Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:04 pm
Alright so here's an update on the weather forecast. Sucks now through Saturday. Enough said. Sunday is really cold, round the clock snowmaking. Monday is a little warmer, but probably around the clock snowmaking again.
Tuesday and Wednesday is when things get interesting. Cold air is going to try and meet up with an area of low pressure that will track from the Gulf Coast northeast through the Carolinas. Right now, it doesn't look like the two will meet up like we'd want them to. Tuesday looks like a cold rain. How much rain? Depends on the model you look at.
The latest Euro has a lot of rain as the area of low pressure tracks right through the central and upstate of SC. Not good.
It puts out almost 3 inches of rain for Boone before a changeover to light snow later on Wednesday. Eek.
The GFS has the area of low pressure moving slower and further south. Still wet, but much better solution.
Both are generally showing some snow on the backside Wednesday night and then some ridiculously cold temps Thursday and into Friday.
The timing and track of this low is going to be crucial for determining if we get a bunch of rain, a bunch of snow, or something in between. Right now it looks like more of a rain event. Either way, with snowmaking windows during the week next weekend should be really good even if Tuesday is a washout.
Tuesday and Wednesday is when things get interesting. Cold air is going to try and meet up with an area of low pressure that will track from the Gulf Coast northeast through the Carolinas. Right now, it doesn't look like the two will meet up like we'd want them to. Tuesday looks like a cold rain. How much rain? Depends on the model you look at.
The latest Euro has a lot of rain as the area of low pressure tracks right through the central and upstate of SC. Not good.
It puts out almost 3 inches of rain for Boone before a changeover to light snow later on Wednesday. Eek.
The GFS has the area of low pressure moving slower and further south. Still wet, but much better solution.
Both are generally showing some snow on the backside Wednesday night and then some ridiculously cold temps Thursday and into Friday.
The timing and track of this low is going to be crucial for determining if we get a bunch of rain, a bunch of snow, or something in between. Right now it looks like more of a rain event. Either way, with snowmaking windows during the week next weekend should be really good even if Tuesday is a washout.