Freezing Rain, Sleet, Snow, Rain...Kitchen Sink (12/15-16)

[POWERSTROKE]

Light ice on trucks no ice anywhere on roads. 31 degrees and rain

 

[Webberweather53]

Or better than being on the coast today and jumping up to near 70. **thinking about it, that could be fun....

Actually yeah it would, certainly some potential for isolated supercells &/or tornadoes on the Outer Banks

 

[iGRXY]

32/32 here. You can barely see the lightest of glazes.

 

[BHS1975]

Euro/nam nailed this one.


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[Logan Is An Idiot 02]

@Webberweather53 So what is going on with this sleet band that may form? Weather channel is saying an inch of snow for my area lol

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[Blue_Ridge_Escarpment]

Euro/nam nailed this one.


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Don’t forget, the Canadian showed this before any model did.

 

[BHS1975]

Don’t forget, the Canadian showed this before any model did.

Yeah shallow cold air is about the only thing it's good at.


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[BHS1975]

Looks rough down-east later.

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[WNC_Fort]

Raining hard here now.

 

[Bannerdude]

35.9F and moderate drizzle in Moncure, NC

 

[JJr]

Got a light glaze here, temp is 31. Rain/ drizzle mixed with a little sleet earlier.

 

[Blue_Ridge_Escarpment]

Yeah shallow cold air is about the only thing it's good at.


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It’s probably the best model in CAD events, until the NAM gets in range.

 

[packfan98]

Well, here's proof that our high pressures don't always verify weaker than forecast. How about that 1040 in a pretty good location??? Maybe we can get another good setup over the next few weeks.

 

[Scooter]

32/31 here with a light glaze on trees and the deck. Will be interesting if that band can set up and produce around lunch

Edit- Took the dogs out, the wind has picked up and you can hear the limbs creaking as they sway with the ice on it.

 

[FallsLake]

Just rain. After the few sleet pellets this morning I was hoping the heavier returns would provide a heavy sleet shower; but no...

 

[Avalanche]

Just rain. After the few sleet pellets this morning I was hoping the heavier returns would provide a heavy sleet shower; but no...

Same here in Chatham. Token sleet pellets then rain. 34 here.

 

[Webberweather53]

Good to hear reports of light glaze in the western & NW piedmont of NC this morning, curious what the radial ZR measurements are on tree branches (in hundredths of an inch)?

I'm assuming most places probably don't have much more than 0.1" atm, but I'm not sure.

From the many storms I've analyzed going back to the late 1800s in NC, ZR reports especially in low end events, are hard to verify and quantify because most observers usually report light glaze and don't provide actual ice amounts, which means ZR data is usually less reliable and harder to come by than snow & sleet. Certainly might seem dumb at first, but it really goes a long way in better understanding winter storms like this one

 

[WxGSO]

Light glaze here 31/30

 

[LukeBarrette]

Still sleet/freezing rain in Roanoke at 31/25 smh. It’s accumulating as well.

 

[Downeastnc]

Actually yeah it would, certainly some potential for isolated supercells &/or tornadoes on the Outer Banks

Might get 60-65 here for a bit before we crash back into the low 40's, so we will go from the current 40ish all the way to 60ish then back to 40ish in the next 10 hrs or so....