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Wintry February 6th-7th

No snow or sleet here but did lose power as I was getting ready for bed late last night, and earlier in the night I was remarking that I didn't really expect that we were going to have a thunderstorm, but I was hearing thunder.

That was fun, and by fun, I mean not really. My flashlight isn't working, so I had to use feel to get back to my bedroom to get my tablet for light for me so I could finish getting ready for bed, then I wasn't able to use my electric blanket in bed.
 
Didn't do a proper snow board, but measured 2.75-3 inches in several spots around the yard and 3.5 inches on cars and raised surfaces as it was winding down last night. A few miles due north of Easley, SC.

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I’m really surprised to see ROA got screwed over so badly. I thought they were basically 100% guaranteed to get warning criteria snow. That’s rough.

Also, good to see some of our upstate SC and NE GA folks get a pretty solid snow!
 
EastAtlwx said:
4.5 inches here in cashiers NC at the mtn house (3950ft).. fell in my forecasted range for this area 3-6inches
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Nice. I had some measurements around 6” but I’m no professional spotter. The snow got noticeably thicker the further we drove north towards Maggie valley
 
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I believe GSP and local mets could have been a little more transparent in letting the public know that what happened was very possible instead of being conservative and downplaying the event. Caught many people off guard here in the Northern Upstate (North of I-85) and there was accidents and wrecks everywhere. There are legitimate reports of Warning Criteria amounts and we didn't even get WWA until after it was too late.
 
Well I just made back to liberty sc from Maggie valley it was a very good storm up in that area I wish I could had been at home in liberty as well it was a good storm here as well
 
Clem282340 said:
Well I just made back to liberty sc from Maggie valley it was a very good storm up in that area I wish I could had been at home in liberty as well it was a good storm here as well
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Clem282340 said:
Well I just made back to liberty sc from Maggie valley it was a very good storm up in that area I wish I could had been at home in liberty as well it was a good storm here as well
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I measured 4 to 4.5 in places around Maggie valley talking to family in liberty area they had 2.5-3. So technically by going to Maggie valley we saw 1-1.5 inches more. This pic was taken outside your motel 7am this morning. During my early walks
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olhausen said:
The year of the flizzards continues in White House. Such a strange winter seeing snow fall so often but not a lot to show for it.
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On a side note I use to have such beautiful green grass in the backyard. I guess 2 Rottweilers over 120 pounds is good for it.
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Looked like my deck this morning...ugh! You didn't miss by much, kind of like me. My cousin in Crossville, TN sent this pic:

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SD said:
Muhly grass. I'd have that stuff everywhere if it was more accessable
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It is hard to find for some reason, but very pretty
 
Looking at how things transpired with the forecasts last night for the western parts of the upstate, in was very similar to how January 1987 went for the CLT metro, but on a smaller scale. That storm was supposed to be an all rain event for the metro area and in fact on the 6pm news the night that storm moved in there was no talk of snow outside of the mountains and adjacent foothills. I remember getting to stay up late that night since the next day was a teacher workday, and watching the 11pm news with my mom and seeing how quickly they changed the forecast from 6pm. It was still several hours before any precip was to arrive for the CLT and old Ray Boylan on WSOC-tv started the newscast off by saying his forecast earlier was gonna end up dead wrong.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
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Here's the map from GSP. I-85 cutoff very noticeable. Looks like Hendersonville/Saluda was the sweet spot. Looks like they may be a tad low for some of the upstate areas.
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That map is not accurate. I ended up with 2.5 inches and the map is showing 1.5. Looks like it is on the low side everywhere.
 
Cad Wedge NC said:
That map is not accurate. I ended up with 2.5 inches and the map is showing 1.5. Looks like it is on the low side everywhere.
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Yeah looks like they used a lot of CoCoRaHS observations in their map which are biased low due to the rapid melting of this snow and the fact that most of it fell during the overnight when most people were asleep >>> unlikely to catch the max snow depth. For this storm, I use ground truth reports from this forum and Americanwx first plus social media, followed by NWS LSRs, & then CoCoRaHS to fill in any gaps I am potentially missing.
 
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