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Wintry February 19-21, 2020 Winter Storm

------------- is claiming victory. Now Hold my Bo ice tea. Well go(inserted clean version) I wish he would stop lying. He said bread&milk storm and told schools to shutdown. Over this? I wish he had higher standards because he is altering plans of families and hurting local economies of the Charlotte metro market. There is a big difference in playing it safe and being wrong to cause panic. If you would like to further this conversation let’s move it over to banter. Thank-you.
 
Downeastnc said:
hard to say, on the vehicles probably 4-5", in the yard 3-4" but its also packing down....looking at radar its tough to tell how much longer this will last...there appears to be some enhancement between RDU and Goldsboro that is moving into my area this may be what has caused my flake size to improve....the real question is how long does this last....if somehow we can squeeze 2-3 hrs of this kind of rate and flake size in then I think we got a legit chance at 6"+....just hard to say how how it plays out at this point, earlier the HRRR had the best rates etc from 10-2 so maybe thats what we are seeing....
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Yeah for snow accumulation I typically use a vehicle if I don't have a snow board because it's closer to that (and what's officially reported) vs the ground unless of course you have a lot of snow (thus may not matter as much in either case). The last band's accumulation efficiency should be considerably higher than what you've seen thus far, so 6" seems achievable.
 
pcbjr said:
Oh I play ... it's called work and I love my sandbox ... ;)

... and love weather so long as no one is hurt by it ... relish what y'all had/have today and tonight ... ?
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Good you love your job Phil. Does not get any better than that! For me up here, it was a big flaming nothing burger, but glad others scored! And at least is is cold enough for me to have may wood stove going and no bugs outside for the moment!

The other Phil
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1034 PM EST THU FEB 20 2020

...SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 1030 PM EST...

LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE PROVIDER

...NORTH CAROLINA...

...ALAMANCE COUNTY...
BURLINGTON 2.0 IN 1015 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...CHATHAM COUNTY...
6 W BYNUM 1.8 IN 0732 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
1 NE SILER CITY 1.5 IN 0607 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
1 ENE GOLDSTON 1.4 IN 0657 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
5 NNE FAYETTEVILLE 0.8 IN 1021 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
FAYETTEVILLE 0.5 IN 0921 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
5 NNE FAYETTEVILLE 0.5 IN 0911 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
HOPE MILLS 0.5 IN 0822 PM 02/20 TRAINED SPOTTER

...DAVIDSON COUNTY...
THOMASVILLE 1.0 IN 0611 PM 02/20 EMERGENCY MNGR
3 WNW LEXINGTON 1.0 IN 0608 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...DURHAM COUNTY...
7 SE GORMAN 2.7 IN 1017 PM 02/20 COCORAHS
1 SSE PARKWOOD 2.0 IN 1008 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
DURHAM 2.0 IN 0902 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...FORSYTH COUNTY...
3 W PFAFFTOWN 1.0 IN 0600 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
3 NE YOUNGSVILLE 4.0 IN 0912 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...GUILFORD COUNTY...
2 SSE SUMMERFIELD 2.0 IN 0815 PM 02/20 TRAINED SPOTTER
5 E COLFAX 2.0 IN 0800 PM 02/20 OFFICIAL NWS OBS
3 SSW GIBSONVILLE 2.0 IN 0630 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
GREENSBORO 1.5 IN 0929 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
HIGH POINT 1.3 IN 0630 PM 02/20 BROADCAST MEDIA

...HALIFAX COUNTY...
ROANOKE RAPIDS 2.5 IN 0918 PM 02/20 SHIP

...HARNETT COUNTY...
3 E PINEVIEW 1.5 IN 0815 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
COATS 1.5 IN 0745 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...JOHNSTON COUNTY...
BENSON 2.5 IN 1005 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
1 E LINWOOD 2.2 IN 0801 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
3 NNW FLOWERS 2.0 IN 0700 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
6 N COATS CROSSROADS 1.9 IN 0926 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
CLAYTON 1.9 IN 0722 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
EMIT 1.5 IN 0731 PM 02/20 TRAINED SPOTTER
5 WNW COATS CROSSROADS 1.5 IN 0645 PM 02/20 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 E PINE LEVEL 1.2 IN 0902 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...LEE COUNTY...
BROADWAY 1.5 IN 0709 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
TROY 2.8 IN 0916 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
STAR 2.0 IN 0839 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
CANDOR 1.8 IN 0932 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...MOORE COUNTY...
4 SW CARTHAGE 2.3 IN 0956 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...ORANGE COUNTY...
2 N EFLAND 2.5 IN 0730 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
4 NNW EFLAND 2.1 IN 0630 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
2 S CARR 2.0 IN 0604 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...PERSON COUNTY...
ROXBORO 3.3 IN 0757 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...RANDOLPH COUNTY...
4 SE ASHEBORO 1.8 IN 0745 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
3 ENE SEAGROVE 1.5 IN 0742 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
ASHEBORO 1.0 IN 0517 PM 02/20 LAW ENFORCEMENT

...VANCE COUNTY...
HENDERSON 2.8 IN 0925 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...WAKE COUNTY...
4 NE WENDELL 3.1 IN 1001 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
4 NE RDU INTERNATIONAL 3.0 IN 0947 PM 02/20 BROADCAST MEDIA
5 SSW GARNER 2.8 IN 0951 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
PURNELL 2.7 IN 0920 PM 02/20 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 N RALEIGH 2.5 IN 0831 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
6 W FALLS LAKE 2.3 IN 0924 PM 02/20 COCORAHS
4 NNE RALEIGH 2.3 IN 0856 PM 02/20 COCORAHS
1 S CARY 2.2 IN 0800 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
5 W PURNELL 2.0 IN 0914 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
WAKE FOREST 2.0 IN 0825 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
4 SSW RALEIGH 1.5 IN 0700 PM 02/20 OFFICIAL NWS OBS

...WARREN COUNTY...
1 N ARCOLA 1.8 IN 0613 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...WAYNE COUNTY...
1 SW GOLDSBORO 1.3 IN 0838 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
3 N MAR-MAC 1.1 IN 0845 PM 02/20 PUBLIC

...WILSON COUNTY...
LUCAMA 2.3 IN 0955 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
2 ESE NEW HOPE 2.0 IN 0858 PM 02/20 PUBLIC
 
WeatherNC said:
About 4” on the back deck and cars, just under 3” in the grass, no slant sticking!
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That was a significant hour for my snow totals. Left to take my wife to work at 9:15 and got back at 10:20. Had easily added an inch of snow the lawn went from potmarked lumpy looking snow to that smoothed over look and the roads had gotten worse as the temp on my car was down to 30 out here away from town. Just measured 3.75 on my outdoor table but the bottom was slushy and compacted.
 
BirdManDoomW said:
------------- is claiming victory. Now Hold my Bo ice tea. Well go(inserted clean version) I wish he would stop lying. He said bread&milk storm and told schools to shutdown. Over this? I wish he had higher standards because he is altering plans of families and hurting local economies of the Charlotte metro market. There is a big difference in playing it safe and being wrong to cause panic. If you would like to further this conversation let’s move it over to banter. Thank-you.
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Was thinking the exact same thing. Glad someone said it.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
HRRR putting Atlanta on flurry watch early in the AM
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Precip starting to develop ITP right now. Now we just wait and see if anything frozen actually makes it to the surface over the next few hours. 925mb (-1C) and 850mb (-3C) temps are subfreezing according to SPC.
weather.cod.edu

COD-NEXLAB : Dual-Pol Radar for FFC

Dual-Pol NEXRAD Data for provided by College of DuPage Meteorology (NEXLAB)
weather.cod.edu weather.cod.edu

EDIT: 4Z HRRR This is wild, snowband sitting right over me with DBZs in the 30-35 range. That's heavy snow.
 

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Stormsfury said:
38 here and drizzling in Goose Creek. 925mb cold enough but 850mb still running about 2C
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Our bigger storm is coming man. It can't keep holding out forever (I hope).

The 2014 localized deal here, I think you saw some not too long ago along the coast.. these nickle and dime events.. soon.. hopefully.
 
This nasty band has setup right over Newport News and points East as the coastal is starting to pivot...heavy snow but 6 miles back to the west it’s bone dry70743C0E-206A-498F-B29F-CFB513E23951.jpeg
 
1/3/18 here was crazy. But the cutoff was so sharp. I think Orangeburg had 5” that storm while Columbia had almost nothing. And it basically skipped over Horry County. That snow didn’t melt till that next Monday here. Six days. You probably have to go back to ‘14 for the last SC-wide storm.

Shawn said:
Our bigger storm is coming man. It can't keep holding out forever (I hope).

The 2014 localized deal here, I think you saw some not too long ago along the coast.. these nickle and dime events.. soon.. hopefully.
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Does anyone think South Carolina will ever see a big snow storm again? I’m not talking northern upstate. I’m talking everyone even below the dreaded i85 line. It’s been a while.
 
Stephenb888 said:
Does anyone think South Carolina will ever see a big snow storm again? I’m not talking northern upstate. I’m talking everyone even below the dreaded i85 line. It’s been a while.
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Yes. But there’s a reason CAE (for example) averages so little snow. It just doesn’t snow that much. Keep in mind Columbia recorded over half a decade’s worth of snow in a single storm in 2010 (the Valentine’s Day storm). But it’s been a pretty bad drought since, for sure.
 
Stephenb888 said:
Does anyone think South Carolina will ever see a big snow storm again? I’m not talking northern upstate. I’m talking everyone even below the dreaded i85 line. It’s been a while.
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Maybe just got to get everything time just right really need a storm to come in at night instead of during the day to maximize colder air
 
Getting some very light returns developing nearby. Will be interesting to see what happens with them.596CDAE1-20BC-4479-9585-E320EA024838.png
 
Half an hour ago it was raining, but it looked like there could have been some wet flakes mixed in or maybe I'm just delusional idk.?‍♂️?

EDIT: Temp dropped to 38/34. WB is 36.5
 
Weatherlover92 said:
Half an hour ago it was raining, but it looked like there could have been some wet flakes mixed in or maybe I'm just delusional idk.?‍♂️?

EDIT: Temp dropped to 38/34. WB is 36.5
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Starting to get some showers here as well. 36.9/36.4. Have to imagine if the temperature goes down another degree or two it will change to snow given the cold upper air in place.
 
Nick_boynton_ said:
Measured some areas with 2 inches and some with 3 inches ... overall this was probably the wettest snow I’ve seen in a while.. stuck to literally everything in sight and you could pick it up and squish it a bit and an immediate snowball .. for this crappy winter this was an A+ event for me ... truly love seeing and tracking winter weather and it’s what got me into weather in the first place .. that’s why my inner weenie comes out a lot when tracking this type of stuff
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Glad you scored some snow buddy!!! You are always so positive and calm even when things are looking very gloomy winter weather wise. I like seeing people get snow who aren’t constantly declaring winter is over from December on.
 
Looks like most folks area-wide either verified the low end of my forecast map or busted low, I think air temps being in the middle 30s, just above freezing coupled w/ warm ground temps and dendrites that weren't efficient at accumulating to begin with caused most of the issues wrt snow accumulations. I'm very curious to hear about what everyone received in their backyards when the final flakes fell.
 
Webberweather53 said:
Looks like most folks area-wide either verified the low end of my forecast map or busted low, I think air temps being in the middle 30s, just above freezing coupled w/ warm ground temps and dendrites that weren't efficient at accumulating to begin with caused most of the issues wrt snow accumulations. I'm very curious to hear about what everyone received in their backyards when the final flakes fell.
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I got 3". It looks like RDU airport received 2.5"

From their climate report: SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 2.5 R 0.8 0.1 2.4 0.0
 
My back yard temp has fallen to 25. Still got over 2" on all elevated surfaces and grass. Its frozen solid and feels more like sleet. Temps today are suppose to stay in the 30s to lower 40s. As RAH states this will set us up for our coldest night.

RAH:
As the center of the high reaches central North Carolina tonight, winds will become nearly calm. Clear skies and calm winds will allow for maximum radiational cooling tonight, and considering the fresh snow cover, have under cut model guidance by a few degrees. The predicted low of 21 degrees at RDU would make it the coldest night of the season - the coldest temperature of the season so far at RDU has been 24 degrees.
 
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