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Feb 26-29 snow showers/clippers

2 quick snow showers here- the last one came down hard for about 5 minutes and it's very light drizzle now with a couple flakes. Nothing stuck.
 
I knew when I was much younger I should've bought a place at Snowshoe; talk about the place to be for Snow in the MA/SE..
 
From NWS GSP
As of 330 AM: Precip is starting to blossom on radar mosaic across
the Mid-South, associated with potent vort lobe diving into the
base of deep upper longwave trough. This precip will continue
to expand and shift east, impacting the Southern Appalachians by
late morning. The associated vort lobe will bring steep mid-lvl
lapse rates, resulting in a 100 J/kg or more of sbCAPE. The latest
CAMs agree on convective-looking snow shower activity for the NC
mountains, especially the Smokies, Nantahala and Unicoi mountains
in the west, thanks to a westerly upslope flow. Latest QPF and
snow totals with this activity today thru Saturday morning haven`t
changed much from previous forecast. And with confidence increasing
on the totals, have opted to upgrade to a Winter Storm Warning
for Graham and Swain counties above 3500 ft. Also, expanded the
Winter Weather Advisory to Macon and southern Jackson counties
above 3500 ft. The rest of the advisory looks good. Outside of
these areas, expect increasing clouds and isolated to widely
scattered showers. Fcst soundings still show shallow sfc-based
warm layer and some CAPE in the snow-growth zone. So it will be
possible for a few snow and/or graupel showers to develop east of
the mountains, especially the NC foothills and Piedmont. But not
expecting any impacts with temps in the 40s to near 50 deg. Given
the strong forcing and steep lapse rates, this system has the
potential to overperform, like previous events this winter. But
moisture looks a bit more lacking, so confidence is low for any
accumulating snow outside the high elevations today.
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Shawn said:
I'm going to hope for some graupel from that cell heading over the midlands with the yellows. I'm sure it will fail, as usual. Bad timing, tbh.
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Certainly possible given how cold the air is aloft across much of the southeast today
 
Myfrotho704_ said:
hrrr doing what it’s known to do, be to high with sfc Dews, probably gonna correct to lower wet bulbs which means closer calls in the deepest Convection View attachment 36505
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Could be radar hallucinations but this line entering the western upstate looks healthy..
 
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