Posted on 10/01/2022 8:10:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Hurricane Ian quickly fell apart after landfall Friday as it moved inland. On the outside, it looked like a typical weakening tropical system. On the inside, it was undergoing a major remodeling during the hours that followed its destruction along the coast.
Shortly before midnight Friday, snow and sleet suddenly started mixing with the rain along the Virginia/Tennessee border. A few reports even came in from places like WhiteTop.
Evan Fisher witnessed the occurrence in the High Country. According to records, a September snow there has only been observed one other time there, in 1967.
The key to getting the wintry weather was a layer of dry air also moving in which caused the raindrops falling into it to evaporate. The cooling process got it just cold enough to form frozen precipitation even when the majority of the air surrounding it was above freezing.
The only areas to see this sleet/graupel/snowy mix were the highest elevations where snow and sleet could remain intact to the surface without melting completely into raindrops.
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Let’s hear it for graupel!
The high elevations in the Blue Ridge region mentioned are towards 6000ft.
My uncle (God bless him, Korean War veteran) lived in the shadow to Mount Rodgers.
A very beautiful place. His resting site was remarkable. A military salute with Garand rifles.
My baby was too young to go to the funeral which made me sad. Hopefully we will be buried there in God’s country once we have met our maker.
Our family graves to back to the 1700’s there.
If you have the chance you must visit there.
Another natural event (aka Snowjob) to blame on Trump!
Describing your relative being buried there in the mountains reminds me of something in Colorado. My son and I were camping in Colorado north of Dillon. My son was doing typical boy stuff a few minutes from camp and ran in to take me to something he came across. On a ridge line with gnarly bristlecone pines, there was an old headstone that a bristlcone pine had partially grown around. Been there a long time. On the headstone was something along the line of “Here lies old Jake. He loved these mountains and we planted him here.”
Heading there this week for some R&R. Boone. Should be nice.
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