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Wintry December 4-7 Winter Precip Chance

That’s easily a heavy wet snow sounding as the important 925/850/700mb layers are below freezing, that’s straight up wet snow soundings there tho, and some lift There in the DGZ
Yeah, looks like a sounding that would result in 32-33F realistically at the surface, assuming decent rates. Not ideal for accumulation, but workable.
 
Here’s the sounding for KECG at hour 78.

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Enjoy the event. More to come when I’m not banned. A lot will reference the bad storms tonight to winter weather within 7 days. Watch out more to come too.
 
This is impressive -- a little more negative tilt and the NE would have been in business, right?

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This is a little better. Not sure how this will work out though.

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Wet bulb at 33°, dew point at 30°, and temp at 36°.
 
Even in the upstate the boundary layer is about as thin as you can get. Spartanburg is below freezing at the 850’s and 33 degrees at the 925. You get any form of slightly moderate rates and you will have snowfall. Also remember that temperatures will be crashing quickly as the day goes on and it’s just a matter of making sure the moisture is going to be around.
What about Pickens county sc
 
Yeah, looks like a sounding that would result in 32-33F realistically at the surface, assuming decent rates. Not ideal for accumulation, but workable.
In all honesty I don’t get too concerned with surface temperatures 32-33 degrees for a daytime snowfall in December and early January. The sun angle is at its lowest of the year now. Just today I was outside in the middle of the afternoon and with full overcast and little drizzle falling, it almost had an evening twilight look.
 
Yo @Ollie Williams i know the EPS will still probably suck but did it improve at H5 with less interaction with that first N/S piece
Yup! I did trend in the right direction, but not enough to really get my attention.
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Slightly better run on the mean though, albeit barely
18z
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12z
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Members: Several more over central NC
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