Latest HRRR is similar to previous runs, but these models are mostly sticking to this idea of some sort of freezing rain squall line coming through at least western North Carolina tomorrow evening. It looks weird and not right. Would be interesting to see if it verifies.
This freezing rain squall line that has become kind of model consensus is really weird looking, if it verifies, it will be high rates at least which is actually better with ice than just the drizzle
It is currently 41° in Winston-Salem and as warm as it’s gonna be for at least a week. Enjoy these last few hours of the 40s if you live in the Triad because you’re not gonna see them again for a while
WFMY 2 in house model has a very brief period of snow for the Triad with around a 6 PM onset and then changeover to freezing rain at 7 AM Sunday morning. Tim Buckley sounded very sober in his 8 o’clock update. Not a tone I’ve heard a lot from him. Definitely sobers me up too thinking about the storm.
Feels like not so much the calm before the storm but the deep breath before the storm because I’m old enough to remember 2002 pretty well and it sucked. And I think that’s the best analog here. I also think some posters here have not emotionally recovered from the rug pull this week lol
I’m in Winston-Salem. I fully expect to never make it above freezing even though Raleigh might briefly and that the sleet will hold on longer than most people are forecasting. Although I do think WFMY 2 probably has a good handle on it
Just getting ready for the storm just went grocery shopping at this late hour which is objectively one of my dumber ideas. Euro pretty much in line with a lot of the other guidance at this point. There seems to be consensus for the most part. It’s just about time.
A lot of uncertainty still. I have the highest respect as a hobby person for meteorology, and the people trying to forecast this. This region this time of year is just level 10 out of 10 difficulty.
The public backlash to this, whether it’s deserved or not, would be to borrow a word that the social media click chasing hype people have ruined forever: EPIC