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Wintry When will the NC mountains see their first NW flow snow event ?

Myfrotho704_ said:
Drop yalls estimated dates of when y’all think the mountains will see there first accumulating snow (including the highest peaks)
Just thought this would be interesting
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First measurable snow or first NW flow? The two aren’t mutually exclusive
 
Myfrotho704_ said:
Drop yalls estimated dates of when y’all think the mountains will see there first accumulating snow (including the highest peaks)
Just thought this would be interesting
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You should add a layer to this and see who can get the location(s) correct. Your general favored areas are the peaks above 5000', mainly in Avery and Watauga counties.
 
J.C. said:
You should add a layer to this and see who can get the location(s) correct. Your general favored areas are the peaks above 5000', mainly in Avery and Watauga counties.
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Yep with the addition of spots like LeConte, Roan.
 
I went with after 11/13 but probably wrong (but right for my backyard). Plan to be waxing up the skis in early December but before Thanksgiving would be a nice early start.
 
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Cad Wedge NC said:
Most years the higher mountains of NC see their first flakes during the last week in October.
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Yeah in my 4 years at App St I’m pretty certain I at least saw snowflakes falling before Halloween. My Junior year in 1996 actually saw an accumulation around the 25th and then a 6” plus the first weekend in November
 
I went for the later date cause it has sucked up there the past few years (talking above 3,500ft). Even Raysweather has been missing snowfall forecasts by up to 80” or more on some of the higher peaks that he does. Going beyond the past years there were better years sure but it’s clear to see a downward trend ? on the bigger timeline (over 25 years).
 
Dec 4th. Cold air stays lodged in Siberia and N. Pacific. I will favor Newland, Beech mnt areas as first to receive.
 
Hard to say. Mt Mitchell will probably see it first, then Beech and Sugar, then Blowing Rock and Highlands. I will say 2nd week for Mt Mitchell and 3rd week for others. Blowing Rock/Newland and that area averages about 30 inches a year, Im sure thats on the decline.
 
Cad Wedge NC said:
So, I was one day off on my guess, but it was right on schedule for the first flakes.
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Yes sir right on cue. I've seen accumulating snow on Roan first week of October think that was in 08 or 09. It's always cool to see snow with leaves still on the tree. Ive heard old timers people long gone now talk about harsh Winters back in the day. Said the ground turned white by Halloween and stayed white till spring. You'd have melt but the ground stayed white. My grandma had to dig tunnels from the front door of the house to the road up in Avery county one winter in the late 50s might have been 1960. Drifts as high as the roof no joke.
 
Mcdowell_weather said:
Yes sir right on cue. I've seen accumulating snow on Roan first week of October think that was in 08 or 09. It's always cool to see snow with leaves still on the tree. Ive heard old timers people long gone now talk about harsh Winters back in the day. Said the ground turned white by Halloween and stayed white till spring. You'd have melt but the ground stayed white. My grandma had to dig tunnels from the front door of the house to the road up in Avery county one winter in the late 50s might have been 1960. Drifts as high as the roof no joke.
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Probably 1960 I saw a whole thing written on that and pictures of the snow .
 
Lickwx said:
Probably 1960 I saw a whole thing written on that and pictures of the snow .
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It was. The famous March 1960 storms is what she was talking about. She talked about the rivers freezing over for weeks at a time too.
 
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