Winter Weather in Polk Mountains, North Carolina

Precipitation associated with a strong upper level disturbance and associated strong cold front changed to snow at the highest peaks and ridge tops by late Halloween evening, with snow levels dropping rapidly to the valley floors by the end of the evening as an arctic air mass infiltrated the region behind the front. By mid-morning on the 1st, snow accumulation ranged from an inch or less in the low valleys of the southern mountains, to as much as 5 inches across portions of the French Broad Valley and in elevations above 4000 feet, where some locally higher amounts also occurred.