Rare Early Snow Falls In NC Mountains
Ski Resort Happy To See Snow
POSTED: 3:46 pm EDT October 17,
2009
UPDATED: 9:03 am EDT October 19,
2009
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- An unusually early season snow fell across parts of the highest elevations of the western North Carolina mountains on Saturday.The National Weather Service said snow showers fell on Saturday afternoon above 3,000 feet in the far western part of the state around the Smoky Mountains National Park.Weather service meteorologist Patrick Moore said that as much as 3 inches could fall in some areas.Moore said the snow should stay out of the bigger mountain cities in the valleys like Asheville.The weather service said this is a few weeks early for the first snow in the North Carolina mountains.Send us your weather pictures by uploading them into our community slideshow, or by sending them to weather@foxcarolina.com or foxcarolinanews@foxcarolina.com.Stay with FOX Carolina News for the latest on this developing story.
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