Snow in October????

[jabogitlu]

Colder than last year!? Last year was the coldest winter I can recall. Brrrrrrrrrr.

[mbmouse]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

Colder than last year!? Last year was the coldest winter I can recall. Brrrrrrrrrr.

I agree, it was COLD, but almost no snow. Call me selfish but if I have to put up with that cold, I want snow to play in to come along with it. hhahahha

[Ridgerunner]

After the winter of 1976-77 the environmental wackos were warning us about a coming ice age and then had to change their story a few years later. If the country has another winter like that, they may have to go back to the original story.

[yarddawg]

Originally Posted by Ridgerunner

After the winter of 1976-77 the environmental wackos were warning us about a coming ice age and then had to change their story a few years later. If the country has another winter like that, they may have to go back to the original story.

Oooh, I remember that one. I was in grade school. We missed the entire month of February, along with bits and pieces of the rest of winter. That spring we had to go to school a half hour early, stay an hour late, were in school until about the first of July and still came up short enough that we had to get special permission from the state to count that school year.

But it was colder in the '80s. That's when we set all the 25-below zero record lows over on the plateau.

[mianfei]

Originally Posted by Ridgerunner

After the winter of 1976-77 the environmental wackos were warning us about a coming ice age and then had to change their story a few years later. If the country has another winter like that, they may have to go back to the original story.

Actually, it was before the winter of 1976/1977 that people were warming of another ice age.

In fact, if you have a look at some of the temperatures for January 1977 in the eastern US and in Alaska, the month does not really reek of another ice age:

• Atlanta, Georgia: mean temperature 29.3˚F or minus 1.5˚C (13.1˚F or 7.2˚C below normal)
• Anchorage, Alaska: mean temperature 32.0˚F or 0.0˚C (20.2˚F or 11.2˚C above normal)
• Indianapolis, Indiana: mean temperature 10.3˚F or minus 12.1˚C (17.6˚F or 9.8˚C below normal)
• Fairbanks, Alaska: mean temperature 9.7˚F or minus 12.4˚C (21.2˚F or 11.8˚C above normal; previously warmer in 1937 and 1926)

In fact, the warning of an ice age came during the preceding series of winters when Alaska, and not the contiguous US, was having colder winters than ever before in the records. If one studies Alaska as a whole, six of the twelve coldest winters since 1925/1926 occurred between 1968/1969 and 1975/1976. In fact, five of the seven coldest October to March half-years in Alaska occurred between 1970/1971 and 1975/1976. Although this may be partially due to four La Niñas in those six seasons, the mean statewide temperature during those four La Niñas was nonetheless 2.35˚F or 1.31˚C less than for La Niña winter half-years between 1926 and 1970. The 1972/1973 El Niño half-year was similarly 2.2˚F or 1.2˚C colder than the average for El Niño half-years between 1926 and 1970, and 1974/1975 3.8˚F (2.1˚C) colder than the average for “neutral” half-years between 1926 and 1969. In this sense, the 1976/1977 winter constitutes the beginning of the modern age of man-made global warming as Australia escalated its freeway programs and china provided demand for Australia’s vast mineral resources.

[CurseOfWilmore]

All I can tell ya is I seen 2 solid black wooly worms crossing the road the last couple of days so its goin to be a bad winter.

[Serious Conversation]

Except in the mountains, you might see a very occasional flurry in October but it almost never lasts.

[Wes59]

We will be looking for a house in the next couple of years to relocate to the Tenn/NC area. My wife WANTS a place she can count on for snow much of winter in Tenn or NC. Where are places that you would feelcomfortable making a $100 bet that snow will be there much of winter? Feel free to scatter your chips over more than one place. Thanks.

[Rangerred]

Even the highest peaks don't have wall-to-wall snow all winter. However your best bet for seeing the most snow will be a western facing slope above 4,000'. You're really only going to find this in NC. I would look at Beech Mountain, Sugar Mountain, Linville, and around the Boone area. Some posters on the Western NC board might be able to give greater insight.

[Serious Conversation]

Originally Posted by Wes59

We will be looking for a house in the next couple of years to relocate to the Tenn/NC area. My wife WANTS a place she can count on for snow much of winter in Tenn or NC. Where are places that you would feelcomfortable making a $100 bet that snow will be there much of winter? Feel free to scatter your chips over more than one place. Thanks.

Roan Mountain or any community at a relatively high elevation will increase the odds, but the Tri-Cities is not up north where you'll have a consistent snowpack.