[AT] Gone Shopping ?? MAybe OT, maybe not.

[David Bruce]

Here in the foothills of NW NC it's colder than normal but no snow - our 
temps. tonight will be pretty much the same as Charlie's - like he said 
almost too cold to snow (we usually get snow at about freezing (so we 
can get a load of freezing rain with the snow <g>).
David
NW NC

charlie hill wrote:
> Hi Ralph,
>
> That snow in NC is up in the high elevations of the mountains.  They 
> get plenty of snow there but this is fairly early for them.  Down here 
> in coastal NC it's too cold to snow.  LOL.  Actually that isn't a 
> joke.  If we get any snow at all it happens when cold air comes in 
> from the NW and warm air blows in off the ocean and meets it just 
> inland.  Usually when it snows here it's just barely freezing or 
> slightly above when it starts.  In my 56 years I've seen one 12" snow 
> and one 18" snow.  The rest were 5 inches or less and typically 2 or 
> less.  Last winter it didn't snow at all.
>
> Today it warmed up to about 38 and is supposed to be in the teens 
> tonight. That is about as cold as it ever gets here.  I've seen it 
> down to zero once here about 30 years ago.
>
> Charlie
>