Atop Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the low this morning was 17 and they have 33 inches of snow on the ground. There is 18 inches at Newfound Gap.
Elsewhere in the Southern Appalachians, the low on 6240-foot Mount Mitchell, N.C., this morning was 22 with 36 inches (yep, three feet!) of snow on the ground.
Check out this official forecast including Gatlinburg and Cades Cove:
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COSBY…CADES COVE…GATLINBURG
1013 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS…POSIBLY SOME RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 40S.
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 3 INCHES. LOWS 10 TO 24. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT. WIND CHILL READINGS ZERO TO
10 ABOVE ZERO.
.THURSDAY…SNOW SHOWERS. BRISK. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO
4 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 8 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CHANCE OF SNOW 80 PERCENT. WIND CHILL READINGS ZERO TO 10
ABOVE ZERO.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
BRISK. LOWS 11 TO 21. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW
30 PERCENT. WIND CHILL READINGS 5 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
BRISK. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 24.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO MID 40S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 25.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 30S TO MID 40S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 19 TO 29.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN OR
SNOW. LOWS IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 40S.
