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They can drop the box; that sleet will go further. They were adamant sleet would come after a lot of snow. Now they are seeing what a bunch of amateurs predicted a day ago. Look for 5-6 inches of mostly sleet. Nasty, but no reason to buy all the milk at Costco. At least we had a break from the daily news crisis.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see some stay in the 30s today .

I guess with this storm dumping sleet and freezing rain all over the country, it's just decided that it's going to do the same thing here. Fun times.

From storm of the century in the media to 6-8… so when do we all end with a March 2017 situation….im never comfortable when sleet is on the table.

If it were falling on something already covered in snow, yes....the crystalline structure of the individual snowflakes changes the surface of the aforementioned curved object (branches, powerlines)...crystals have many edges and sharp angles that grab and hold, which is why they can stick to a curved surface Plus the cohesive and adhesive forces of water come into play, especially when the snow is slightly wet. Adhesive forces are what allow water molecules to stick to an object, and vice-versa; cohesion allows water molecules to stick to other water molecules With this in mind, sleet would definitely stick best to wet snow on branches or power lines

Keep in mind, these maps include sleet. It may start as brief snow, but predominant p-type in NC will likely be sleet.

also now one 2 models show it snowing in north md and south pa till like early afternoon mon a lot longer then before

That's absurd. Computer generated is fine but every 10 minutes? Gonna confuse people.

shhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeb....what did you do????

Looks to be ahead of schedule by a bit. Temps are cooler for the forum as well it seems. .

I had someone ask me on FB when a realistic forecast would be posted? Responded "the day after it ends." Dissecting a model run is not forecasting. Maybe it is, with some better at it in accessing and describing. It's always been the lead time and not the event itself especially being afar.

FWIW LWX is also predicted a not-insignificant amount of ice accretion for the metros-SE

That area is in big trouble, could be devastating

Ice Storm Warning for NE Ga!

At least the closer to game time you get, the smaller the jumps will be. 36 hours out the you’re usually locked in on a likely solution give or take

Which means the delta between the two is how much they expect from 00z - 12z Monday.

When you guys have seen 18 and I’ve seen 5, that fired not EVER even out. There is nothing to wait for. It’s bad now, and will be bad For the Rest of tony unless all of you leave for 5 winters in a row and then come back.

Well said. When I worked at Naval Research and Development (DTNSRDC) in Carderock, Md. we had heavy duty computer power (4 Control Data Corp. mainframes plus one from Burroughs Corp.) The "software people" were the systems analysts who maintained the computers while the actual users (the "programmers,") were scientists and engineers who used FORTRAN's powerful mathematics simply as a tool of their trade.

Like I said, the “Expected Total: Official NWS Forecast” map is 100% computer generated. I think it runs every 10 min, iirc it was :02, :12 up in NWS BOX.

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 3 and 8 inches and ice accumulations between two tenths and four tenths of an inch. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Virginia and southeast and southern West Virginia. * WHEN...From 7 AM Saturday to 7 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice. Travel could be nearly impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.

Two different maps, one through 7pm Sunday and one through 7am Monday

Their meteorologists are probably exhausted, too. Or, someone may have hacked into the computers there and are about to change the forecast to five feet of snow for the entire sub.......

For sure the 00z suite was a small win, but people are really searching for a huge shift south to recover all our losses. It’s like gambling to cover loses.

We never hope to dry slot