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That should put me firmly above 75” of digital snow from the GFS this season. Solid win for sure
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I will say, at least we busted with an ice storm. Some in the Mid Atlantic were expecting 5-8+ from this and got nothing but a coating of sleet and glaze. This forum would be in an absolute meltdown- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
My trees are still ice coated at the top but the melt line has risen about halfway up. Interesting to watch- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
HRRR is the most aggressive but to your point that would be significant icing if true- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
It was a major threat! Haha. Inches of digital ice- 970 replies
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Back to hr 200 winter storms
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
For what it’s worth, models for the most part trended yesterday to what actually happened. Yea, they wayyyy overdid it in days leading up but it’s not like those extreme ice totals held up before go time- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Yea, this is going to end up as a major bust for the warning areas. Some may reach 0.25 but nowhere near the 0.50+” predicted- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Still some icing in trees but looks like it’s above the ground. Temp up to 32.2 from a low of 31.4- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Definitely is. We’ve been just far enough East to catch this broken band all morning. I’m well over a half inch qpf since midnight. Obviously our temps are borderline here but we probably have 0.10 glaze now imby. I’d think wake forest/rolesvilla/Louisburg would have a pretty thick coating if we’re getting it just north of Raleigh. Our temps are rising now so we’re probably about done- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
https://postimg.cc/WD9bxr1L Starting to get some sagginess to the trees here.- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Yep. Upstream shows that mid levels were indeed even warmer than expected. However, temps at the surface have not been the issue. If anything, we (Raleigh) are running a bit below what the models had for us. We’ve been fluctuating between 31.4-31.6 here for a while and have a solid glaze. I think if more precip was involved this would have verified. Funny we were all worried about temps busting but looks like it was precip- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I have an office job with Duke energy and only occasionally get called in for storm duty, but I’ve been on call since 5pm yesterday and know we brought crews up from Florida for this event. Over preparation beats being surprised, but yea, could be a lot of wasted man hours and time on this one- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Looking like a significant forecast bust for the triad. I’m not seeing the moisture that was supposed to be there. Good for people who like power- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Actually colder here than I thought we’d get. We’ve dropped to 31.4 with light freezing rain and a pretty good glaze now- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Might not be temps that save the triad, but a complete lack of qpf- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Nice glaze forming now. Temp has dropped and rates have lightened so we’re getting better accumulation. Not expecting much but it is pretty- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
We have a light glaze on everything elevated now that I can see. Temp 31.7 DP 30.9- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
We have dipped to freezing here as I wake up. Actually sounds like some sleet banging on the window. 31.9/31. Not sure if there’s a glaze yet or not- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
NE wind has really picked up. Stepped outside for dinner and it had that “storms a coming” feel to it- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
If we had a stronger HP this would include a lot more of us tomorrow. Those single digit readings in Pennsylvania...- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I know it’s noise at this point, but the 18z gfs was fairly significantly warmer than 12z- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Clouds have moved into the Raleigh area. Any potential for radiational cooling is gone. Temp 44, DP 25. Not looking like the immediate Raleigh area is at risk for exceeding ice expectations. Usually need that DP in the teens to around 20 to get it done here- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
This has been the fly in the ointment for this forecast for DAYS. It’s inexplicably warm for a LP track such as this. The 2002 event had +5 850’s and some models, as you pointed out, are predicting nearly double that, an absolute mid level torch! My thoughts are they are overdone somehow. Will be interesting to see how the mid levels actually play out through tomorrow, I have a gut feeling it’s overdone and models are too warm based on the warm 850’s, but we will see. As you said, uncharted territory- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
While an interesting note, the air this system will be working with here has absolutely no connection to the cold air that settled west of the apps. I’d be looking north of here for temp/dew point trends vs model outputs in terms of verification of our winter event- 970 replies
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