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AVL reports 13-inch record snow

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Winter Storm Jonas came in on schedule early Friday and dumped 8 inches of snow or more on the area by sundown. More was expected late Friday night before the first big snow of 2016 marched eastward. The Asheville Regional Airport reported a record 13.4 inches of snow on Friday, breaking the record of 8.8 inches for Jan. 22 set in 1987.

The National Weather Service called for a 50 percent  chance of snow through noon Saturday with about a half-inch more accumulation. Winds, which had been light on Friday, will be much heavier today, with gusts as high as 30-35 mph. and higher than that in high elevations, Jeffrey Taylor of the National Weather Service said on Saturday. So far, though, winds had not knocked out power in Henderson County. Duke Energy reported no outages in the county and forecasters said icing was not expected.

 

Recovery should pick up on Sunday when forecasters say it will be sunny with a high of 41.