THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SWAIN… HAYWOOD… MADISON… YANCEY… MITCHELL… AND AVERY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK… WITH SNOWFALL BECOMING HEAVY DURING THE MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE… WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS… ESPECIALLY IN HIGHEST ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. HEAVY SHOWERS… EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS… COULD OCCUR CAUSING VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES IN A SHORT TIME.
They’re calling for snow after we’ve had “short sleeve weather” for the past few days. Grrr.