rambleon
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2" on the nose on elevated surface outside chapel hill.
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Wintry February 19-21, 2020 Winter Storm
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I’d say we saw 1.85 here in Burlington.
Sctvman
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Several inches (5 hours worth) of snow fell here. None of it was able to stick. Couple of wobbles and it could have been a big deal. Chris Justus did well with this one. I’m sure JC was proud
Over here on cars/mulch/elevated surfaces, about 0.8” snow has fallen, on grassy surfaces it’s hard to tell, but likely less
Just got back from another Jeb Walk. Mixed feelings. On one hand, the snow falling is beautiful as is the snow in the trees and the grass. On the other hand, the wet/slushy streets are not so much, and having to jump around and dodge huge puddles of water like you’re out there in a torrential downpour takes you out of the wintry spirit a bit. This storm reminds me a lot of the January 2013 ULL in GSO. It was also a warm storm with temperatures never falling below freezing. Our 3.5” from that one had limited impact on the roads. I don’t have a thermometer, but I’m guessing the temperature is 32-33 given there was still a lot of running water and I saw no icicles. Another couple degrees colder would’ve helped a lot.
The side roads which were under shade this afternoon are actually kind of slushy, though, so driving conditions may be a little dicey.
The side roads which were under shade this afternoon are actually kind of slushy, though, so driving conditions may be a little dicey.
Jessy89
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He called for 1-2 inches north of Greenville Pickens Walhalla. I don’t think anyone saw 1-2 inches on the ground
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LovingGulfLows
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I'm just not a fan of people going after the mets especially after a storm like this. A lot of people were heralding the NAM for days and showing off it's clown maps. Not much they can do when nearly every model shows accumulation, then an area gets little to none.
And people say sun angle/soil temps/2m temps don’t matter....
Jessy89
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I agree but I’ll admit I kinda miss John cecrish his experience was incredible.
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Brick Tamland
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Yeah, what happened with that? Was it just not as much precip, or did it just go a different direction?
Crow
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3 inches in Franklinton, NC
WxBlue
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I certainly underestimated that aspect.
Weatherheels
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Well, we have erased the goose egg with a 1, and that’s alright. Great snow for snowball fights and snowman building.. not what I was expecting.
it started as all snow here Right around 3pm, and had the ground covered within an hour, and since then just small grains of snow coming down. hate that the roads didn’t get covered, but we may still have time to reel in another before the season is over.
it started as all snow here Right around 3pm, and had the ground covered within an hour, and since then just small grains of snow coming down. hate that the roads didn’t get covered, but we may still have time to reel in another before the season is over.
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It looks like the band materialized about 40-50 miles south.
I kind of did as well. The thing is that we had the worst of all worlds. It’s late February, it’s been really warm lately, and we’re dealing with near freezing/above freezing temperatures here. Plus, most of us started out as rain. If it were in the mid 20s and everything else was the same, I think things would be a lot different.
It also just makes it a lower impact event. I will probably end up with 2-3” from this one, but it’s going to be a pretty low impact event on the roadways, less so than a lot of 2-3” or less events that can be pretty high impact (see: January 2005 in RDU).
That’s not to say the three factors above will prevent a big dog, but they’ll certainly cut into totals, and if rates aren’t heavy and aren’t consistent, they can really kill accumulations. I thought nightfall would at least allow a white blanket to cover our roadways here, but they’re still slushy, or just wet in a lot of the portions which were southern facing and thus exposed to the most radiation from the sun earlier.
Same here, very badly
Glad to hear it’s still going out your way. I swear if I don’t get more snow than GSO in this storm I’m going to snap, LOL! ?
The snow has picked up a bit more here. Laying down real nicely now.
Shaggy
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After numerous model runs with that band running from RDU to Norfolk it seems to be forming from Fayetteville- la grange - Kinston along the Highway 70 corridor.