[at-l] Cold South this week

[weathercarrot at hotmail.com (The Weathercarrot)]

It's another one of those numerous times when the southern Appalachians 
rival northern New England in cool fall temperatures....

At a little before 11:00 AM it was still 32 degrees on Beech Mtn. On nearby 
Roan High Knob, 1,200 feet higher, it could easily have been in the upper 
20's at the same time. It looks like Roan will remain mostly in the 30's for 
daytime temps for all of this week. Some snow up there wednesday would not 
be surprising. Here is part of the forecast notes from averyweather.com:

"Cold and colder is the story. Temperatures this morning reached the 
freezing mark at Fred's on Beech Mountain. They will struggle to get above 
40 today. Tonight as winds die down, valley frost is possible. The leading 
edge of even colder air arrives Wednesday. Thursday will feel like early 
November instead of early October with frost/freeze possible over the entire 
region."

Mt Leconte will be an interesting station to watch this weeK (where it's 
aleady been in the 30's every morning lately):
http://www.srh.weather.gov/productview.php?pil=MRXSTPTYS&version=0

Other NC Mtn sites including Beech and Mitchell:
http://kamala.cod.edu/nc/latest.abus21.KGSP.html

Beech Mtn daily and extended forecast discussion:
http://averyweather.com/beechmountain/forecast.php

wc

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