Tuesday’s night thunderstorm brought this double rainbow out over downtown Weaverville. According to this picture, looks like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow can be found at Blue Mountain Pizza.

Another Weaverville snow sculpture. This one was created in the middle of the ball field next to Weaverville Primary School (39 South Main Street).

“Old Man Weaver” makes an appearance in downtown Weaverville.

From Blue Mountain Pizza (55 North Main Street), about tonight’s Sixth Anniversary Celebration:

Due to the weather we are having to cancel our Sixth Anniversary Celebration Pizza Buffet.

If you have a a newsletter coupon we will honor that coupon all this week for a large two topping pizza when dining in.

We apologize for the cancellation but the safety of our customers and employees on slick roads make the change necessary.

www.ashevilleweather.com/Forecast/Weaverville

Sorry I wasn’t able to post much in the way of snow updates these past few days, but like many in WNC I lost power at my house during the storm. Actually, I still don’t have power there, so I’ve moved to the Main Street office where I’m working these days (the new doctor’s office, which I’ll talk more about later).

According to the Progress Energy outage map, there’s still a lot of powerless out there.  Most in our area should have it restored by 11 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday).  If you’re in Barnardsville they’re saying 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Hope everyone’s been able to stay safe and warm. I hear there’s lots of black ice on the roads, even those that look clear, so be careful if you’re going to drive anywhere. Hopefully the appearance of the sun (finally) will help dry out the roads.

8-12 inches expected in our area! Weather forecast

Forecast (from Ray’s Weather):

It’s going to be a cold, winterlike day around the mountains, complete with scattered snow showers and flurries. High temperatures today will be 25 to 30-degrees below normal. Temperatures tonight will plummet below freezing as skies clear after midnight. Weather like this can’t last long this time of year, and by midweek, moderating temperatures will be in full swing.

The flowers are starting to bloom downtown as Spring officially comes to Weaverville (as of 7:44 this morning). A big thanks to the Weaverville Garden Club, whose members keep the flower beds around town looking so pretty.

Though these birds don’t seem to mind the early March snowfall, I’m admittedly ready for Winter to give way to Spring. We still have a few days of below normal temperatures coming our way, but my favorite local weather forecasters say it will be almost 70 degrees by the weekend. Anyone else happy to hear that?

Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times for the month of September 2008:

Full Moon: September 15, 4:14 a.m.
New Moon: September 29, 3:13 a.m.

Winter Morning on Main Street
The main streets look clear now, but early this morning I literally skated across an ice-covered Main Street to get to Well-Bred Bakery (yep, that chocolate croissant was worth it).