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Wintry January 8-9, 2018 Ice threat

If I didn't know what the models had been puking out the past few days and I was only going off of radar, I would think my area was about to have a big snow and ice storm
 
You know just looking at the short range models and times from 07z/08z runs for RAP/HRRR the front looks to me to be about 2 hours or so in front of what was modeled. Western counties should be seeing some precip within the next hour and thats about 2-3 hours ahead of what models had?
 
Alabama WX - James Spann reporting road closures in Blount, Marshall, Etowah (Gadsden), and Cherokee counties. Not snow, but freezing rain. Very slick. Some roads have become impassable.
 
Seems alot of drying out at GA/AL border the next wave could drop some fz precip but depends on CAD and how fast it gets here
 
We live on a cul-de-sac and it was very slick earlier. I walked out a few minutes ago to check it out. Looked like it was just plain old rain and wet. I decided to walk down for a close up look. . I don't recommend walking on what appears to be a "wet road". My damn feet went up in the air and I'm guessing I looked like a cartoon character that slips on a banana peel. My ass is now recovering from meeting the asphalt with a bang!

Currently 31* with drizzle at our house.
 
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There’s an area of precipation that should hit south metro very soon. It looks frozen.
 
My back deck is totally covered in a glaze of ice. I assume that means my driveway and the road are not just wet like it looks. I’m near Dalton, Ga.


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jgee322 said:
My back deck is totally covered in a glaze of ice. I assume that means my driveway and the road are not just wet like it looks. I’m near Dalton, Ga.


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Throw a trash can lid down the drive...if it glides with ease you’ll know. Lmao.


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Taylor C said:
Non event for me. Too warm at 34 degrees. Other places in the county are as warm as 36 degrees.
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Upon further investigation, and very interestingly three weather stations in southern Randolph county near Roanoke are reporting temperatures of 32-31 degrees. They are getting a good amount of precipitation to go with it.
 
There was a 35 car pile up on I-75 this morning that shut down the interstate at my exit for awhile. I guess the roads were pretty nasty after all.


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I saw many Chattanooga Tn. police and State Trooper cars and SUVs all up and down 75 and 1-53 highways at 9am this morning. Traffic was clearly listening to warning as no car was moving above 50 mph.
 
NAM, RGEM nailed this ice event. We had hundreds of wrecks early this morning all across southeast TN and north GA. Lots of ice all over the place. Real good job short range models. & Still reports of icy roads across certain areas still near freezing. For those who downplayed the event. The multiple people who wrecked their cars disagree. Ice event 1/8/2017 -A
 
This could of been much worse if it moved in overnight. So glad we are not dealing with the icy roads and power outages. ForsythSnow's ice shield was in full effect here!
 
jgee322 said:
There was a 35 car pile up on I-75 this morning that shut down the interstate at my exit for awhile. I guess the roads were pretty nasty after all.


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This was what I was warning about all along, even if it wasn't that much precip, where anything fell at all with it still below freezing there was going to be problems on the road. And it happened.
 
Had a few minutes of rain after the temps got up to 35. Dodged another bullet! But I'd like some rain, and I didn't get any of that either...yet...just a sprinkle for a few minutes. Too far south...unless I'm too far north, lol. Oh, well, the pendulum will swing, and I'll be in the sweet spot some day...then the north will be too far north, and the south will be too far south, lol. Right now I'm just glad to miss the zr.
 
GaWx said:
^ Regarding the 0Z Euro, the lack of ZR in most of N GA is not for the lack of qpf as it still is as high as 0.50" parts of ATL metro. It is only because the Euro has temperatures warming above 32 for the bulk of the precip. Is that correct? I don't know. It does have a bit of a warm bias at 2m.

Regardless of amounts, all it takes is a thin glaze and roads could become treacherous.
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Kudos to the Euro having 2 meter temperatures being above 32 for the bulk of the event and therefore very little ZR most of N GA.
 
HRRR had temps pretty good too. Pretty interesting event in that we started at 17 F and a DP of 0 but there was no wedge at all. By the time moisture got here we were mid 30s and did not wet bulb hardly at all. Cold air just bolted out. It is 32 now and a little icy but nowhere near as bad as it could have been considering how cold the ground is .
 
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