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Misc Cold Season Complaining

I got a question and may be a dumb question but i going to ask it. what the different between freezing rain and sleet? People say i don't want freezing rain but I rather have sleet. They both is ice and dangerous.
 
shoalswxlady said:
I got a question and may be a dumb question but i going to ask it. what the different between freezing rain and sleet? People say i don't want freezing rain but I rather have sleet. They both is ice and dangerous.
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Sleet is more like pellets where it bounces off. Freezing rain sticks to everything especially trees and power lines. That's how you get bigger problems like power outages

Take it from me I'll take sleet any day
 
Just from my little knowledge of past winters how much does this storm compare modeled wise to 2011. My memory and the research I’ve they both had snow hit below I-20 early before turning to freezing rain later. 2011 lacked moisture into North Carolina and was an overrunning setup
 
shoalswxlady said:
I got a question and may be a dumb question but i going to ask it. what the different between freezing rain and sleet? People say i don't want freezing rain but I rather have sleet. They both is ice and dangerous.
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Freezing rain is just liquid until it sits on a cold surface and freezes. Sleet usually starts as snow, but hits a warm layer of air, then a freezing layer. Comes down has little ice pellets.
 
KatrinaRuns said:
yeah, February 2021 was historic...that tenth of an inch covered my mailbox. I have to go to Colorado in June to get snow. And Tuscaloosa county is out of the winter advisory. We can't buy a snowflake. I had a cover of sleet Jan. last year that showed up on some leaves so I could get a picture.
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Engeo said:
This might be true for N AL, but certainly not Birmingham and south.
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This will be a big winter event for you guys...historic. Congrats...you guys are cranking out great winters. ☃️
 
Round Oak Weather said:
Just from my little knowledge of past winters how much does this storm compare modeled wise to 2011. My memory and the research I’ve they both had snow hit below I-20 early before turning to freezing rain later. 2011 lacked moisture into North Carolina and was an overrunning setup
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It would maybe be like it if we busted temp wise because I'm having to squint to see any modeled winter weather.

I stayed frozen for that entire system, but I flipped from snow before I woke up.
 
Brent said:
Sleet is more like pellets where it bounces off. Freezing rain sticks to everything especially trees and power lines. That's how you get bigger problems like power outages

Take it from me I'll take sleet any day
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Just to go back to this... Last year we had a sleet storm here with the fear of freezing rain to the south. There were hundreds of power crews that went south. They didn't stay here
 
Hoping this storm at least breaks the streak for CLT. And glad the cold pattern is hanging around a bit so we can try to reel in a real warning criteria event. Can’t rate this winter bad considering the cold, and nice small events so far.
 
Mitch West said:
Thank you Shawn for the constant depressing CAE updates. You are a massive ray of sunshine.
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I'm being realistic.
At least I'm not doom & gloom about how everyone in the Southeast is going to be disappointed, and at least I'm not over-hype on an event in the Central Midlands of South Carolina to disappoint people who get their hopes up.

The NBM stinks for our area, along with the 12z NAM not printing out a catastrophic ice storm.

The local forecast discussion, as of my last read, is even tempering expectations for the area, aside from Northern & Western counties.

I said over a week ago that when it's all said and done, I like a line from Newberry, North and West. I still stand by that. Doesn't mean Lexington, Saluda, or CAE proper won't get a surprise dusting at the onset.

The track is not good for the SC I-20 corridor and it's definitely not the climo time of year.

And to note, the only model we really have is the in-house local G whatever it's called model. It's light on precipitation, but does keep it snow to Wintry mix throughout the whole event. Hug that one, I guess.
 
Brent said:
Just to go back to this... Last year we had a sleet storm here with the fear of freezing rain to the south. There were hundreds of power crews that went south. They didn't stay here
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....and frz rain is as useful as teets on a boar hog.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
It would maybe be like it if we busted temp wise because I'm having to squint to see any modeled winter weather.

I stayed frozen for that entire system, but I flipped from snow before I woke up.
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Came through my area at night too helping us out a little bit. Woke up with one of the best winter storms I have seen. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain that stuck around for days
 
Engeo said:
I’m 100% with you here, but this ire should really be directed at Arkansas and Tennessee. 🤣
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Exactly! I lived in TN for 10 years. Awesome snow events once a year, sometimes twice a season. The year we moved to AL, it was the 2nd week of December. Memphis got a white Christmas and there was still snow on the ground on the 1st. :D
 
Twister said:
Why did wyff Drop the totals for upstate. I saw where Griffin said not as much for upstate as NE GA saying only 1-3" for upstate?
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I'd say overall less gpf we've seen modeled over the past 24 hours combined with more mixing showing. And while it will be cold, I still think daytime snowfall limits accums with sunlight that still penetrates the cloud deck, especially if the precip is on the light side. It's also better for them to be careful with totals leading into the storm; as others have pointed out; they get way more flack if they bust low than if they bust high.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
I'd say overall less gpf we've seen modeled over the past 24 hours combined with more mixing showing. And while it will be cold, I still think daytime snowfall limits accums with sunlight that still penetrates the cloud deck, especially if the precip is on the light side. It's also better for them to be careful with totals leading into the storm; as others have pointed out; they get way more flack if they bust low than if they bust high.
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Yeah but Chris has already came out with 2-4 why would him and Griffen be on 2 separate pages? Makes no sense
 
FFC's hourly grids for me (north of atlanta) really increased the mixing at the expense of snow totals (down from 4"+ to 2.5"). I wonder if this is from the hi-res models picking up on the warm nose. Looking forward to more actual text products from them about this
 
Flo said:
All the SC posters napping?
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Working and periodically checking in. Excited to watch short range models tonight and tomorrow with higher resolution. Still thinking 2-4 with high end 5-6 here. Need some good rates early on to keep the warm nose beat down.
 
Twister said:
Why did wyff Drop the totals for upstate. I saw where Griffin said not as much for upstate as NE GA saying only 1-3" for upstate?
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Because it’s gonna be weak sauce that’s why. Heck looks like the best band is gonna be further down towards atl now those totals have been upped.
 
I think the NAM gives us a bad icestorm. The snowline almost the Tenn state line in Mississippi.
 
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