Western North Carolina's vineyards and orchards face a significant threat from an unseasonably late frost, according to a forecast issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Greenville-Spartanburg. The cold snap, predicted to bring temperatures dipping into the low 30s and even upper 20s in some sheltered mountain locations, could damage or kill newly emerged buds and blossoms, potentially impacting this year's harvest, according to agricultural experts. The NWS warns that higher elevations