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^That just the weather for ya! I remember one year I got about 1" - 1.5" of snow at my house and my friend who lived just a few miles a way as the crow flies got about 6" nobody believed him until he showed us pictures.

The winter weather this go around was just annoying. All I had was some ice on my windshield that required scraping. I've come to expect no less though. I'm always excited about winter weather, but never dissapointed when it doesnt happen (which is most of the time).

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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

433 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-

068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201000-

RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-

IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-

CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-

TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-

CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-

BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-

RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-

EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-

GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-

GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-

LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...

HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...

SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...

SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...

SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...

LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...

GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...

ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD

433 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN

CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...

WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF COAST ON SATURDAY

AND MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD INTO THE

WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE

PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY

MORNING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WOULD BEGIN AS

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN AND SLEET. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION

BEGINS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING.

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE COULD RESULT...ESPECIALLY IN

AREAS NORTH OF I-85 IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NEAR AND EAST OF THE

BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

ALTHOUGH AT LEAST LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST

ABOUT ANYWHERE...THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO RECEIVE DAMAGING ICE

ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH

CAROLINA...AND ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN ALL AREAS BEFORE

ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THIS POTENTIAL

WINTER STORM. MOST OF THE UNCERTAINTY CONCERNS HOW COLD TEMPERATURES

WILL BE NEAR THE GROUND...AND FOR HOW LONG TEMPERATURES WILL

REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHILE PRECIPITATION IS FALLING. A

DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE OF JUST 1 OR 2 DEGREES WILL DETERMINE

WHETHER A MAJOR ICE STORM DEVELOPS...OR IF PRECIPITATION FALLS AS

A COLD RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA

OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL

WINTER STORM.

$$

LANE

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The Greenville-Spartanburg area is now under a winter weather outlook. Expect wintery weather in the form of snow to develop Wednesday night and change to a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and snow on Thursday. Currently the low for Wednesday night is 26 degrees and the high for Thursday is 38 degrees with a 90% chance of wintry weather Wednesday night-Thursday night. This could turn into a major winter storm, so stay tuned to the National Weather Service and g-man430 for any updates.

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Weather around here and up through Charlotte and into Raleigh-Durham area is so unpredictable. Seems like this general area is always on "the line" regarding precipitation. Just a slight change in one or two factors could determine whether our weather is a big deal or a big bust.

On February 27th, 2004 I remember the forecast calling for 2"-4" of snow in the Charlotte area after a relatively quiet winter season. SO...of course the "official" snow total at the airport was like 11"-13" when all was said-and-done AND my neighborhood in South Charlotte was whalloped with 22"! That was the most snow I have ever seen in one event in my whole life. On March 5th it was sunny, around 70 degrees outside, trees blooming, people washing cars, etc. and decent-sized snow mounds in parking lots around the area. It went from night to day seemingly overnight.

Needless to say, I just wait to go with whatever comes our way and skip the forecasts.

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And from upstate SC northeast through VA, there are always tremendous E-W differences with these storms, sometimes over just a few miles...

The Christmas 1989 storm dropped 12-15" of snow from Charleston through Wilmington and New Bern, and 50 miles inland the snow totals were only 2-3 inches. A storm one year before that did the same thing right along I-85 from Greenville to Greensboro - 14" of snow in Charlotte, only 3-4 one county to the southeast, and only 4-6" along the Blue Ridge...

I want another big snowstorm :angry:

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So it's pretty similar to the weather we have here, then. The reason I ask is that (if I'm not forced to move to Colorado Springs), I'll most likely be moving over to that area so my wife can go to grad school, provided she figures out exactly what she wants to study and where...too many choices over there. I would prefer another good snowfall here, myself. It sounds like we're only going to have one of those "wintery mix" events on Thursday/Friday. Bummer.

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The low now for Wednesday night is 28 degrees with a 30% of wintry weather, while the high now for Thursday is 34 degrees with a 100% chance of wintry weather:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

500 AM EST TUE JAN 30 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-

068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-311000-

RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-

IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-

CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-

TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-

CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-

BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-

RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-

EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-

GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-

GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-

LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-

500 AM EST TUE JAN 30 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST

GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND

UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND PREVIOUSLY MELTED

SNOW COULD RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF BLACK ICE ACROSS HIGHER

ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER

STATEMENT...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION STARTING WEDNESDAY

NIGHT OUT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. THE AIRMASS ACROSS

THE AREA WILL BE COLD ENOUGH SO THAT ANY LIGHT PRECIPITATION THAT

DEVELOPS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS THURSDAY SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF

LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET. THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS ON THURSDAY...WARMER

AIR ALOFT WILL BE SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...

INCREASING THE PROBABILITIES THAT PRECIPITATION WILL THEN FALL

PRIMARILY AS A PERIOD OF SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN...BUT

NOT BEFORE SOME DEGREE OF SNOW AND/OR SLEET ACCUMULATES. IT REMAINS

UNCERTAIN HOW QUICKLY THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO ABOVE

FREEZING THURSDAY...SO THE DURATION OF FREEZING RAIN IS UNCERTAIN

AS WELL. GIVEN THE VARIETY OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE

REGION THURSDAY...THERE IS SOME RISK OF SNOW AND SLEET

ACCUMULATION AND ALSO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS

POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE GREATEST RISK OF MODERATE LEVELS OF

ICE...SLEET...OR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE FOR THOSE AREAS

NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 85.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

-Please stay tuned to the National Weather Service and g-man430 for any updates regarding this developing weather situation.

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...and if John Cessarich says "the Tennessee/North Carolina border" one more time, I think i'm going to scream. Who lives there besides bears and other wildlife? Do they even get WYFF? Don't they get Knoxville's station seeing how that's closer? Don't more people live in the upstate region than there?

Article on up-coming winter storm: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs....EWS01/701300406

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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART- ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE- MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON... CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL... ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 357 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2007

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTH...AHEAD OF THE LOW...AND OVERRUN A VERY DRY AND COLD LOW LEVEL AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE MORNING OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

OVER THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...SNOW WILL TRANSITION MORE QUICKLY TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COLD...AND THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...IN ADDITION TO STICKING TO TREES AND POWER LINES...IS ALSO LIKELY TO CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO QUICKLY BECOME TREACHEROUS THURSDAY MORNING.

LATE IN THE DAY...OR DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPSTATE AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL FOLLOW THE WINTER STORM. IF SIGNIFICANT POWER DISRUPTIONS OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN LOWER 20S AND TEENS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BE SURE TO HAVE BLANKETS...FOOD...AND A SOURCE OF HEAT.

-Stayed tuned to the National Weather Service and g-man430 for the latest updates regarding this developing major winter storm.

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...and if John Cessarich says "the Tennessee/North Carolina border" one more time, I think i'm going to scream. Who lives there besides bears and other wildlife? Do they even get WYFF? Don't they get Knoxville's station seeing how that's closer? Don't more people live in the upstate region than there?

Article on up-coming winter storm: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs....EWS01/701300406

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Yes. The counties on the NC-TN border are in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville DMA, which means that they would get our TV stations, though the odds are that they watch channel 13 instead of 4, 7, or 21.

I'm not concerned about this winter storm. It looks like its mostly going to be a cold rain <_<

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

402 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-

068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-312115-

RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-

IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-

CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-

TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-

CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-

BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-

RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-

EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-

GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-

GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-

LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-

402 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST

GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND

UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR

THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF AVERY... MITCHELL AND YANCEY.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK AS LOW

PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS THE DEEP

SOUTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STREAM

NORTH...AHEAD OF THE LOW...AND OVERRUN A VERY DRY AND COLD LOW

LEVEL AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTH

CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SNOW WILL

DEVELOP LATER IN THE MORNING OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS

AND PIEDMONT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS

OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND IN THE NORTH

CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET AND

FREEZING RAIN.

OVER THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...SNOW WILL

TRANSITION MORE QUICKLY TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. A SIGNIFICANT

ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN

ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE

COLD...AND THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...IN ADDITION TO STICKING TO

TREES AND POWER LINES...IS ALSO LIKELY TO CAUSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS

TO QUICKLY BECOME TREACHEROUS THURSDAY MORNING.

LATE IN THE DAY...OR DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE

PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPSTATE

AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO

AN END BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL FOLLOW THE WINTER STORM. IF SIGNIFICANT

POWER DISRUPTIONS OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...BE PREPARED

FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN LOWER 20S AND TEENS

FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BE SURE TO HAVE BLANKETS...FOOD...AND

A SOURCE OF HEAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

-Please stayed tuned to the National Weather Service and g-man430 for the latest updates regarding this developing major winter storm.

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