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Wintry Jan 3-4 2024 System
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I’m at my outdoor job site just west. Nothing but heavy clouds here. Maybe dandruff.
Ron Burgundy
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That trailing band back in northern MS has filled in and has some ground truth with a mixed precip MPing near Oxford. That will be worth watching as it will come through NGA after sunset. IF it holds together.Phil Connors
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There is a huge dry slot in the lower levels that is incredibly dry. It’s almost taken 2.5 goes to moisten the column in Birmingham. Still just a few spits of rain. Really not much cold source with this system to our NW to tap into. Flurries at best.
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boobear
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It's 42 and nothing but grey clouds and snow wishes here on boarder of Woodstock and Holly Springs.
Iceagewhereartthou
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Too bad this system didn't come through 12 hours earlier, many of us had more cold to work with last night than now. In my area, despite thick clouds all day, my temp has gone from a low of 24 to 43 currently; way too warm for anything there. My dp is only 30 so there won't be much wetbulbing. Looks like some good low dps still in the mountains; elvation should see some flakage tonight.
WXinCanton
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I'm calling BS on that Woodstock report.
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I'm thinking, based on the radar, Newnan will report rain/snow/sleet before Woodstock. Also, those returns north of Columbus are very interesting.
NewnanWetather
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Nothing in Newnan yet.
Those heavier returns could help juice up the column and drop surface temps quicker across areas it moves through. Similar to what happened around Montgomery vs what has happened in Birmingham. Wish we had some mping reports down in the Auburn/Opelika area right now
There was another mPing report in Columbus of sleet just now.
Showmeyourtds
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Appears to be mostly liquid down I-85, according to this link:
Looks like flakes to me on that first camera?
Hard to tell but since nobody is looking up and doing "the squint", I'm going to assume it's rain haha
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It's hard to spot anything on the GA DOT cameras.
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I thought the same thing, but it only looks that way on the first camera.
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Mostly rain with some sleet and snow mixed in. It reminds me of a change-over right at the beginning before going to all sleet and then snow.
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If you watch the second camera, you can see some small flakes mix in. I think the first camera is just catching the run-off from an eave above.
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MPing sleet report now in Thomaston as that bright band on radar moves in
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That makes sense given the sounding. The boundary is pretty warm and sleet is going to make it to the ground as it falls much faster. Also, the DGZ may not be saturated sufficiently. The 935 to 850 mb layer is cooling quickly and likely cold enough to refreeze any rain or snow falling through it.
Gwinnett county airport reporting rain and 45°
Iceagewhereartthou
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Updated radar FWIW. Looks pretty juicy but need more cold.
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I'm amused by the mPing yellow x's in Dallas, GA. I'm assuming they are there to cast shade on the false Woodstock report.
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I've got 45 degrees, dewpoint of 28 and a wet bulb of 38. It's gonna be rain, maybe mixed with sleet at onset, most likely.
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Sounds about right. Sleet report in Senoia now fwiw
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Sleet counts as frozen. If I see sleet at my house, the 2023/2024 winter passes with a C-. Let's see what happens!
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Man, these ceilings are so low! Temp dropping at my house. Down to 44.6.
NewnanWetather
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Sleeting at the Cancer Center in Newnan according to a nurse friend.
I think my high was supposed to be 48. It's 45. Don't think it's gona make it.
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So many yellow x's showing up on mPing... people getting ready to report the sleet!
I guess there's just a lot of people making sure their app works before the next few hours
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That report went from sleet to nothing to rain. Confirmation of my expectations.
Current 850’s
I’m pretty sure we are getting very wet snowflakes mixing in with the sprinkles here south of Sylacauga.
Shaggy
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Isn't this the truth. It can show you a foot of snow 10 times a winter and be wrong. The first run showing a warm nose during a winter storm will be 100% correct.
February 2015 still haunts me to this day.
Balakay
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Just light rain here in Buckhead. Just watched it start and didn’t see any sleet or frozen precip
Ron Burgundy
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Haha - mixed precip IMBY for the win! Probably won’t last long but good to hear a few pingers.
Phil Connors
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Me too bro. 12 inches in Cullman and 0.25 in bham. 33.5 with heavy rain for 6 hrs!
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That one and January 2017 were just plain brutal for MBY. My NWS Point forecast from GSP had me forecasted 10-14 inches just a couple hours before precip started… I ended up with a slushy inch as precip went back and forth between rain, sleet and snow the entire time. January 2017 I was forecasted 4-7”, but instead had 12 hours of ZR that accrued to 1/3” then a 1/2” of snow as the storm was ending… there was absolutely no mention of freezing rain in my point forecast, and of course the next day with 30mph wind gusts I had lost power by noon on a day that temps stayed in the 20s.