Another Super Arctic Outbreak Arriving in Carolinas

Already this season has had several days below freezing in Shelby and surrounding region, and this with plenty of sunshine and no snowpack at all. Now we have a strong Arctic High Pressure coming right at us, and with help from the latest Blizzard soon to be pelting the Northeast Coast, once again, our temperatures will be plummeting rapidly. Starting late tonight.
The mountains of TN/NC will cash in on another foot of snowfall with excellent upslope and added energy aloft,so if you're planning on heading up to Asheville or Boone, cancel now. Also, our winds in the Piedmont on Wednesday could be gusty enough to cause some tree limbs to come down.  Even though sunshine will help begin the melting process, our actual high temperatures in Greenville-Shelby-Charlotte region will barely only get to 30 or 31 degrees, for HIGH temperatures. Yet again, another string of very cold days, and 2 consecutive days of sub-freezing high temperatures in this region, which is extremely impressive.

As for low temperatures, I'm forecasting the Shelby airport to hit 5 degrees or less on Friday morning.

All of us will likely head into the single digits across Cleveland County and I think with snowpack, the position of the Arctic High over the Northeast Tennesssee Mountains and southern Appalachian region argues for a record buster in the western Piedmont, where winds die down to calm. With snow pack, Charlotte to Shelby to Spartanburg could get extremely close to zero if the winds die down completely and excellent radiating conditions setup.

Forecast Surface Pressures On Friday Morning Jan 14 2011

The next storm arrives here sometime after Saturday and its too early to say how that works out yet. I'll watch it.