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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 21, 8:23 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPPER LEVEL LOW CROSSING AREA AS IT ROUNDS BASE OF LONGWAVE
COMPLEX TROUGH. SURFACE SYSTEM ALSO CROSSING AREA AT THIS TIME.
EXPECT THUNDER TO DIMINSH BY LATE EVENING AS CORE OF MID LEVEL
COLD AIR MOVES BY. POPS TO DECREASE FROM SW IN WAKE OF SURFACE
SYSTEM AND RETREATING DEFORMATION ZONE...QUICKLY REPLACED BY NW
FLOW MOUNTAIN POPS. EXPECT SNOW LEVEL TO FALL TO 4000 FEET BY
DAWN...AND MIX R/S DOWN TO 3000 FEET. ALTHOUGH SOUNDINGS NOT
IMPRESSIVELY MOIST AFTER 09Z...WILL NOT TRY TO TIME IN A LULL IN
SNOWSHOWERS AS MORE ACTIVITY EXPECTED EARLY MORNING WITH LAPE
RATES INCREASING. WILL NOT CHANGE POPS AND WEATHER FORECAST
TONIGHT AS PREVIOUS FORECACST HAD SITUATION WELL IN HAND...BUT WILL
DECREASE CLOUDS COVER A BIT MORE AGRESSIVELY TOWARD DAWN PER
SATELLITE IMAGERY. SNOW ADVISORY WILL REMAIN UP ALONG TN LINE.
UPDATED WIND WITH 18Z MESOETA...WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY 850 WINDS
AND DOWNWARD MOTION SHOWN BY BOTH THE GFS AND MESOETA TIME
HEIGHTS. THIS YIELDS WINDS JUST UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA. WILL
ISSUE LAKE WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE AREA AS WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP.
TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS RUNNING ABOVE EXPECTATIONS AND 18Z MAV
GUIDANCE. INCREASED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TWO DEGREES ALL BUT
HIHGEST ELEVATIONS NC MTS...AND UPDATED DEW POINTS FROM ADJUSTED
MAV. WITH SLOWER COOLING...INCREASED A FEW MAX TEMPERATURES NC MTS
MON TO AVOID HAVING MAX TEMPERAURES LOWER THAN OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 637 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPDATING TO ADD CHACNE THUNDER UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY PER OBSERVATIONS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 315 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005)
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
STRONG TROUGH WILL CROSS SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT AS ASSOCIATED
SURFACE LOW ALONG SOUTHEAST COAST CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
STEADILY TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST. MAIN WEATHER MAKER FOR TONIGHT
WILL BE SIGNIFICANT DEFORMATION ZONE TO OUR NORTHWEST AND NORTH.
THIS FEATURE CONTAINS STRONG FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING FROM 850 MB
THROUGH 700 MB. SIGNIFICANT UPWARD MOTION AND DEEP MOISTURE WILL
COMBINE TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF
ONE INCH ACROSS MOUNTAINS INTO NORTHERN PIEDMONT COUNTIES. ON BACK
SIDE OF PRECIPITATION... COLD AIR WILL SPREAD INTO MOUNTAINS
RESULTING IN A GRADUAL LOWERING OF SNOW LEVEL. SNOW LEVEL WILL
LOWER TO APPROXIMATELY 4500 FT BY 06Z THEN BETWEEN 3500 AND 400 FT
BY 12Z. EXPECT AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FT BY 12Z. AT
MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS IN MOUNTAINS... SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN IN THE MID 30S TUESDAY MORNING. ACROSS NC PIEDMONT...
UPSTATE SC... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... TUESDAY MORNING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 40 AND 45. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREAE
IN SPEED OVERNIGHT BUT GUSTS BY MORNING SHOULD NOT BE MUCH HIGHER
THAN 20 MPH.
AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO FILL AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION
TOMORROW...SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE HIGH MOUNTAINS WILL TRANSITION TO
MORE OF A TRADITIONAL NORTHWEST FLOW SCENARIO. HOWEVER...THERE WILL
BE SOME SYNOPTIC SCALE SUPPORT...AS SW TROUGHS ROTATE THROUGH THE
MEAN LONG WAVE ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. H8 FLOW OF 30-35 KTS...A
RATHER DEEP MOISTURE PROFILE...AND EXTREMELY STEEP LAPSE RATES BELOW
800 MB SUGGEST SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE TN BORDER TOMORROW. HOWEVER...THERMAL PROFILES ARE
NOT IDEAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION UNTIL LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON/EVENING...AT WHICH TIME SYNOPTIC SCALE SUPPORT WILL BE
WANING. WE WILL ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW NIGHT. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2-3 RANGE...WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL END ALONG THE TENN BORDER BY EARLY WED MORNING...
AND FLOW ACTUALLY VEERS STRONGLY TO THE SOUTHWEST BY THE
AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS
THE REGION WED NIGHT/EARLY THU.
LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
FROPA EARLY IN THE PERIOD SHOULD BE DRY...ALTHOUGH EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS IN THE POST-FRONTAL NORTHWEST FLOW
SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS EVENT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE TUESDAY EVENT. OTHERWISE... DRY
HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD REMAIN RIDGED INTO THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE
EXTENDED. THE GFS IS DEVELOPING SOME MOIST UPGLIDE OVER THE SURFACE
RIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST ATTM.
AVIATION...
IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREDOMINATE DURING THE EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. LOW
CLOUDS AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY PASSAGE OF STRONG
TROUGH AND DEFORMATION ZONE. HEAVIER CONVECTIVE RAINFALL WILL
ACCOMPANY DEFORMATION ZONE WHERE FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING APPEARS TO
BE RATHER STRONG. THIS FEATURE WILL CROSS AREA FROM WEST TO EAST
BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z RESULTING IN MVFR CONDITIONS AT MOST TERMINALS
AFTER 09Z. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW VICINITY AVL BETWEEN
06Z AND 12Z.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 AM
TUESDAY.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082 UNTIL 6
AM TUESDAY.
...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>052-058 FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY TO
6 AM WEDNESDAY.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JATHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 221115- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AS WELL AS WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A BIT MORE SCATTERED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT...BUT MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN DURING THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPERIENCED FOR MOST FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS TUESDAY...BUT SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR AND AT THIS TIME...NO RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON TUESDAY. MOSTLY FAIR WEATHER...ALBEIT COOL AND AT TIMES BREEZY...WILL DOMINATE THE LONGER RANGES OF THE FORECAST. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO THICKEN AND LOWER AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA...AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BUT ONLY VERY SMALL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY INFORMATION ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR WIND SPEEDS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-221115- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS MOST OF TODAY...BECOMING A BIT HEAVIER TOWARD EVENING. OVERNIGHT...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO LOWER FREEZING LEVELS...WITH PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE...AND BECOMING ALL SNOW IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IN THE HIGHER GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ALSO. BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO TWO INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TRACE AMOUNTS MAY REACH AS FAR INTO THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AS ASHEVILLE AND BREVARD. TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD APPROACH 50 MPH BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY MORNING...ENDING FROM THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS BACK TO A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION MAY FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ONLY A BIT WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILLS COULD BRIEFLY FALL BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A FAST-MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RETURN GUSTY WINDS AND THE CHANCE OF SNOW TO TENNESSEE BORDER AREAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING MORNING. AS OF NOW...IT APPEARS SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE OBSERVED NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY INFORMATION TRAINED SPOTTERS CAN PROVIDE REGARDING RAINFALL OR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH WIND SPEEDS...WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-212300- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- HABERSHAM-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CLARKESVILLE... CLAYTON...ELBERTON...HARTWELL...TOCCOA 407 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 345 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS LINE EXTENDS NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM BATESVILLE...TO CORNELIA...TO CARNESVILLE...TO BOWMAN. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 600 PM. STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY... RAINFALL RATES WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL HAVE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE HYDRO-PLANING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET WHEN FLOODED ROADS WILL BE HARD TO SEE. KRENTZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds developed across the mountains and foothills during the late evening. Damage was mainly concentrated near the Blue Ridge, where quite a few trees and power lines were blown down.
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