Shaggy
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Measured just over 2 inches at 8am with melting occuring.
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Wintry Jan 27-28 Snow Potential Official Thread
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brendan123
Member
I got around 1.75 to 2 inches. Pretty similar to last February’s storm, but this storm delivered more snow than I expected and that one underperformed.
Got about an inch here, best I can tell.
LickWx
Member
Coverage here isn’t as good as I hoped for . Still got areas of grass not covered . Melting is definitely happening .
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
I saw you got 5” earlier, is that the max accumulation you had up there? Looks like you’re in the jackpot zone, haven’t seen any totals higher than that yet
You’re absolutely right, but even the official NWS forecast was 2”, which didn’t happen here at least, and the forecast for the storm a couple weeks ago was 1-2” and we got zilch. Looks like Raleigh and areas east did better, though, I got fringed on the west side, it seems. Unusual. Always coming up with new ways to fail.
Anyways, furious melting is happening now. I’ll be lucky if there’s any evidence left of this by nightfall, even in the shady spots.
Shaggy
Member
Yeah one area of my yard had some wetter areas and it's almost bare but then front yard that drains better is covered.
Shaggy
Member
Yeah, that’s what sucks about these rain to snow above freezing storms. The wet areas either never get covered or melt really quickly since the water never freezes since it’s above freezing. Also always hear lots of running water in the gutters while the snow falls since there’s continuous melting going on everywhere, which is unfortunate.
I don’t know what our max accumulation was. When I went to bed we probably had 0.5-0.75” and it was still snowing, though fairly lightly. Maybe we got up to an inch before it quit, though I kind of doubt it.
@metwannabe is always in the jackpot zone these days. Fab Feb 2020, he was, too. ?
BelmontWX79
Member
As you sip on coffee and see Hatteras has changed to snow and you got nothing! Proceeds to pour coffee out and open a beer!
Max I've seen but I sent my cousin a message to see if she took a measurement, about 3 miles north of me. Her snap below looked solid
I got less than last February's storm. I got an inch which is way less than what the wack job American models forecasted for MBY. And as always, the crazy HRRR way over did it, forecasting 4 inches for me, but I was expecting that to be the case. I certainly know what models to look at going forward. The RGEM and the UKMET was the closest for MBY. Actually, the National Blend of Models was spot on for me at an inch. That's probably what I will pay attention to the most from now on.
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znel52
Member
So do we count this as a win for the GFS? The totals might have been overblown but it seems to have been the model that was the most consistent showing this storm and a lot of the other models caved to it.
Downeastnc
Member
2-3" not bad but could have been better....need real cold....not just barely good enough cold.....
A hula skirt, but close!!
BelmontWX79
Member
Most definitely. I was the first to pick up on this and the new version seemed the most consistent. As far as overblown totals go thats a product of the limitations in the algorithms used to convert QPF into snow totals not the actual model itself.
Thor
Member
GFS showed the storm before others and consistently, if people believe 10:1 snow maps thats on them but the storm did happen. Rates probably about 5:1 to 7:1
Avalanche
Member
No accums here but it was nice!!!
Avalanche
Member
Yeah if we had cold air awaiting the storm, much better results.