It's snowing again on Mt. LeConte!  After a wild ride through yesterday's weather everything is quiet and beautiful and covered with snow.  I took this photo at 7:30 this morning and you can see that it's snowing hard.  There is about an inch of new snow already.  Over the last 24 hours I have seen high, damaging winds and 3.63 inches of rain!  Amazingly there was still some ice covering the ground that didn't get washed away.  there is about 1.5 to 2 inches of snow and ice on the ground.  the snow is really coming down so it should really be pretty up here when the sun comes out.  It's currently 27 degrees with a high of 43 and a low of 27.

    Highway 441 is closed due to snow and ice.  It sounds like they may get it opened soon.  There's a 50 percent chance of more snow this afternoon in the valley so I may see snow all day up here.  Cades Cove loop road is still closed due to downed trees from the storm but it sounds like the Park Service will have it open soon.  Be careful if you get out today!

    It looks like a good day to stay around the kitchen and have a hot coffee.