November start should be a preview of what will follow
November 1 11:46 AM
Snow fell deep into the south Friday and more snow is expected today through the Southern Appalachians on up into northern New England.
For parts of the South, it's the earliest snow in 46 years. Up to 16 inches fell in some places. Parts of north Georgia is included in a wide swath of the Eastern Seaboard under winter weather advisories from the National Weather Service.
Boone, N.C., the place many Southern skiers head to for their slope fix, usually starts seeing snow around Thanksgiving, while Asheville, N.C., which is 1,000 feet lower, usually has to wait until Christmas for snow.
Roy Spencer writes:
Columbia, SC has just experienced their earliest snow in 125 years of weather records, beating the Nov. 9, 1913 earliest snow record by 8 days. Current South Carolina weather shows it’s still snowing in Greenville, SC.
The Science Monitor is reporting Greenville was especially hard hit with downed trees and power outages. The Smokey Mtns received up to 16 inches overnight. The current U.S. snow cover map shows 18 states with some amount of snow this morning.
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