#Snow December 10
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Throughout December 2024, several of us are taking part in the 30-Day PPT Coach4aday Challenge. PPT is an acronym for People Places or Things. Each day we share our insights, thoughts, or memories about a person (living or dead), a place (we have visited or learned about) or a thing that intrigues us. Today I am going to write about SNOW.
North Carolina does see snow, but the amounts and frequency are nothing like other parts of the country. Many parts of the Tar Heel State can go an entire year without any measurable snowfall. In fact, in 2023 it was a snowless winter for most of the state with the exception of the mountains.
Because it is not common when the ground turns white it becomes a memorable event for many. Today’s post will look at some of the biggest storms in recent history.
People, Places, & Things 30-Day Challenge Guidelines
Like previous challenges there are no hard and fast rules to participate. There are a few suggested guidelines
- Each day in December 2024 write about a Person, Place or Thing-PPT
- Share at least one fact, memory, or quality about your subject choice.
- If so inclined use the hash tag #Coach4adayChallenge on social media platforms
December 10th-Snow
1980 Blizzard The first storm I want to revisit occurred on March 1-2, 1980, and was a significant event that brought impressive snowfall totals to Eastern North Carolina. At the time, I was coaching at UNC Pembroke, and I vividly remember driving from Laurinburg to Pembroke during the storm to get back home. It was a memorable journey through the heart of the storm’s impact. Pembroke had nearly a foot of snow with Morehead City recording 22 inches, Williamston had 24.4, and local reports of as much as 30 inches came in from Emerald Isle and Cherry Point.
Here is a map of snowfall totals from 1980
2000 Carolina Crusher-This was not one storm but a series of 4 snowfalls that all occurred in January of 2000. The Raleigh NWS dubbed these storms Carolina Crusher.
The 3rd storm took place on January 25, 2000, and dropped more than 20 inches of snow across parts of the Piedmont. A rapidly developing low pressure system caught forecasters by surprise, and the heaviest precipitation ended up falling inland – not offshore, as some computer models had predicted. A band of heavy snow set up across the eastern Piedmont, including over the Triangle.
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