For those going to Maggie Valley next week, Keep an eye on the weather!

[CloverHillCrawler]

I may be delaying my trip to Georgia next week. There is still some disagreement between the models but one is starting to show a possible tropical storm moving into Western North Carolina at the beginning of next week.

 

[CopperSpyder]

forecast right now is for mix of clouds and sun hi temps 68 / 70 each day.

 

[BajaRon]

forecast right now is for mix of clouds and sun hi temps 68 / 70 each day.

Yes! What He Said!

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

All, I'm saying is just be aware and don't get caught with your pants down. The last time I went for a trip on the BRP I was literally up inside a thunderstorm on Mount Pisgah. Even though it was an experience, it was not fun!!

 

[Tango]

I'm praying it follows the path of the others and turns to the right and goes out to sea.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

I'm praying it follows the path of the others and turns to the right and goes out to sea.

I do too, but this is one of 2 storms forming off of the coast right now.
The other invest is just to the East of it and is supposed to develop into a storm as well and go out to sea.
Right now the euro is showing the invest to the West coming ashore and going into Western North Carolina, but the NOAA gfs is not in agreement with it and shows it going out to sea. Will have to wait a couple more days to see what shakes out in the numbers between the 2.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Well, I may have to eat my words on the euro. I just went back and checked on windy.com and it now has it as a hurricane dancing around off the coast all week and not coming ashore, with the one to the East going out to sea. This is one to definitely keep an eye on, even though the tracks are not consistent right now. The one thing that has been consistent is it keeps intensifying the strength of the storm.

 

[blacklightning]

I have actually been to a rally up there during the later half of one of those tropical storms. Sometimes the mountains tear them apart and you have great weather 10 miles down the road. One year the wife wasn't going out due to the steady rain in Maggie Vally that morning. I went anyway. As soon as I crossed over the BRP on my way towards Cherokee, the skies cleared and I had great riding weather the entire day. Around 5-6 that evening, I came back to the hotel and the wife said it had rained in Maggie Valley all day. We delayed our trip this year and will be there 10/12-16 to hopefully catch more color. Also, by going on a Sunday through Thursday, hopefully we can miss most of the leafers.

 

[racoon]

I'll be packing my rain suit and hoping I don't need it.
And a couple of towels to dry off my Spyder if needed.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Will be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of days. Hurricane forecasters watch for rare, chaotic Fujiwhara effect.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...S&cvid=68d463fa32d14435b43f79fd792098dc&ei=27

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

I have actually been to a rally up there during the later half of one of those tropical storms. Sometimes the mountains tear them apart and you have great weather 10 miles down the road. One year the wife wasn't going out due to the steady rain in Maggie Vally that morning. I went anyway. As soon as I crossed over the BRP on my way towards Cherokee, the skies cleared and I had great riding weather the entire day. Around 5-6 that evening, I came back to the hotel and the wife said it had rained in Maggie Valley all day. We delayed our trip this year and will be there 10/12-16 to hopefully catch more color. Also, by going on a Sunday through Thursday, hopefully we can miss most of the leafers.

That's a little like around here, because some of the hills around me will be socked in here, but go North about 15 miles, or even just on the other side of the mountain and it is clear. There is a gap in between here and Thurmont, and when the storms come through, they will get backed up on the other side of the mountain and get funnelled through that gap, completely missing us. It can get bad through there, and they have high wind warning signs out on 15 to let drivers know that you can get blasted from the wind going through there.

 

[Woodaddict]

Here is latest from our meteorologist. He is very good

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Current euro forecast for Tuesday the 30th at 2 PM, some of the other models are now coming into alignment with it.

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[Tango]

This change really bites! Will be there Saturday, late in the day.

 

[OldAge]

All, I'm saying is just be aware and don't get caught with your pants down. The last time I went for a trip on the BRP I was literally up inside a thunderstorm on Mount Pisgah. Even though it was an experience, it was not fun!!

LOL. Been there, done that a couple of times. I concur, it ain't fun.