Wintry Potential Dec 13-14 Ice Threat

[Webberweather53]

NWS ice accumulation forecast alongside the Sperry-plitz ice accumulation (SPIA) index shows some areas around Wilkes County potentially receiving 0.25-0.33" of ice accumulation. Thankfully, the winds are pretty light or else this would be a much bigger deal.

 

[BIG FROSTY]

Yikes, you're already below freezing before any precip has moved in.

Still dropping, 30.3/23 WB= 27.8

 

[Nomanslandva]

Higher elevations around me are still colder so I guess the wedge is pretty deep. That being said, models seem to be warming slightly. I still don't see the wedge braking so fast here...it never does.

 

[BirdManDoomW]

Hoping sleet/flakes that NWS is calling for slashes the ZR totals down. But then I feel like that might just trap the cold air even longer than the 3pm Friday cutoff time for the advisory.

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Silver lining. It’s not even a cold rain. 40 degrees. Just ran across the farm to dump the trash with basketball shorts on

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Likely IP in there with those blue/green colors

 

[drfranklin]

38.3/29

 

[Blue_Ridge_Escarpment]

0Z RGEM is very enthused

 

[Ollie Williams]

A couple snow reports around the NC SC border

 

[Myfrotho704_]

A couple snow reports around the NC SC borderView attachment 27922

Yep another one, early arrival of precip is likely helping

 

[smast16]

Now down to 28 /18. Wind has gone calm. I think I'm primed for a little sparkle in the trees.

Waa waa. Up to 33 / 20.

 

[Webberweather53]

Waa waa. Up to 33 / 20.

The rise in temps you're observing is likely attributable to cloud cover and not WAA. Many locations warmed up 3-4F once the clouds came in and reduced radiational cooling. At night clouds retain longwave, outgoing IR >>> temp rises.

 

[BIG FROSTY]

The rise in temps you're observing is likely attributable to cloud cover and not WAA. Many locations warmed up 3-4F once the clouds came in and reduced radiational cooling. At night clouds retain longwave, outgoing IR >>> temp rises.

Yup, my temp is beginning to rise also! 30.9/24 atm

 

[Lowtown]

Would sleet help to strengthen the wedge?

 

[Rainforrest]

32 light rain

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Can tell where IP is falling, maybe even some wet snow, but mostly IP/RN

 

[drfranklin]

36.5/light rain (not expecting anything here, just reporting for those to the north/northeast)

 

[Lowtown]

The latest surface pressures out of NC can’t be right, right?

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Graupel falling

 

[Myfrotho704_]

and it’s done, but it came down nicely for a minute, I count that as a win