FlashFreeze

 storm total - 19’ snow, there was a mix to sleet yesterday morning that accumulated about 0.25’ after the first 10 inches of snow fell, 30° with wind out of the north @ 2 PM, looks like snow OTG when I get up there next week, I hope there’s another snowstorm when I’m up there

It’s a bone chilling 53° with a 20 mile an hour west wind down here in Murrells Inlet SC, we had frost this morning, much talk about the harsh weather we’re having, lol

23° and moderate snow in Barkhamsted,

2” so far,

60° with a lot of offshore lightning here in MurrellsInlet SC, wind is quickly picking up, Gale warning in effect

Switching over to snow now

32° rain mixing with sleet

wind has become very strong in the last 20 minutes, consistently over 40 mph, I believe the gusts may be higher as my anemometer was inexpensive and has always seemed to be 8 to 10 mph low,  elevation here is 1150 feet 

 48° no rain, pretty breezy though, had a couple of gusts over 20 mph

 42° and light rain, had a little burst of sleet with a couple snowflakes mixed in a few minutes ago  

 33° the rain sleet mix has switched to all snow 

40° with light rain, when the presip intensifies it turns to large snowflakes

 30° and light snow

 still 100% coverage, getting thin though, prolly 3” - a couple decent thunderstorms last night ate a lot of the snow, any places without snow have quicksand 

I have never seen a basement in coastal Carolina and from what I’ve heard they are not commen in the south, a mobile home doesn’t stand a chance of a tornado, maybe a bathtub or closet would give you some protection but I doubt it in anything over an EF-1, a strong thunderstorm did considerable damage do mobile homes with hail and straight-line winds here last summer, very sad what happened in Alabama 

This was supposed to be be showers down here, Definitely more than advertised down here in coastal Carolina, Thunderstorms started two hours ago and now it’s heavy rain, I really hope there’s still a good snowstorm or two left when I get up to CT Monday

I was in Barkhamstead the last two weeks of Oct through early Dec for a great fall and early winter and thought I might miss some big nor’easter’s and snow when I returned to Murrells Inlet SC before Christmas, I didn’t miss much although winter hasn’t been totally boring in Southern New England unless one wants a 2 foot snow pack from mid Dec until Saint Patrick’s day, boring is mid 40°s and scattered showers for weeks on end, any ideas about what mid March might be like when I get back? Maybe a late winter blizzard?

 I know it’s the New England forum but for what it’s worth outside of Richmond Virginia it looks like they’ve got a good 5-6 inches of snow on the ground, possibly a little more 

I’m solely an observer so I guess it’s safe to put my banter here, I got up here from South Carolina in the middle of October just in time to see the very warm fall disappear, went back and then returned after Veterans Day to experience the second coldest Nov I’ve seen as an adult, the coldest was Nov 89, the snowstorm before Thanksgiving was impressive and the cold weather after was more impressive, it was 13° this morning and never got over 25° this afternoon, I am returning to MurrellsInlet and I hope I don’t miss anything like I did last year when I went back after New Year’s, I did catch the biggest snowstorm the area had seen in over 35 years, 2 1/2 inches of cement in Murrells, from LittleRiver SC to south of Pawleys Island there was a dry slot otherwise there would’ve been more like the 7” inches recieved from Georgetown down to Charleston, it was very cold for a week after the storm and most of the area was shut down for about five days, of course there was an all out blizzard in Ct when the storm moved up the coast a day later, I missed the March blizzard too, I will be back in early Jan and hope to see the return of snow that is being talked about,

 I don’t remember hearing anything about snow tonight but we have .25” so far in Barkhamstead 

steady light snow in Goshen Ct,

ground covered

33° snow has picked up in intensity,  already a light dusting on grassy areas, roads are wet  

 34°  light snow started 20 minutes ago

 36° 0.5” of snow overnight 

32° mostly snow now, ENE wind, can hear sleet hitting the window during stronger gusts

32° snow sleet mix, starting to get a slushy accumulation on grass and remaining snow cover

 33° rain mixing with sleet and snow

10° now, Yesterdays high was 16°

low was 6° 

Ground still snow covered, about  1.5”

first time we’ve had snow cover for a week in November since I moved here in 07