Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow?????

standrews
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:17:57 +0000

Here’s a link to a very unusual storm, Jan 23, 2003, that dropped 7" in Mecklenburg & Iredell counties. “all 100 counties in North Carolina received measurable snowfall.”

[January 23, 2003 Winter Storm](http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20030123/)

You’d probably have a 50:50 chance of seeing an event like this in 4 years at Davidson, but then again it might occur when school is not in session. Make your snowman fast. The snow usually falls wet and is gone within a day.

And then there is the March 15, 1993 Storm of the Century. It dumped up to 60 inches in the NC mountains. Birmingham, AL got 17" of snow. Temps dropped below zero in the mountains and 100mph winds were recorded. Charlotte was cold and windy, but it didn’t much snow. But a 50 miles to the west there was over a foot of snow. The rain-snow line will drives weather forecasters in the piedmont crazy. If it shifts by a 10-15 miles they can look like total idiots. You will probably only see snow once for every 3 times it is forecast.