sleet pellets mixing back in, as well as what appears to be rain. Oi. I sense a bad trend coming. Right after some big flakes were returning and looking like they wanted to stick. Temps finally cooperating down here, guess not up above.
Allan Huffman on twitter just showed a map that looks like a thunderstorm could cause a gap in precipitation for a solid chunk of the NC piedmont tonight. What does that mean? Seems like the 18z NAM has it too? Not a met, so not sure how that works. Interesting, albeit sad phenomenon if it were to happen today.
I love seeing these deep south places finally getting their long-overdue big snows!
But the jerk in me is frustrated that year after year RDU is out of it, only to come so tantalizingly close. It's early in the season though, and thankfully this isn't life and death!
NWS Raleigh: "555 am... Regional radar & observations show snow across many locations in the Southeast including those that typically do not receive snow such as coastal TX, LA, MS and AL. Anomalous weather upstream often precedes unusual weather here. Stay alert!"
Yeah, unfortunately these models have kept the cold air to the west, but what else is new? It was always a long shot, but I just hope to see flakes in the air with no rain at some point in the next 36 hours purely for the visual!
I'm all for these "trends," let's hope! Words from Fishel:
"Window of opportunity between 7am and 5pm tomorrow in Triangle area where intensity driven changeover to snow is possible. All rain tomorrow night as temps are above freezing and almost isothermal from the ground to 10,000 ft! Precip may end as light snow Saturday."