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Wintry Feb 19-20 Possible Front-End Snow/Ice Thump
- Thread starter Webberweather53
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Uh...okay....
Hmmmm
Yes ripping fatties and a wounded sky is not a 911 issue.
Heavy sleet
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Cad Wedge NC
Member
We know better than to do that here.... You need to post that nonsense somewhere else.
It’s mostly rain here now, I’m so damn tired of rain
Sleet mixed with rain now, that was fun
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Welp, goodbye to this thread, hello march thread, It was fun while it lasted and it honestly did more than I thought it would here, .1 of snow/sleet is a W ??
Okay on my way home from Roanoke Rapids, should I find a hotel or do you think I can make it back to Pilot Mtn? 
Enjoy guys and gals, glad a lot of you are seeing something wintry! I should see some mixture on my ride back home!!!
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Enjoy guys and gals, glad a lot of you are seeing something wintry! I should see some mixture on my ride back home!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Wait no not yet, I've not had my 15 seconds of ip fameWelp, goodbye to this thread, hello march thread, It was fun while it lasted and it honestly did more than I thought it would here, .1 of snow/sleet is a W
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Bruh, just when I thought it was over sleet and some giant sleety snowflakes/graupel is mixing in again, lol, what a storm even If it’s barely accumulating
Some Giant snowflakes here, not heavy snow rates but the few that are falling are huge, I’m actually pretty suprised how long this is lasting, normally WAA messes things up quicker than forecasted
Fountainguy97
Member
Well got my 10 minutes of sleet here in SE Wake. Nothing crazy. But was nice to hear those pingers pinging
Someday I’d love to be in a Legit sleet storm. Like the 3 inches of sleet type. I’ve Never really experienced any long duration sleet storm.
Anyway I hope the rest of you can see your 10 minutes of glory! Is it worth the week of tracking? Ehhh probably not. But it is a fun evening.
Now time to go enjoy the fire and one of winters last cozy nights!
Someday I’d love to be in a Legit sleet storm. Like the 3 inches of sleet type. I’ve Never really experienced any long duration sleet storm.
Anyway I hope the rest of you can see your 10 minutes of glory! Is it worth the week of tracking? Ehhh probably not. But it is a fun evening.
Now time to go enjoy the fire and one of winters last cozy nights!
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Rain/sloppy wet snow mix here
I Enjoyed a sleet storm with the Jan 2016 winter storm, got 3.3 inches of mostly sleet, as long as it’s not ZR, it’s completely fine in my opinion
Fountainguy97
Member
Epic! Not sure it would be as fun as watching snow but to see that much ice on the ground would be crazy. If it froze hard it could probably wreak havoc on the road systems for several days.
I seem to remember an early 2000 storm in Greenville NC that dropped several inches of snow then about an inch of sleet or freezing rain or both. As a kid I could almost stand on top of the stuff without falling through.
That 3 inches of sleet was basically 10 inches of snow (same impact) constant refreezing and just like you said you could of walked on it without falling through, it was really tuff melting it away, lasted about a week and few days and school was out for a week
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
On a scale from 0 to 10 in terms of what I expected to see from this event I give this a solid 6.5-7. Certainly was nice to see a burst of big aggregates for about 10-15 minutes but nothing accumulated here. I personally anticipated as a middle-of-the-road scenario a burst of sleet mixed with rain at the onset but received multiple bouts of IP followed by a quick shot of snow, slightly overperformed but it was within reason. I'm just glad I didn't get completely shutout in February
packfan98
Moderator
rain/sleet mixture here in NW Randolph County.
A few ice pellets mixed with rain on the way home from Raleigh.
So if I have to call 911 about another emergency, is it ok to tell them about the sleet and feathers accumulating on my windshield, or is that no good? Need a ruling here.
So if I have to call 911 about another emergency, is it ok to tell them about the sleet and feathers accumulating on my windshield, or is that no good? Need a ruling here.
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Definitely looks like some sleet has made it into the Triangle area, seeing numerous reports around Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Cary, Apex, and now even towards downtown Raleigh. It's better than nothing I guess
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Deleted member 1449
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It’s sleeting, snowing, and raining. We could use some thunder to make it complete.
Thor
Member
Highlight of the winter here SE of Raleigh 
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Brick Tamland
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Very light sleet/drizzle mix here.
Ripping Fatties
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To my surprise I actually have a light coating of snow on the mulch.
snowlover91
Member
Sleet coming down hard here, don’t expect it to last very long but a welcome sight!
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Brick Tamland
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Sleeting like crazy here.
snowlover91
Member
Pretty cool to see how the sleet quickly dropped temperatures here.
Nomanslandva
Member
My favorite radar look:-|
Snowflowxxl
Member
Don't call the police!
It was nice having something to track in such a bad pattern, let’s see if we can get something late feb/early March as the pattern will be improved by then, this was just the appetizer 
snowlover91
Member
Just as a look back to compare the 3km NAM vs the RGEM for this event... I looked at their forecast about 36-40 hours out. Here’s what they showed for the same run 38 hours out.
3km NAM
RGEM
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3km NAM
RGEM
Radar
Cad Wedge NC
Member
Looks like the RGEM had this one nailed... Nam was a complete fail...
Snow/Sleet mix in Durham 32 on the van.
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Nomanslandva
Member
I don't know that I saw any models with freezing at Durham. Some had it close, but not sure any had it there. Especially this early.
Well it’s on a car so not sure how accurate? Was 31 now back 32 snowing hard for a bit, sleet now.
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Blue_Ridge_Escarpment
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Roads here are getting bad in a hurry. Sleeting like crazy
NCSNOW
Member
Nice snow event still going on in mtns, Boone. Had some of the biggest heaviest sleet ive seen in a while in Asheboro around 645 , caused tracks on the road. Back at house lot metled flakes splattering windshield with rain and 32-33 degrees. Hoping we can get one more ground covering before seasons change for good.