Been a historical weather year here the past 12 months. 105+ inches of rain, over 15 inches of snow this winter, and 3 ice storms. Oh it’s just January.
Oh yeah snow is out of the question IMO besides at the onset. This is shaping up to be a bad ice storm and the public knows nothing about it. For whatever reason, TV Mets don’t honk the horn as loud for ice when in reality this is worse than 10 inches of snow as far as impacts go.
The NAM actually has a dry bias now since the “upgrade”. RGEM and CMC are showing heavier amounts and now GFS and Euro appear to be playing catch-up. If temps hold, its lights out in WNC, northern upstate of SC, and Ne GA.
The NAM hasn’t been the big 3x qpf overdone model that it use to be since it’s update. In fact, since the update it’s been on the drier side of verification.
Significant ice event setting up just east of the mountains. Good luck with everyone keeping the lights on. Much rather have 6 inches of snow than .50 inch of ice.
This is a CAD event, so wouldn’t the areas just to the east of the mountains do better than the actual mountains with the cold air funneling down the eastern spine?