Last Updated on January 18, 2014 6:20 am
13 degrees with wind chill of -2 in Boone at 6am.
6:30am – no reported major travel issues. With overnight snow and morning temps in the teens some snow covered roads and black ice patches are possible.
6:50am from Watauga dispatch – Main roads looking decent this AM. Secondaries are covered and slick. Please use properly outfitted vehicle if you must be out.
From Facebook report – Roads from vilas to boone are covered. Slick in some parts with white outs. Around 6:45am
105 in Foscoe at 7:05am – http://wataugaroads.com/cams/
Downtown Blowing Rock at 8:11am
Cold and blowing snow across Boone at 10am
1045 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2014
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 18
HOURS FOR THE SNOW THAT AFFECTED OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED
TO THOSE WHO PROVIDED REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BLACKSBURG.
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
NORTH CAROLINA
…ASHE COUNTY…
ASHLAND 2.0 924 AM 1/18 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 ENE FLATWOOD 2.0 930 AM 1/18 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 W CRESTON 2.0 700 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
3 SW CRESTON 1.3 800 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
6 NW LANSING 1.0 700 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
1 ESE WEST JEFFERSON 0.3 700 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
…WATAUGA COUNTY…
1 SE BEECH MOUNTAIN 7.1 500 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
BEECH MOUNTAIN 5.0 920 AM 1/18 LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOONE 3.0 1050 PM 1/17 PUBLIC
1 SW SILVERSTONE 2.0 915 AM 1/18 TRAINED SPOTTER
4 NE BLOWING ROCK 1.3 700 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
1 WSW FOSCOE 0.8 655 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
1 ENE BOONE 0.7 700 AM 1/18 CO-OP OBSERVER
3 ENE BLOWING ROCK 0.5 700 AM 1/18 COCORAHS
12:20pm it's 17 degrees in Boone with wind chill of 2 above, meanwhile in Anchorage Alaska it's 39 degrees.