Storms like this make me wish I still drink

I will say this after being on the west coast for 15 years (CA and WA) they (hot, humid days) don't bother me as much now when I go visit family in South Carolina in August or something, and its WAY better than dry asss smoke infested summer air here when you can't open the windows at night to cool off due to smoke and have to run the AC all summer because of air quality. (there you run it for 9-10 months due to heat/humidity) fortunately the last 2 summers have been better somehow here, still hot as balls and becoming where the nights aren't always cooling off anymore like they use to. At least summers are decently short here. My wife wants to go back east and quite honestly my 81 and 82 year old parents could use the help (my sister has teenage children that are a handful even though she lives in the same town as them). they could use my childless help. We're torn on where to move, she actually wants to go back to Columbia, SC (humid/hot pit of hell in summer) where I'm from and where my folks live (her's are deceased) and I'm fine with it if I can find a decent house with a pool on some acreage (you can actually do all that there for under $500K and in some instances under $400k) but I want all seasons so I prefer the Western North Carolina mountains, get some elevation (hopefully over 3500') and a decent chance at some snow every few years vs every 10 years +. I can get to my parents place in SC from the NC mtns in a 2-4 hours drive depending on location if something happens or they need me. The wife thinks its too far and wants us to be within an hour so the only real option is to live in the sticks or on ($$$) or near an area lake/reservoir (they're all man made reservoirs over there) if I want space and recreation close by (boating, water skiing, sailing, etc). I grew up on Lake Murray just NW of Columbia, SC and kinda miss the lake life I had as a kid. dilemmas... as this is probably happening in the next 1-3 years depending on housing market here (selling) and interest rates (i'm handcuffed into a sub 3% note) and buying there. Might just hire a property manager and rent the place out here until the rates drop (who knows whats about to happen in a couple weeks with the economy/tariffs/housing market, etc oof) but I'd much rather sell before moving. after my parents move on to Valhalla I'm sure my wife will want to move back to the SC coast where she grow up and we use to live prior to moving west and we'll have a debate again about where to retire. (we both will be in our 50s as of this month)

@ATW I hope the atmosphere is every so slightly cooler than what the models are predicting and we have a complete surprise? Come on, a man can dream right? In all seriousness, its a good last minute trend south for us tonight. lets hope we can score a few more inches than predicted.

Makes sense that ice potential is cut down due to subtle shifts south

Looked up Sapparo and they mentioned the Aleutian Low as one of reasons why they get so much snow. So then looked up the Aleutian Low and learned why we get so much rain in the winter!