snowc
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EDIT: We got snow! 3 inch!
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snowc
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Photos of snow in our area are above.
Needs work, weird they are trying to erase the dry slot.
rburrel2
Member
im right down the road from you and have followed every winter storm for 30 years and still waiting on my first 6+”. 7 years ain’t bad!
LongRanger
Member
Y'all can have this crap, I'll take Spring Any day.
have you considered a different hobby
rburrel2
Member
Never. I was telling my wife, one day when I do get a big one, it will be bitter sweet and I’ll probably cry in joy and sadness.
It’s my white whale, and when it’s over, what’s left? Lol
This 30 year build up is going to make it epic when it happens though!
Dry slot is 100 years old
This guy just gets it
JP152
Member
Blacksburg ended up getting more than Raleigh...lol
packfan98
Moderator
2"...grass is covered. A fairly miserable event with 8-12" pretty much surrounding Wake County to Charlotte and the Triad and of course just east of here. This was a once in a 20 year event for the state of NC and we precip min'd...again.
I said this a couple of days ago...Raleigh never jackpots but we seem to always scrape together an inch or two.
How much did you finish with?
buckinbronco
Member
It is funny how bummed you can feel when you’re the one who misses out on a storm in the south. I am sure northerners would find it comical lol.
me after yesterday..where do we go from
here?
here?
packfan98
Moderator
I’m glad you weren’t totally blanked. We finished up with over a foot. The most I’ve ever had in my backyard. Never imagined that would happen.
buckinbronco
Member
Get back in the saddle and hunt the next one partner. There are no days off.
So you are at 15-16" on the season?
Raleigh has had 15" of snow the past 7 years cumulative and that includes through yesterday. To be honest...that's not bad. 2" avg is probably the best we looking at for Raleigh.
Just a historic event for those locations...and this just through midnight. Not sure how much it snowed after midnight at those locations.
Per NWS GSO had 10.8" of snow with just 0.42" of precip...24:1.
This is NWS for CLT...just over 22:1
Per NWS GSO had 10.8" of snow with just 0.42" of precip...24:1.
This is NWS for CLT...just over 22:1
Map seems inflated
packfan98
Moderator
Something like that. I just know we broke the longest streak on record between 4” snowfalls going back to the 2018 storm.
Two winter storm warnings and two smaller advisory events is my criteria for a good winter and we hit that. I’m good for a while.
we’re due so much snow that the ol “we’re gonna pay for that one later” doesn’t really even apply
bring me more snow
bring me more snow
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It is a little gutting knowing the antecedent conditions and surface temperatures were probably as good as we’re ever going to see around here for a winter storm and there was plenty of moisture with double digit snowfalls within a hundred miles on both sides. I’m sure another double digit snowfall will happen again here, but it would’ve been nice to get it in these conditions as opposed to a 32-degree slop storm.
For a city with a climo snowfall of around 5-6", we should be able to hit 10" at least once every 3-5 years. It happened on average once every 3 years until 2004. Little Rock Arkansas, for comparison, averages even less than Raleigh but has had 10" or more 5 times in the last 15 years. RDU hasn't cracked 10" over a full winter in 22 years.
It just sucks to see a big dog wasted on a dry slot. A 2-3" event wouldn't be at all bad on its own, but when areas to the west and east got over a foot it really stings.
Drizzle Snizzle
Member
It sure is looking warm here in Georgia for the 2nd week of February. Maybe even 70 in some areas ?
We still got that streak going...but it's your 2nd 12"+ event in 8 winters. You guys suffer but then dang you blow it out of the water.
RDU hasn't had a 8" event in 20+ years. CLT has had 3 8"+ events, 2 12"+ since 2004 and RDU over that time...none.
And let's face it....yesterday could have been it and we blew it. Those patterns/setups only come around once a decade+.
We blew it...that was a perfect pattern....perfect setup and we absolutely blew it.
CLT has had 3 8" event since 2004...2 12" events and over that time....RDU has had none.
I'd argue there's been no part of the state that has had it worse than SE Wake. Fortunately I was able to get about 6-7" from this storm but it was slushy since it changed over to rain later. Yikes that cutoff with this one was brutal
Snowflowxxl
Member
I need warm temps ASAP
Drizzle Snizzle
Member
43 years and counting since Atlanta Airport recorded a 6" snowstorm.
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packfan98
Moderator
2018 was 8” here. Being south of I-85 sucks. We usually get 75% of what Greensboro records at the airport. On the other extreme was the Carolina Crusher where I lived in Thomasville. Got 9” while the county to the south got 2 feet. Moral of the story is that it’s hard to be in the jackpot zone because it moves around for every storm. Part of what makes things interesting in tracking.
Snowflowxxl
Member
Yea I always laugh when other areas talk about getting screwed.
Agreed. Its not like we haven't had big dogs around just not a single one here. Maybe it's some kind of balancing from 00 but at some point the bank account runs out and we are there
packfan98
Moderator
The data is surprising sometimes. I just saw where the 10.3” was Greensboro’s 6th snowiest day ever. Only recorded a foot on 3 occasions.
Id just like to be the winner in a snow event once even if it's just a 1-3 it has to be a good feeling
January 10-11, 2011 was another one...a legendary Southern Slider for most of the region. Just a sad hour of flurries and then some freezing drizzle for Raleigh.
There's a part of Guilford County, the part where I grew up and my parents live, that hasn't recorded a foot of snow since 1969, for example. My parents supposedly measured 11" in the driveway yesterday, so I wonder if they could have gotten a foot on grassy surfaces. Their driveway is more or less fully shaded this time of year, though, and the temperatures were very cold, so the driveway measurement may have not had any melting like it usually would've.
