Smokies Weather

“Looks like a good amount of the Smokies and surrounding environs are under flood watches and warnings right now. I'd say their drought is just about over.”

“Tropical Storms are good for something...”

“Getting rid of southern hicks...”

“Fontana lake was already at capacity when I was up there a month ago. It hadn't been that high in a few years. Now they have this. A few more roads will wash out. Again. The foothills parkway at the west end of the park is still closed from landslides last time.”

“It was -1 at Purchase Knob, just outside the Smokies, last night. Brrr.

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grsmpkcam/grsmpkcam.htm”

“ooh, I'm off to the smokies tomorrow
:o)”

“Hey Y2 - how much $$$ do you have to pay for the cabin - inquiring minds want to know....”

“It was 9 degrees in Townsend this morning. However, temps expected to climb into the 50's by mid to late week.”

“It's about $100 a night Em. I'm disappointed it's lookinh so mild.”

“Y2, you can camp at Cades Cove for $ 14.00 a night. Just think of all the money you will save.”

“Do they have a tottub Ewk ;op”

“yeah there is a tottub..it is called the creek..the tot can play there”

“y2, which side of the park are you staying?”

“Playing in the creeks in January? Those creeks are cold in August.”

“There weren't any kayakers on the Little River last weekend with the snow, but the two weekends prior to that, with temps in the high 40's to low 50's, there were several kayaking down to the sink above Townsend.”

“http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grsmcam/grsmcam.cfm


Dang, the particulate levels are at the top of the scale. THat's bad.”

“Shoot, looks like there's a fire near Look Rock in/ near the Smokies. Bad news.”

“Fire on "Top of the World" threatens houses
A fire burning in the Top of the World community has firefighters keeping their eye on several houses that are close to the blaze. MORE
http://www.thedailytimes.com/”

“The air quality sucks. What we need is a good thunderstorm to blow out all the haze.”

“I heard this morning you now have to have a burn permit to burn anything anywhere in Tennessee..”

“I bet some of the folks in the Old City aren't getting a permit to burn one.”

“It's warmer at Purchase Knob than it is in my back yard right now. PK is also at prime color, too.

http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/parks/grsmpkcam/grsmpkcam.cfm”

“Wow, seems a little early for that much color”

“lol, right now it's prime fog.

Gotta love the Smokies.”

“If you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes, it will change.”

“Both Purchase Knob and Look Rock had lovely sunsets a few minutes ago. :)”

“Golly, now I can follow Smokies road conditions and closures on facebook. Whoda thunk?”

“http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--smokiesrockslide,0,5529340.story

Oh, s--t. That's going to screw it up for lot of peeps.”

“We were in white out blizzard conditions up at Newfound gap a few hours ago. It was awesome! Just wished I hadn't already gotten soaked while hiking up past Mingus mill and the super secret rangers shooting range. That was a great place to stop and enjoy the rain and rushing water, though. Right now it's snowing here in G-burg. Driving home tomorrow is going to be an adventure. Wheeee!”