Wintry Jan 15-16 Winter Storm Discussion & Obs

[NCSNOW]

Sleet still ripping. Wind starting to roar up as well. Blowing horizontal now

 

[LukeBarrette]

Another 2 to 3 hours of snow before sleet line

 

[campamy]

Staying all snow for awhile now. Deck is white and the grass is turning white!

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Light accumulations again

 

[superjames1992]

About an 1" of snow/sleet here. Just a wee bit of freezing rain so far.

Temp is 30.2 and slowly creeping up

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I guess we’re going to escape with minimal icing at this point given surface temps are creeping up close to freezing and the IP continues. Might changeover for a little bit, but no way we’re getting 0.2”+ like forecasted.

 

[Ward Cleaver]

Now that’s a pile of sleet. ?

 

[cd2play]

Nashville FINALLY changed over just prior to 11:00 AM. It's been ripping since!

 

[nbellenburg]

Simpsonville has transitioned back to pretty much all snow with some very fat flakes mixed in. We were all sleet for about 4 hours. Very little ZR. Maybe a glaze at best. ZR forecast here was way overdone.

 

[J.C.]

Heaviest snow of the day so far, 32.2F/32.2

 

[NEGaweather]

About 7 inches in commerce and more to come!


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[NickyBGuarantee]

We’re in premature birth phase of an icing event .. also probably 1.5 snow/sleet accumulation here in Apex NC after it’s compacted down to 1 inch

 

[packfan98]

Wow! It’s straight pouring rocks outside. Super windy too.

 

[superjames1992]

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Now that’s a pile of sleet. ?

One of my favorite parts of sleet is how it comes off the roof and makes those huge piles. Haha. I remember we got some 3’ piles of sleet back in a storm back in the early 2000s back in GSO where three sections of roof slanted down into a single crevice by the garage. Crazy stuff! Noticing a bit here now as well!

 

[Parker]

13 inches now. 20 inch drifts

 

[Oconeexman]

Measured on truck hood have 4' solid now and coming down steady

 

[VegasEagle]

Example of how crazy this system is

 

[Weatherlover92]

A quick pic from outside my bedroom window. It’s patchy and slushy like this on the grass/roofs. It’s tapering off again to a lighter snow.

 

[Snow_chaser]

It's happening right over my head at the moment

This is amazing, some of the heaviest rates of the event. Visibility dropping

 

[Stephenb888]

I’m happy.

 

[Jlaw0097]

1PM Update
27.3°F
Extreme SW Mitchell County, NC
Mainly sleet for the last 2-3 hours…looks like we’ve picked up 6-8 inches of snow

 

[FallsLake]

I guess we’re going to escape with minimal icing at this point given surface temps are creeping up close to freezing and the IP continues. Might changeover for a little bit, but no way we’re getting 0.2”+ like forecasted.

I'm getting freezing rain now, but even here it shouldn't be too bad:

 

[NCSNOW]

Wheres weathernc or Mcdowell obs?

 

[griteater]

2.75 inches of snow and sleet. No freezing rain. Near Cowans Ford Dam. Lake Norman

 

[Iceagewhereartthou]

Heavy snow!

 

[Weatherheels]

Raging sleet storm taking place. Around 3” snow/sleet on the ground. Wind has been gusty all morning, seem to be picking up some steam now. Still hovering around 22 degrees. Guilford/Forsyth county line.

 

[BullCityWx]

I’m honestly surprised how long sleet has held on here.

 

[Wild Weather Monger]

Best band in a couple of hours is overhead now. Really needed this to fight off ole Sol for the next couple of hours.

 

[Deleted member 609]

I’m honestly surprised how long sleet has held on here.

I'm still getting sleet mixing in down here.

 

[drfranklin]

precip has changed to snow on I85 corridor in Upstate SC - light to mod snow here

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Trying to flip back to all snow here

 

[BullCityWx]

HRRR still has half an inch of ZR in Orange and NW Durham

 

[Bannerdude]

Last 30-45 minutes of below freezing precip will be freezing rain, sleet is no more

 

[RBR71]

Transferring energy to coastal and it's about to go boom, look at the cooling cloud top streaks along SC coast

 

[MichaelJ]

currently moderate sleet, winds up to 25mph and 22.4/16.8 wind chill of -3

 

[NCSNOW]

I’m honestly surprised how long sleet has held on here.

Ditto. It hammered to.
Noticed we get snow sounding back around 6 to 630. Future radar shows a nice little band around 830 to 930. Mtns have a big backside band at this time. Be a great way to cap off with a half inch to inch. We have had to had over 2 inches of sleet heading toward 3. This on the inch of snowfall.

 

[RBR71]

32.4 temp slowly rising but all frozen over here now obviously, looks like about .1-.15 of ice accrual. Pressure dropping too and winds should start to crank in a few hours

 

[iGRXY]

Light freezing rain here but you with 850’s crashing and under freezing this is due to no moisture yet in the DGZ but snow reports back in Greenville tells me that’s changing quickly. Honestly looks like some snow trying to mix with it but it’s too hard to tell yet.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Flake size finally increasing! Dropping quarters now and accumulating much faster

 

[dawg]

Pretty heavy snow sticking here

 

[superjames1992]

Last 30-45 minutes of below freezing precip will be freezing rain, sleet is no more

What part of Durham are you in? I’m in the SW part near 40 off 15-501 like a mile from the Orange County line and haven’t noticed any ZR yet.