Wintry February 7-8 Winter storm

[LovingGulfLows]

KATL had snow mixed with the rain 9:25-10:40 per this but 5 warmer than NE ATL I suspect due to prevailing S to SE winds (see below) that PDK didn't have as their winds were mainly calm not allowing warmer air to move in. I think that made the diff rather than heat island. I'm still looking for any past S/IP accum at KATL with S prevailing winds and haven't found yet:

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08 Feb 10:40 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow, Mist​

BKN024,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:35 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow, Mist​

BKN024,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:30 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow, Mist​

BKN024,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:26 am​

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SSE​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow, Mist​

BKN024,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:25 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow, Mist​

BKN024,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:20 am​

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Lt Rain​

BKN020,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:16 am​

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BKN020,OVC032​

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08 Feb 10:15 am​

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OVC022​

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08 Feb 10:10 am​

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08 Feb 10:05 am​

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08 Feb 10:00 am​

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Lt Rain​

OVC022​

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08 Feb 9:55 am​

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OVC022​

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08 Feb 9:52 am​

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OVC022​

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08 Feb 9:50 am​

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08 Feb 9:45 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow​

OVC020​

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08 Feb 9:40 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow​

OVC020​

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08 Feb 9:35 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow​

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08 Feb 9:30 am​

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Lt Rain, Lt Snow​

OVC020​

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08 Feb 9:25 am​

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I think it was a combination of Southern winds and the in-situ CAD that was in place prior to the start of the precip. Someone posted a map of the wetbulb temperatures where you can see this. It was below freezing in the north and east metro areas and above freezing in the south and west metro areas. Some of the model runs last night had taken notice of this hence why it was trending poorer for the western parts of the Atlanta area.

This was a map about an hour or two before the start of the precip in the central Atlanta area. Quite frankly, it's bizarre to see a temperature gradient look like this(most o the time when you do, it's because of a strong CAD in place). Usually, the freezing line SW to NE or W to E.

 

[NickyBGuarantee]

Light snow showers. Whoever wants them can have them cause I only do big dogs.

One of ur funniest comments yet

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Light snow showers. Whoever wants them can have them cause I only do big dogs.

lol is that why you always start a thread for Northern Wilkes light onset icing events? ?

 

[NCSNOW]

You guys/gals with snowcover. TONIGHT is a Snowmoon. Literally thats what its being advertised as in the news. Should appear super bright and full. Enjoy

 

[k0skinne]

Over in Jasper, GA. Have not measured on ground, but this is right at 4 inches on the railing ... Great event!!!

 

[atlweatherman]

Well, that was fun tracking this mini snow storm and seeing how it played out, I ended up with 3" which was a over performer. NWS and local TV mets were calling for a dusting to 1" for my area. Glad I got 3" of snow instead.

Hopefully north Georgia and the Atlanta area can score with snow again before the end of winter.


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[BHS1975]

Hopefully north Georgia and the Atlanta area can score with snow again before the end of winter.


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Nah it’s our turn.


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[WxWatch]

Hopefully north Georgia and the Atlanta area can score with snow again before the end of winter.


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I think there will be a greater, longer lasting snow storm sometime during the last week of this month or sometime in early March that could possibly impact a larger area.

 

[superjames1992]

Mostly cloudy here in Winterplace. Good snowcover at least. Hoping to see some snowfall later. Just a few flurries so far. Did my first ever black diamond this afternoon. Pretty good snow conditions.

 

[Webberweather53]

You should give Georgia a shot if you have the time. That would be cool.

Thanks. I'm gonna play around with some python code I've made to see if I can blend the state maps together into one image.

 

[LovingGulfLows]

Nah it’s our turn.


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Or how about both?

EDIT: Also keep in mind, not everyone in the Atlanta area got snow.

 

[stretch46]

Thanks I was definitely planning on doing at least NC and SC but I’m intrigued to see what GA would look like too

Here in far NE Cobb County, I finished with 2.25". Love seeing all the pics and reading all the observations. Glad for all that got some and hoping those that didn't get some soon!!

 

[BHS1975]

Or how about both?

EDIT: Also keep in mind, not everyone in the Atlanta area got snow.

Sorry dog every man for himself.


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[Wulfer]

Simply shocked that 3.5 inches of snow is almost gone. I mean my yard is green again. Unreal!

 

[BHS1975]

Nice virga storm here.

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[Jimmy Hypocracy]

 

[Ollie Williams]

I'm feeling the utter lightest drizzle outside.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Chris Justus threw in the towel last week. I didn’t blame him.

This aired on the WYFF local 5 o’clock news exactly 9 days ago.

It has snowed twice since then. Two times

 

[EV/WS]

Congratulations to all that got snow today. Very happy for you.

 

[Rosie]

prove it lol

 

[Ollie Williams]

Second time in 8 days GSO gets snow and MBY sees nothing. I now know how you Wake county folks feel.

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Just realize guys that we squeezed out this event with a dumpster juice pattern, every index is balls on walls terrible right now lmao

 

[Deleted member 1449]

We actually have a very light coating on the grass.

 

[SD]

42 light rain

 

[winterwx]

Got 4.6 inches just north of Ellijay at 1900ft VERY HAPPY

 

[Snowflowxxl]

It feels hella refreshing after the snow outside. Forgot how good it feels to breathe in that type of air. Took a 3 mile walk in shorts and it felt great lol ?

 

[NGTim]

Dahlonega 5.5. Very grateful

 

[WxWatch]

Just realize guys that we squeezed out this event with a dumpster juice pattern, every index is balls on walls terrible right now lmao

That just shows that nobody should look at these models or indexes at face vaule. Anything can happen.

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[GaSnowhound]

Wow I'm on Atlanta reddit and this was definitely a wierd storm. Folks in the middle of Atlanta barely got any snow, yet areas to the east got accumulation. One poster from Buckhead said they got snow for 2 hours, but none of it stuck. Another who lives at Atlantic Station said they've been up since 6:30 and got no snow. Hell here a post of a photo of someone from Virginia Highland, just 2 miles east of Midtown:

I'm thinking the models that were saying the Southwestern half of the metro get no accumulation got it right. It's hard to tell exactly where the line is. Absolutely bizzare. I feel more and more fortunate the more I read about other people's experiences with this storm.

Yeah, not that I was expecting much but we totally got monkey humped out in the circle.....I’ve come to expect these though.

 

[Bannerdude]

A few scattered sprinkles in Durham

 

[LovingGulfLows]

Wow, you look outside here and you would've never thought it snowed 6 hours ago. Crazy how fast it melted.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Wow, you look outside here and you would've never thought it snowed 6 hours ago. Crazy how fast it melted.

Yep, gone in a flash. If this had been a storm we tracked for over a week, I would be upset about how fast it was gone. Considering it just popped up in the past 2 days and overperformed, I have no complaints this time.

 

[CamWX]

Wow, you look outside here and you would've never thought it snowed 6 hours ago. Crazy how fast it melted.

Yeah 4 inches here, and it looks like we got a half inch already.

 

[Webberweather53]

Thanks. I'm gonna play around with some python code I've made to see if I can blend the state maps together into one image.

Looks like a majority of the totals are in for NC & SC, FFC has yet to release a public information statement or any local storm reports (LSRs), thus I'll likely have to wait on that &/or CoCoRaHS reports in the morning before I'm able to conduct a final, multi-state, and detailed post analysis for this event.

 

[Six Mile Wx]

What’s weird is that my temps barely went up and have already fallen back to freezing. Lots of snow left.

 

[superjames1992]

Second time in 8 days GSO gets snow and MBY sees nothing. I now know how you Wake county folks feel.

My parents in GSO just reported white rain in both so you're not missing much.

Snow flurries now at Winterplace. The horizon from the summit suggests there are some heavier snow showers around.

 

[GaWx]

That just shows that nobody should look at these models or indexes at face vaule. Anything can happen.

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Well, while most indices were in the commode, there was a pretty strong +PNA today (+0.9), which has had a pretty good correlation to major SE snows and quite possibly the best correlation of any major index fwiw. The last 2 days PNAs were the highest since 12/11.

Regardless, I think of indices as guidelines/tools rather than crystal balls.

 

[superjames1992]

My parents in GSO just reported white rain in both so you're not missing much.

Snow flurries now at Winterplace. The horizon from the summit suggests there are some heavier snow showers around.

-SN now. Some sexy dendrites are landing on my coat on the chairlift.

 

[superjames1992]

It's ripping now.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

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