Wintry Feb 17-19 Smastsmasher Snow/Ice

[Stormlover]

This is got bust potential all over it for here. The air is so dry only virga is following

you must be joking, sitting in such a sweet spot and saying that....smh

 

[Wulfer]

I'm convinced Chattanooga, Tn. has a snow shield on at max capacity. The new improvement added to the shield is the ability to block cold dense air during precipitation events! We're a beta test of other areas of the country.

 

[superjames1992]

NWS Raleigh trimmed back their ice accumulation forecast. Maybe I won't lose power???

Roxboro jackpot makes sense.

They really need those weenie 10% “upper end” maps for ice like they have with snow.

 

[Dewpoint Dan]

yeah, models showing up to 3 in an hour

I wonder if these heavy snowfall rates will make it to North AL.

 

[DadOfJax]

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OUCH for AL. That 850 warm nose is a torch!

 

[SD]

OUCH for AL. That 850 warm nose is a torch!

I saw that but those are observed temps so once they get some precip falling they should drop. Unfortunately I don't have atmospheric wetbulb or dew points in that program

 

[Myfrotho704_]

15 DP in Winston at 3:00 tomorrow, yeah, no that is not happening

actually, it can happen, these are not surface based thunderstorms. There on top of the inversion/warm nose feeding off the WAA aloft, that’s how elevated thunderstorms work. So yes, it is possible.
For example a few nights ago, lol

 

[Avalanche]

I'm not 100% sold these clouds won't be shunted east or thinned out across NC. They are already hitting a wall. Nice bumpy clouds over LA tooView attachment 75956

Holes in the blanket ftw!!!

 

[Flotown]

OUCH for AL. That 850 warm nose is a torch!

We gonna overcome that in NW BAMA ???

 

[Flotown]

This is got bust potential all over it for here. The air is so dry only virga is following

let us know when you snow...I'm downwind!!lol

 

[Myfrotho704_]

My final call map for this event.
note - look at the low sides, but prepare for the higher side

 

[DadOfJax]

I saw that but those are observed temps so once they get some precip falling they should drop. Unfortunately I don't have atmospheric wetbulb or dew points in that program

Thats the key....how much moisture will it take before the column is saturated. This could severely cut back on accumulations if it takes very long. I still think Florence may be the only “major” impacted city in AL....time will tell.

 

[DadOfJax]

We gonna overcome that in NW BAMA ???

Florence may be the only place in AL that’s worth being at for this event.

 

[LickWx]

Clouding over here .

 

[Stormlover]

We gonna overcome that in NW BAMA ???

Easy, you are going to get a big one. Stop listening to someone who only trashes since he's not getting it.

 

[SD]

Thats the key....how much moisture will it take before the column is saturated. This could severely cut back on accumulations if it takes very long. I still think Florence may be the only “major” impacted city in AL....time will tell.

Yeah light precip and strong waa can easily crap out a sounding that needs wetbulbing to be snow. Most of the soundings I've seen from Al are razor thin, would be sweating bullets if I lived there. I think you are right about Florence being the best area, I still think a good amount of mainly sleet could fall over toward HSV

 

[Flotown]

Easy, you are going to get a big one. Stop listening to someone who only trashes since he's not getting it.

lol TRUE

 

[Deleted member 1449]

Not a cloud in the sky here and the temp is beginning to fall. I've spent about $1,100 today on a generator, gas cans, cords, gas, etc. If the storm fails you can thank me.

 

[Stormlover]

 

[ryan1234]

Interesting that they added the panhandle of Lancaster County to the WWA as well as York but not Union County. I don’t think I’ve ever seen only a small portion of a county added to any sort of advisory...