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wettest area in Eastern US | @haywoodwaterway by day | @parkwaycolors Mar - Nov | ∵ 07' wx blog for SW NC, but not updated much nowadays |
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Highlands has surpassed 100" for the FIFTH yr in a row!
Past five yrs
2018 - 125.46"
2019 - 111.78"
2020 - 136.50" (site record)
2021 - 101.30"
2022 - 101.02" & climbing
2000 - 2021 average = 88.46"
2018 - 2021 average = 118.76"
2013 previous 100" + yr (111.57")
Data:
@SERCC
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1000' difference in elevation today
Taken 11/4 on Hwy 215 (Haywood County)
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🍁❄️ SNOWLIAGE ❄️🍁
2" on top, enough to build a snowman to greet folks!
more pics/video to come
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West is the way out
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It's noon and still snowing
📍 Waterrock Knob / 5830'
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SNOWLIAGE chase engaged!!!
*play by play coming soon
📸: the last time I experienced snowliage, October 2011
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Hat tip to the person leaving snowmen at various overlooks
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📍 Haywood County, NC
Where the entire county is a headwaters watershed (very rare).
No water enters, only exits.
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Tallest mtn east of the Rockies casts a long shadow
📍 Mt Mitchell
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Seeing some disappointed leaf peepers out today.
Most of the Pkwy is socked in above 5000', but the color below is RICH. Best of the season so far.
the next Color Report comes out tomorrow (10/15)
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Hwy 215 is perfection 🍂
Turn after turn of yellow and gold, peak color at 4500'
by
@parkwaycolors
on 10/20
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Final Snow Totals from this Weekend:
Mt. Mitchell ............. 25"
Highlands ................. 21"
Cashiers .................... 18"
Sylva/Cullowhee .... 13"
Franklin ..................... 12"
Waynesville .............. 11"
"Snow Covered
@WCU
from the air" by
@KeithKunstmann
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2023 Color Season is over 🍂
Season Overview is on the site
🗓️ coverage lasted 52 days
🚗 over 1,100 miles driven
📋 B+ grade for the season
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the rime was prime this morning, the views crystal
📍 Parkway at 5000'
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It's peak Beech tree season
📍 Haywood Co (10/10/23)
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Seeing a report of 11" in Yancey Co at 4360' near Wolf Laurel (9am)
@NWSGSP
(no coordinates)
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Mt Mitchell bottomed out to 43.8°F this morning
📸: Two Hearted River
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Hey
@wxbrad
, this was taken 9/29 at Graveyard Fields by Solitary Traveler Photography.
Peak color is only 3 - 4 days away along the Great Balsams, above 5800'
🔗:
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Southern Haywood SNOW above 5000'
@EFisherWX
/
@wxbrad
/
@ReedTimmerAccu
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@babowling12
/
@forecaster25
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@JasonBoyerWLOS
/
@SmokyMtnNews
/
@CarolinaWxGroup
/
@Hvward
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Climb with me in elevation
From low color to snowliage to a winter wonderland
📍 Fork Ridge Overlook
Full video:
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happy wknd, go outside
it's a color paradise out there
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color chase engaged 🍂🍁
this time, Cherry Cove
📷: Oct 2021
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What, no credit?
C'mon
@WeatherNation
It is the first
#snow
of the season in the Blue Ridge Mountains! This was at 12 PM ET with snow still falling despite a small warmup in the temps ❄️❄️
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It's October on the Parkway
- there are 469 miles of Parkway rd
- 2.3M visited last Oct for reference
- 72.2k each day in Oct on avg
That means there are (on avg) 156 people stretched over one mile, at any point along the Pkwy during the month of Oct
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Wesner Bald (10/8)
Peak color above 5000'
High color above 4000'
Moderate color above 3000'
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Today's adventure
Leading a hike at the Waynesville Reservoir with
@haywoodwaterway
8,030 acres of Class I designated/protected watershed that provides drinking water for
@WaynesvilleWNC
🍁🌲🍂💧
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👀! this is probably the best snowliage setup we've had in yrs, pictures to come soon
SNOWLIAGE chase engaged!!!
*play by play coming soon
📸: the last time I experienced snowliage, October 2011
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LEAF SHOWER WARNING in effect today, be camera ready
🍃💨🍂
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added to the pastry box
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Sir, this is Sylva and Hwy 74
other side of the Plotts 😉
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Best color in SW NC is just below Tennent Mtn
2nd pic - 5800' / Taken 9.27.21
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Moderate color unlocked below Mt Hardy at 5500'
📍 Jackson Co
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Started the day at 6020'
Ended the day at sea level
NC has it all
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Mile after mile of color
The mid elevations are alive with color this week. Now is the time to get out
📍 near Balsam Gap on 10/22
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Shin Deep Totals this morning (9am)...
Cashiers/Highlands = 18"
Sky Valley, GA = 13"
Maggie Valley = 12 - 14"
Cullowhee = 9 - 11"
Balsam = 12"
Franklin = 11"
Bryson City = 9 - 11"
Cataloochee = 9 - 11"
Source (
@iembot_gsp
, social media/email)
Pic Credit:
@skiCataloochee
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Winter Swords, available now on the Parkway above 5000'
Limited time only.
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Diamond Dust falling this morning and the yard looks like a million 📸 flashing
5°F in Waynesville
#ncwx
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Sir, this is a summer season
It’s a beautiful morning in the North Carolina mountains 🏔️
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What's better than a light pole and moderate snowfall?
3 light poles and mod snow
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non wx post
@CatamountBSB
kicks off the season at home in 14 days with a DH starting @ 1pm!
Already scheming with
@LeftFldLunatic
on how to raise more funds this season -->
#noshame
#catswithbats
#fortresscullowhee
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Fruity pebbles found
📍 Lickstone Ridge / 6339'
Bethel sits below
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From Snow to Peak in five days
📍 Fork Ridge Overlook / 5280'
Details/directions:
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Tiny FLAKES @ 6020'!!!
10/2/22 at Haywood/Jackson overlook (MM 431)
❄️🍁🍂
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Pocket of Peak color in Sugar Cove
📍 Haywood/Jackson Overlook (6020')
on 10/10
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Color chase engaged
🌲 Targeting Richland Balsam Overlook (6053'), looking for the past peak line along this section
🍂 Color Report coming out mid afternoon
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🍁 New Color Report 🍁
...a shakeup in the Top 5 Color Locations, a before/after showing peak color, video, pictures, directions, & more!
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