Just can't get the driveway to fully cave. Don't think it's going to happen. Honestly disappointing. I thought the snow would come in like a wall with true blizzard conditions and roads would cave not long thereafter. Rates just aren't there to get it done.
It has picked back up a little here, but I wonder if that huge slug of moisture that came through this morning wasn't a little farther east than expected and we ended up with some of that being rain when some of it should have been snow.
Been all snow here for about 15 minutes. Almost instant stickage to everything except dirt and paved surfaces. Will be interesting to see if/when the paved surfaces cave. Not much wind, though. A little breezy at times, but certainly no big gusts or sustained winds.
Frustrating I can't get rid of the sleet. Seems like the models that showed the decent period of sleet were accurate. Hoping that this helps cool all the surfaces faster so the snow sticks almost immediately.
Unless it's a big storm with a lot of model consensus, like the 2016 storm had a week out, I think limiting snow maps to inside of 5 days makes sense. I don't know if there is anything that means less than the GEFS snow maps. Totally worthless.
Delay for what, though? Even in my shadiest, coldest spots, there was no ice accumulation on paved surfaces. If we are going to have a delay today, guess we should just start having a delay for any time it rains.
Woke up and was surprised Hoco has a delay. Paved surfaces are just wet, but the trees are encased in ice and the grass is crusty from I’m guessing some kind of sleet and freezing rain combo.
Temp has been steady at 30 for hours according to my weather app but no ice to speak of. Cars are just wet and even the trees don’t seem to have any glaze. I get the ground has been warm leading in but pretty surprised that 30 under darkness isn’t doing anything.
Seems like perhaps the difference between this event and the last ice event that failed and went way north is that there is actual CAD involved this time with high pressure locked in.