courtesy of that high pressure system to the north. thursday night, snow continues. could be mixed with sleet at times here in asheville and more likely some sleet and snow south of interstate 40. transition zone between rain and snow will be over the southern mountains but creeping its way north through the night. mainly keeping it a frozen precip event for areas from the city of asheville on north through the system. this is a very marginal situation though. temperatures hold in the low 30s. we're looking at snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches here in the asheville area. less amounts the further south you go when im expecting snow mixing with rain as a bit of warm air encroaches from the south, though the thing about that is, we're not talking about a well developed storm system and with the dominate surface high, the cold, dry air at the surface will keep getting replenished. so that rain/snow mix scenario doesn't appear likely for asheville but again its a marginal event. the snow and possibly sleet taper off toward daybreak friday but the clouds remain as moisture is still trapped at low levels. cold air advection comes on the heels of the storm which should start wrapping up off the north carolina coast into a good surface low pressure area. strong jet dynamics though also will be a key. you know, one can make the argument that with such a strong jet over top of us, that will enhance the lift and bring even more precipitation. we'll have to wait and see how that plays out but during the afternoon, a strongly positive tilt upper trough approaches from the west and with the cold, moist air in place, we introduce the chance for snow, mainly coming in the form of snow showers by the afternoon on friday with temperatures staying in the low to mid 30s. it'll turn windy too. we dry out for saturday and sunday but stay cold with highs only around 40. then await another quick moving cold front from the northwest with a chance for some northwest flow snow showers sunday night into monday. so its going to be interesting how the next 24-36 hours plays out here in asheville and i'll have updates on any possible winter advisories as they become available.
12 inches in Morganton 9 inches in Mount Mitchell 9 inches in Shelby 8 inches in Beech Mountain 7-8 inches in southern McDowell County 7-8 inches in eastern Rutherford County 7.3 inches in Sparta 7 inches in Avery County 6 inches in Marion 5.5 inches in Lenoir 6 inches in Boone 5 inches in Newland 4 inches in Jefferson 3 iinches in Marshall 3 inches in Bakersville 3 inches in Flat Top Mountain 2-3 inches in Burnsville 2-3 inches in Graham County 2 inches in Waynesville 2 inches in Spruce Pine 1-2 inches in Asheville 1.5 inches in eastern Henderson County 1.5 inches in Marshall 1 inch in Hendersonville 1 inch in Brevard 0.5-2 inches in Cherokee County Dusting-1 inch in Clay County
courtesy of the national weather service office in greenville/spartanburgCOUNTY REPORT ALEXANDER 2 INCHES IN TAYLORSVILLE AVERY 3 TO 4 INCHES AT BANNER ELK 3 TO 4 INCHES AT NEWLAND BUNCOMBE 4 INCHES ON FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN NEAR SWANNANOA 3.2 INCHES AT THE ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT 3 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE BURKE 4.25 INCHES IN MORGANTON 4 INCHES 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON CABARRUS 2 INCHES IN CONCORD CALDWELL 4 INCHES IN LENOIR 3 INCHES IN GRANITE FALLS CATAWBA 2.5 TO 3 INCHES NEAR HICKORY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE HICKORY AIRPORT CLEVELAND 1.75 INCHES IN BOILING SPRINGS 0.50 INCHES IN SHELBY DAVIE 3 INCHES IN NORTHWEST PART OF COUNTY NEAR IREDELL COUNTY LINE 1.75 INCHES WEST OF MOCKSVILLE IN TURKEY FOOT AREA GASTON 1.5 INCHES IN CHERRYVILLE 0.5 INCHES IN DALLAS GRAHAM 4 TO 6 INCHES AT ROBBINSVILLE HENDERSON 3 INCHES AT HENDERSONVILLE HAYWOOD 3 TO 4 INCHES IN WAYNESVILLE IREDELL 1 INCH AT STATESVILLE JACKSON 3 INCHES IN CULLOWHEE 2 TO 3 INCHES AT SYLVA AND CASHIERS LINCOLN 0.5 TO 1 INCH AT LINCOLNTON NEARLY 3 INCHES WESTERN END TO DUSTING EASTERN END MACON 3 TO 4 INCHES COUNTYWIDE MADISON 3 INCHES AT HOT SPRINGS 2 INCHES 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL 1.5 INCHES IN MARSHALL MCDOWELL 2.5 INCHES AT MARION MECKLENBURG 1 INCH AT CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A SNOW AND RAIN MIX AT PINEVILLE MITCHELL 3 INCHES IN SPRUCE PINE POLK 2 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF TRYON ROWAN 2 INCHES IN SALISBURY RUTHERFORD 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AT FOREST CITY SWAIN 3 TO 4 INCHES COUNTYWIDE TRANSYLVANIA 5 TO 6 INCHES AT BALSAM GROVE 3 TO 4 INCHES AT BREVARD UNION 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN MONROE AND INDIAN TRAIL YANCEY 2.5 TO 3 INCHES IN BURNSVILLE
The buzz word of the winter, El Nino, returned this spring so what kind of implications does it have on the winter in Western North Carolina? To understand that is to understand what El Nino is. It's a phenomena out in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean where sea surface temperatures have a warm anomaly. The opposite to that is La Nina, the pattern we were in the last few winters. With that, we saw warmer than normal winters with a continuing of the drought and drier than normal winters. So that means with El Nino we're going to change, right? As you may know, the last El Nino occured during the winter of 1997-98 and was the strongest on record. Some notable events that happened in Asheville that winter were the following:
Below normal temperatures in December
Much above normal snowfall in December
Slightly below normal precipitation in December
Much above normal temperatures in January
A record precipitation for the month of January including the most precipitation in one day for the month record
Much above normal snowfall in January with one storm bringing 11.9 inches in a day.
Above normal temperatures in February
Above normal precipitation in February
Much below normal snowfall in Feburary.
Weather patterns in the Southeast during El Nino usually consists of a strong subtropical jet running across the South, with a strong polar jet staying bottled up in Canada. With the subtropical jet, you bring in more storms from the Southwest U.S. into the region which implies more precipitation. With infrequent shots of cold air due to less of an influence of the Polar jet, temperatures don't get too cold too often. And that was the case in 1997-98...but that was the strongest El Nino on record. This year's El Nino is suppose to peak in the moderate category and weak to moderate El Nino's bring multifaceted types of weather to Asheville. It's best to use an analog before making a forecast to the conditions that have been occuring in years past with a similar pattern. Similiar El Nino's to the one we're experiencing now occured in 1994-95, 1986-87, and 1968-69. Some notable stats from 1968-69:
A maximum snow depth of 15 inches which is a record for the month of February.
The all time record for snow in the month of November with 9.6 inches and the all time record for snow in any month occuring in February with 25.5 inches.
A maximum 24 hour snowfall for the month of November of 5.7 inches and in the month of February with 11.7 inches.
That 1968-69 winter suggests to me that we had incredible phasing of the subtropical and polar jet streams which occured early and during the middle of winter to bring us probably our snowiest winter ever. And that was a weak El Nino. So let's take a look at some highlights from 1986-87:
The highest temperature ever recorded in October was set with 86 degrees.
Set the snowfall record for the month of April and the record 24 hour snow for the month with 11.5 inches.
Set the snow depth record for the month of April with 12 inches.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in April was set with 22 degrees.
A late heavy snow for that winter after probably a warm beginning. The winter of 1994-95 did not offer any real extremes but featured the shortest amount of freezing days with a long streak of freezing or below freezing days in February. Here's some normals for Asheville during the winter (December-January-February)
5.1 days with highs below 32 degrees
65.4 days with lows below 32 degrees
0.6 day with lows below 0 degrees
10.68 inches of precipitation
12.2 inches of snow
3.4 days with snow 1 inch or more
A daily average high of 48.9 degrees
A daily average low of 26.9 degrees.
So the forecast! Well, this El Nino which is not forecasted to be strong has given a rather bland forecast for us from the Climate Prediction Center. They're saying near normal temperatures, with above normal temperatures over the Great Lakes, and near normal precipitation, with above normal precipitation from the Southeast into the Deep South and below normal precipitation just across the border in Tennessee and into the Midwest. I believe that our El Nino will be a modified version of 1968-69. The pattern as we enter meteorological winter is very similiar to those El Nino years that I presented with a digging trough bringing cold air south into our region and an unphased subtropical jet stream. I would go on to say that the cold will continue funneling down in December so I'll call for a below normal temperature scheme in December with below normal precipitation as that subtropical jet, will stay to our south and it'll be hard for those systems to the north to draw in any moisture. Now, as January comes I see things changing. The cold will retreat some to the north. Not to say that it won't get cold, but the Polar branch will retreat north and as a feedback to the maximum of the El Nino effect now, storm systems will start breaking down the ridge in the west and affect California drawing up the subtropical jet stream and bringing a return to slightly above normal precipitation with near normal temperatures. I see the subtropical jet stream continuing to play a role as those Equatorial Pacific waters cool so I'll continue that slightly above normal precipitation here with near to slightly above normal temperatures. And as a feedback to the cooling waters, I believe that subtropical jet will relax in February but it'll still be unsettled in the Southeast. Near to above normal precipitation with more shots of cold air as the strong Polar jet responds to the teleconnections so below normal temperatures which would lead to me saying that this winter will be slightly wetter than normal with near to slightly below normal temperatures. I'll say above normal snowfall as well as systems in the northern stream will be strong early on, with more Gulf storms as we enter January and later on in the winter.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1010 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2002 THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL FROM MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 14 THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 16 ACROSS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. NORTH CAROLINA ...MOUNTAINS MOUNT MITCHELL...................2.74 BREVARD..........................2.65 LAKE TOXAWAY.....................2.88 ROSMAN...........................2.59 FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN................2.40 ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT.......2.15 BLACK MOUNTAIN...................2.10 BEECH MOUNTAIN...................1.63 CULLOWHEE........................1.06 GUION FARMS......................2.92 HENDERSONVILLE...................2.30 SPRUCE PINE......................2.61 TUXEDO HYDRO.....................4.00 ...FOOTHILLS TRYON............................4.67 COLUMBUS.........................3.83 HICKORY AIRPORT..................3.09 OLD FORT.........................2.71 MORGANTON........................2.19 FOREST CITY......................3.17 LENOIR...........................1.99 PATTERSON........................2.62
wnc rainfall totals: remenants of isidore 33% Competent Storm Coverage Plus these comments: To be Marcus and you the man storm totals from hanna: western north carolina The remenants of Hanna brought us much needed rain yet it made a bigger dent in the drought to our neighbors in the Upstate of SC. Still any rain is needed and as usual, the distribution of rain varied greatly across the mountains. Everyone got over an inch of rain but some got nearly 5 inches! Here's some storm-total rainfall amounts from western North Carolina from Friday through Sunday compliments of the National Weather Service Office in Greenville/Spartanburg: 38% John Cessarich of WYFF-TV Greenville Sad but true, those polled don't overwhelmingly pick me as their choice for Asheville Weather. Awwwww, I'll get over it :) Anyway, Cessarich wins and he certainly is not a bad choice at all. I admit, I watch him too but I watch them all just to see what they're take is on the weather in the Carolinas. He certainly is one of the best in the Southeast and has Emmy's to prove that. Jack Roper was to be ousted from Newschannel 7 but saved his job to stay on to do the news on that station and contribute to the news on WASV. He's not a meteorologist unlike Bettes and Cessarich but he's certainly a fan favorite. Extra kudos to him because not only does he have the Upstate forecast but also the mountain forecast. Me, well you know me. I'm not on TV yet but in over a year look out. I try my best with the weather here but it's certainly quite the challenge. More so than Atlanta where I am from. Mike Bettes on 'LOS admits that he doesn't know the weather in Asheville that well and you voters have spoken with just 10% of the vote for him. But he's not awful and I must say, he has some of the best graphics in local TV weather considering the company that owns the station has been having financial problems as of late. Finally, Mike Harvey at FOX 21 picks up the rear. I'm not too fond of his on air delivery but he seems to know his stuff at least for the upstate. But given the choice of all those above, people seem to look for Asheville, NC weather in Greenville, SC. A Previous Poll... 47% Colder With More Wintry Precip Surprise! La Nina wasn't totally over this winter. It made a return appearance in January. Not as strong has previous years, but still it came back and dramatically changed winter in Asheville. First let me define winter as far as meteorological terms. Meteorological winter runs from December 1 to February 28. So if you follow me, March 1 begins meteorological spring and runs three months. It's a better approximation of seasonal aspects of weather over a location than the astronomical seasons. Anyway, interesting results. While 47% said it would be colder with more wintry precip than last winter, the second highest was 22% calling for it to be warmer and drier than winter 1999-00 in Asheville. We've been in a drought since May 1998, the latter is probably not a bad guess. Ah but I have the results! December 2000 was one of the coldest Decembers ever in the United States. We felt the chill here in Asheville! The average temperature in December of 2000 was 32.5 degrees F, it was just 0.9 degree warmer than the coldest December ever which was set in 1987. Just 4 days in December 2000 had lows above 32 degrees and there were 4 days where the high was 32 degrees or below. The coldest temperature was 9 degrees on December 20! Quite a difference from December 1999 when the average temperature was 41.9 degrees F. In January, the longwave pattern changed and the Asheville/Western North Carolina area thawed out. But there were cold moments. And for the month, it finished a tad warmer than January 2000. If you remember that month, we started it off warm but temps crashed the middle and end of the month. The average temperature in January 2001 was 36.7 degrees F compared with 36.0 degrees F in January 2000. La Nina made it's return in January 2K1 and kept it's influence on Asheville's temperatures in the month of February 2001. The average temperature in February 2001 was 44.5 degrees F compared to February 2000's average temperature at 43.3 degrees F So the bottom line, which winter was cooler, Winter 1999-00 or Winter 2000-01? With an average temperature of 37.9 degrees F in the winter of 2000-01 and an average temperature of 40.4 degrees F, winter 2000-01 was colder than winter 1999-00! Now on to the precipitation. It's been quite dry since 1998 but was it more dry this winter than last? Let's see... It was quite cold in December 2000 and we could have capitalized on that cold weather with more precipitation. That wasn't really the case. 2.37 inches of precipitation in December 2000 which was 1.15 inches below normal for the month. It was even drier in December 1999 with just 1.98 inches of precipitation. As far as snowfall, 6.1 inches of snow in December 2000 compared with just a trace of snow in December 1999. January is usually the snowiest month in Asheville. It didn't pan out that way in 2001 but did in 2000. Snowfall in January 2001 was at just a trace of snow with more snow in January 2000 with 6.2 inches of snow. More snow and more precipitation but still below normal in January 2000. 3.10 inches of precip but in January 2001 just 2.63 inches of precip. The monsoons didn't come in February of either year. February of 2000 came in with 2.33 inches of precip and 2.73 inches of precip in February 2001. As far as wintry precipitation, 0.8 inch of snow in February 2001 with a trace of snow in February 2000. While neither season will break precipitation records, at least not most precipitation, one of them will have more precip than the other. The results: 7.41 inches of precipitation in the winter of 1999-00, 7.73 inches of precipitation in the winter of 2000-01, this winter was wetter than last winter! How about snowfall. 6.9 inches of snow in the winter of 2000-01 with just 6.2 inches of snow in the winter of 1999-00. The winter of 2000-01 was snowier than the winter of 1999-00! So if you said that this winter would be colder with more wintry precipitation, you're correct! Here's some of your comments from the poll... "Snow and cold, the way it should be in the mountains." "With the mention of snow already in November looks like a nasty winter ahead."PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT SAT SEP 28 2002
...RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE...
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 25 THROUGH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 ACROSS THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
NORTH CAROLINA
...MOUNTAINS
SPRUCE PINE....................5.02 INCHES
BREVARD........................4.56
EAST FLAT ROCK.................4.08
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...........3.99
BLACK MOUNTAIN.................3.20
MOUNT MITCHELL.................2.78
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN..............2.72
CULLOWHEE......................2.16
ROBBINSVILLE...................2.01
ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT.....1.98
MARSHALL.......................1.22
...FOOTHILLS
PATTERSON......................4.71
OLD FORT.......................4.50
MORGANTON......................3.29
TRYON..........................2.92
BRIDGEWATER....................2.91
FOREST CITY....................2.90
RHODISS........................2.76
HICKORY........................2.51
From the last poll
What's The Most Important Thing For A TV Weather Personality?
33% Engaging, Fun Personality
22$ Accurate Forecasts
11% Looking Good
ASHEVILLE (DOWNTOWN)............1.61 (BUNCOMBE)
ASHEVILLE.......................1.76 (BUNCOMBE)
ASHEVILLE 5 SW..................2.60 (BUNCOMBE)
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT 3 W...........3.08 (HENDERSON)
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT 3 SE..........2.94 (HENDERSON)
BAT CAVE........................1.76 (HENDERSON)
NEWLAND.........................1.96 (AVERY)
BLANTYRE........................1.68 (TRANSYLVANIA)
BLACK MTN GAP...................1.92 (BUNCOMBE)
BREVARD.........................2.31 (TRANSYLVANIA)
CANDLER.........................1.34 (BUNCOMBE)
COLUMBUS 2 NE...................3.09 (POLK)
CONNESTEE FALLS.................2.76 (TRANSYLVANIA)
EAST FLAT ROCK..................4.20 (HENDERSON)
FAIRVIEW........................1.75 (BUNCOMBE)
FLETCHER........................2.25 (BUNCOMBE)
FOREST CITY.....................2.66 (RUTHERFORD)
HENDERSONVILLE 4 SW.............3.25 (HENDERSON)
HIGHLANDS.......................3.98 (MACON)
LAKE LURE.......................2.55 (RUTHERFORD)
LAKE TOXAWAY....................4.30 (TRANSYLVANIA)
LINCOLNTON 2 E..................2.50 (LINCOLN)
MORGANTON.......................2.96 (BURKE)
RAMSEY..........................2.50 (BURKE)
ROSMAN..........................2.82 (TRANSYLVANIA)
TRYON...........................2.91 (POLK)
SHELBY..........................2.37 (CLEVELAND)
SE POLK COUNTY..................4.70 (POLK)
RUTHERFORDTON 13 NE.............2.29 (RUTHERFORD)
WEAVERVILLE 3 ESE...............1.12 (BUNCOMBE)
WEBSTER.........................1.50 (JACKSON)
WHITE OAK MOUNTAIN..............3.75 (POLK)
WOODFIN.........................1.29 (BUNCOMBE)
From Our Last Poll
Who Do You Turn To For Asheville Weather?
24% Jack Roper of WSPA-TV Spartanburg
22% Marcus Smith of Asheville Weather Report
10% Mike Bettes of WLOS-TV Asheville
4% Mike Harvey of WHNS-TV Greenville
La Nina's Over So How Will Asheville's Winter Compare To Last Year?
22% Warmer And Drier
20% Colder And Drier
8% Warmer And More Rain
Exactly and this winter was snowier and colder than last. Still though, we finished below normal on snowfall. Normal seasonal snowfall in Asheville is 11.2 inches.
You know, we had 2 inches of snow in the month of November. It was well above normal snowfall for the month and one of the earliest measureable snows in many years. November and December were the coldest months on record in the U.S. and we were colder than normal in both months.
Previous Poll
Why leave Asheville! I agree with the 44% who stay here. A beautiful city surrounded by the mountains. Very safe, very liberal. I'm from Atlanta, coming up here to go to school is a nice change of pace from the hustle and bustle of suburban life! And if you don't like progress, Asheville is the place for you. Not my cup of tea but ya know, we can't like everything.