Wintry Jan 23-27 Winter Storm Obs

[NEGaweather]

Heavy sleet and flakes mixed in. Nothing in trees as of yet


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[LongRanger]

What hype?

The 1+" of ice hype!

 

[Snowflowxxl]

For whatever reason the ZR just didn’t add up. We got plenty of precip and temps got as low as 29.7

 

[BullCityWx]

The 1+" of ice hype!

1. The event isn’t even over.

2. Sit down and shut up.

 

[Engeo]

The 1+" of ice hype!

Generally speaking, those types of amounts were forecast by GSP as the high end (10% chance).

 

[JQPublic]

Freezing drizzle now. Can see some on the pines in the distance. Sleet and pixie dust might have saved us!

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

the thing is, everybody is going to think they’re out of it til that line of kidney beans comes through in a little while and tries to wipe out the grid.

 

[drfranklin]

pouring sleet in Greenville SC

 

[TigerSnow]

the thing is, everybody is going to think they’re out of it til that line of kidney beans comes through in a little while and tries to wipe out the grid.

Just waking up. Has that line verified back west yet?

 

[bouncycorn]

 

[packfan98]

The 1+" of ice hype!

You need to find more reliable sources of information. Warning people to be prepared for a major storm and power outages is not hype.

PS - dial back your trolling and rhetoric. Maybe take a break from posting.

 

[Btownheel]

For the Triad, future radar looks like this steady precipitation will continue through around noon. Hopefully we can keep it mostly sleet. Then I imagine freezing drizzle before the heavy squall line comes through around 5:00. The NWS Raleigh mentions that most of its area can rise above freezing for a few hours. Long way to go to get there.

None of us in Triad are getting over freezing. Not even close.


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[LongRanger]

You need to find more reliable sources of information. Warning people to be prepared for a major storm and power outages is not hype.

PS - dial back your trolling and rhetoric. Maybe take a break from posting.

Not trolling just speaking facts. They can easily get people prepared withouy spreading all the panic

 

[LovingGulfLows]

For whatever reason the ZR just didn’t add up. We got plenty of precip and temps got as low as 29.7

Yeah it's super bizarre. Imma be real. This ice isn't even as bad as the ice my backyard got last year during the Jan 10th snow event. I didn't really get any sleet either so that can't be an explanation here.

 

[Packsox03]

Sleet not too far away but it’s puking. Most obs around me are a little over 5 inches

 

[SuperNET]

19°/17° in Monroe. We had a little snow/ip overnight and freezing rain now. lots of moisture to the west -

 

[packfan98]

Not trolling just speaking facts. They can easily get people prepared withouy spreading all the panic

I'll do this one more time and then we are done with this discussion. Who is "they" and what's your evidence of "spreading the panic"?

 

[bouncycorn]

Yeah it's super bizarre. Imma be real. This ice isn't even as bad as the ice my backyard got last year during the Jan 10th snow event. I didn't really get any sleet either so that can't be an explanation here.

It was cold prior to Jan 10th last year, like in the mid 20s the night before and 30s the day before.
It was 45+ just yesterday.

And another thing - I was measuring the droplets with an IR thermometer today. They were around 35F, so they weren't subfreezing like classic freezing rain. Perhaps due to the very warm warm nose.

 

[BourbonLumberjack]

Just waking up. Has that line verified back west yet?

Yes, it is currently forming and working its way through western TN and Mississippi, I'm watching power outage numbers shoot up as that line is moving through over there

 

[BullCityWx]

I sincerely believe we have more snow on the trees than glaze

 

[Mitch West]

Crazy. 23.5 in lexington, sc. Mostly sleet.

 

[jackendrickwx]

Must be some very light ZR mixed in now because it seems like the accretion has increased in the last hour or so

 

[Disco_Lemonade]

Not trolling just speaking facts. They can easily get people prepared withouy spreading all the panic

Their job is to get peoples attention, what you do and how you interpret the information they present is entirely up to you

 

[Heelyes]

It’s 18 with moderate sleet

 

[Btownheel]

Not trolling just speaking facts. They can easily get people prepared withouy spreading all the panic

No, you’re trolling. Take a break.


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[rawlee]

20degs and mod sleet in Raleigh.

 

[LongRanger]

I'll do this one more time and then we are done with this discussion. Who is "they" and what's your evidence of "spreading the panic"?

A lot of the local Mets were hyping 1"+ of ice accrual. And I know it's not over But most can pretty much know no one is gonna see those kinds of totals. Will probably be on the very low end maybe .25" and yes that's still a lot of ice but not Crippling like they kept saying

 

[WxBlue]

Our branches are in great shape all things considering.

 

[packfan98]

A lot of the local Mets were hyping 1"+ of ice accrual. And I know it's not over But most can pretty much know no one is gonna see those kinds of totals. Will probably be on the very low end maybe .25" and yes that's still a lot of ice but not Crippling like they kept saying

We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Your definition of hype is different than mine. It was a valid warning of the potential. You've been here seeing the models as have I. I didn't see anything from reputable outlets that I would consider hype.

 

[LovingGulfLows]

It was cold prior to Jan 10th last year, like in the mid 20s the night before and 30s the day before.
It was 45+ just yesterday.

And another thing - I was measuring the droplets with an IR thermometer today. They were around 35F, so they weren't subfreezing like classic freezing rain. Perhaps due to the very warm warm nose.

That would make sense. The ice last year on Jan 10th came AFTER the frontogenesis snow band came through the Atlanta metro so the entire column was already at freezing and a small warm nose changed it from snow to sleet to ice so the droplets were colder and allowed for more efficient accretion.

The irony of being saved by a warm nose after being screwed by it time after time during winter storms.

 

[SD]

 

[BIG FROSTY]

Mod sleet 15/12

 

[Oconeexman]

 

[packfan98]

Still steady sleet here and 15 degrees! definitely over 1/2". Latest hrrr has delayed the transition to freezing rain by an hour. Keeps trending colder at the surface too. Fingers crossed!

 

[Downeastnc]

28 with heavy freezing drizzle/light rain...pine branches sagging some and even the grass is frozen though roads are just wet since we had no sleet.

 

[BullCityWx]

Back to more heavy sleet and maybe even some pixie dust. HRRR gives us another inch of sleet through this afternoon.

 

[Oconeexman]

About an inch of sleet and light ZR falling coating everything. 1 inch ice cycles on transformer already and trees have a glaze.

 

[Jan88]

Crazy. 23.5 in lexington, sc. Mostly sleet.

Sleeted all night in the upstate i-85 corridor

 

[DopplerWx]

We have a trace of snow here, wild! Can feel it when walking not slick at all. Freezing drizzle now

 

[Mitch West]

A lot of the local Mets were hyping 1"+ of ice accrual. And I know it's not over But most can pretty much know no one is gonna see those kinds of totals. Will probably be on the very low end maybe .25" and yes that's still a lot of ice but not Crippling like they kept saying

have you not been following the flow of discussion with this storm in here? Man it was clearly stated that sleet had a strong possibility to limit the higher end ice storm stuff. Mise well be grateful!