eyewall

Seems like the ice storm busted for most due to sleet.

It looks like sleet saved a lot of people from a major ice event in the Piedmont.

33 minutes ago, TARHEELPROGRAMMER88 said:

You know that it will either be a small event or nothing at all. Since moving to the Raleigh area I haven't seen over 2 inches of snow. That is 3 years so far. 

It is very hard to get a significant event here that is for sure. A 6 inch+ event happens probably a couple of times a decade at best.

16 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Above freezing now, 32.9. Finished with a coating of snow and sleet and at 0.25” of ice, maybe a hair more

Yeah that makes sense. Somewhere around 0.2 to 0.25 across the city. Is melting out now. We came close to losing power here.

From the ground:
 

Probably changing to plain rain now but this was Raleigh on a risky drone flight with wind gusts pushing it hard:
 

1 minute ago, StantonParkHoya said:

You must be downtown. We’re still sleeting in North Raleigh. Has limited the accrual.

yeah very close to downtown

Raleigh just after noon

Icing up solidly here now

14 minutes ago, CaryWx said:

Really?  In Wake county?  Not according to radar.  zr still east of I95

ZR mostly with a little sleet mixed in here in Raleigh itself.

They are upping projected winds in the NC Piedmont because of obs farther upstream. Maybe some 50 mph gusts later.

The scene this morning lol. We will rebuild! #RaleighStrong

Sleet/ZR in Raleigh itself 

I am not getting my hopes up until this gets closer after how the last couple of chances have gone LOL.

All sleet now. We are following the typical Raleigh model. A few flakes at first and now all sleet. We will see a brief period of ZR then rain and 38 this afternoon.

For those wondering, the ratio for sleet is about 4:1 I believe .

Mostly sleet with a little snow mixed in the Banana Belt aka Raleigh

12 hours ago, buckeyefan1 said:

Didn't some of you nc peeps see about 3" of snow 10 days ago? Yes, I know it melted quickly, but there is no denying it fell from the sky

You had to go to the VA border counties for that.

7 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Did the Euro just give us the greatest board-wide win run in history?

Congrats Boone and Virginia!

December 2002 is a reasonable comparison although that ended up a blizzard where I was at the time in the NYC Metro. They won't see much this go around.

9 hours ago, JoshM said:

Miller time? You probably don’t even want to hear the word miller

In Raleigh its Old Tuffy!

1 minute ago, kvegas-wx said:

LOL!!  Once again I think you stole this post from 2020,2019,2018,2017......

Do you have this saved as a favorite or something?  I almost feel sorry for you over there in the screw zone.  (Almost)  

We got a good one in December 2018

I just officially checked out of this event. Not sure when there will be another chance if there is at all. The wait is always the hardest part after a brutal blow like this.

NWS RAH seems to feel it will effectively be a non event for Raleigh itself. Around 0.1 inches and a inch or so of snow then rain. That seems the most reasonable as model output on ZR is almost always overdone. Enjoy the storm for those out west. Imma head out for now.

4 minutes ago, NC DataDude said:

So.. Seeing .44 ice in JoCo land (I-95 central NC)..  Are there any calculations on how quickly snow/sleet/ice buildup is removed/melted due to regular cold rain after the surface temps rise above freezing?  

Sleet typically endures longer than snow if there is a lot of it.