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Wintry Potential Dec 13-14 Ice Threat

NWS says enough of a south-East wind to limit snow/sleet to 1-2 hours of it. Winter Storm Warning criteria possible for north-western Wilkes County to Poor Mountain, VA.
 
Just woke up, thought it was all rain, but the tops of trees look a little shiny from what I can tell, that happened with a setup last winter, interesting, other than that it’s 33 and rain
 
Anyone remember what the forecasted low for Atlanta was suppose to be? I'm sitting at 34 and rain I know it was never an event for us but I was pretty sure I heard lows were only suppose to be in the 40s, not the 30s!
 
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32.5 now. Was at 31.1 at 6:00. No ice but a nice steady, cold rain. If we had any earlier this morning I didn't see it.
 
I believe the pinging of sleet on my windows woke me up this morning.
 
Roads and bridges are in good shape I just rode into marion ice on elevated surfaces. I got .54 of rain if it weren't for the temp staying at 31.8 for the majority of the event it cud have been worse.
 
Definitely curious to see how much ice accrual you have @Mcdowell_weather @BIG FROSTY @BirdManDoomW as well as others in the NW piedmont

Very minor icing on trees, maybe 1/4-1/2 inch long icicles hanging from roof. I was up at around 5am there was more ice on trees then, Could see the sparkle/shine via yard light. Briefly dipped to 30.3 when rain moved in......................... Maybe next time! Haven't had a good Ice storm here in a very long time. Bottom line less than tenth. Currently 32.4

EDIT: There was ice on cars and handrails also.
 
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Here's my post storm analysis for this event based on the reports I've seen thus far. Looks like the blue ridge escarpment from far southeastern Buncombe county to Surry & Alleghany counties picked up the most ice accrual with up to 0.1-0.2" on elevated surfaces.

Thankfully, temps weren't much lower and the winds were light, or else this could have been a major ice storm for the western piedmont.

December 12-13 2019 NC Snowmap.png
 
Less than 0.1” here. It was way icier Wednesday when there was black ice and no advisory. Prob some higher totals in the brushy mtns in southern Wilkes. The glaze extended to northern Iredell then to nothing before Statesville through Mooresville.
 
Here's my post storm analysis for this event based on the reports I've seen thus far. Looks like the blue ridge escarpment from far southeastern Buncombe county to Surry & Alleghany counties picked up the most ice accrual with up to 0.1-0.2" on elevated surfaces.

Thankfully, temps weren't much lower and the winds were light, or else this could have been a major ice storm for the western piedmont.

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Pretty spot on from your call map. Great job.
 
The rise in temps you're observing is likely attributable to cloud cover and not WAA. Many locations warmed up 3-4F once the clouds came in and reduced radiational cooling. At night clouds retain longwave, outgoing IR >>> temp rises.

Lol, so the Waa waa in my original post was me crying because temps went above freezing, but i will admit that i thought the warming was due to Warm Air Advecting in and not the LWR. I appreciate the quick Physics Lesson!
 
Pretty spot on from your call map. Great job.

Thanks!!

Lol, so the Waa waa in my original post was me crying because temps went above freezing, but i will admit that i thought the warming was due to Warm Air Advecting in and not the LWR. I appreciate the quick Physics Lesson!

It honestly alluded me at first too, so don't feel bad! After I looked at IR satellite, it made more sense what was actually occurring.
 
Let this serve as a gentle reminder that the euro ice maps are fairly good vs the insane RGEM/CMC/NAM.
 
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