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Aaaaaand it’s gone...

22 minutes ago, btownheel said:

Question for the board as a longtime reader but still novice.  Is a Tempest the best bet for a home WX station?

I’m a fan.  I’ve had one since late December.  Like all stations, it has its pros and cons.  For example, the haptic rain sensor will not be accurate with a layer of ice on top, but that’s to be expected.  It’s easy to set up, otherwise accurate, and gets more accurate the longer you own it.

I’m gonna change my profile location to International Fails, NC.

It’s 32.7 right now.   Very little ice has melted.

56 minutes ago, Avdave said:

We will get our snow this year, Mark it on your calendars, Fen 29-30 2021 we will have our snowstorm 

Let me guess.  You’re moving to Amarillo before the end of the month.  

2 minutes ago, hickory said:

I understand what everybody is saying, but Raleigh is still saying a second wave is coming later today and could be .15-.25 additional accumulation. I still think it’s to early to call a bust for the border counties. They posted the latest graphics on Facebook. I hope it’s a bust, but still should proceed with caution in some areas.

I’m at 32.2 with no obvious melting...yet.  Tim Buckley thinks that if minimal melting occurs and we get a slight additional glazing tonight, it could mean outage trouble.  There’s no way I’m getting much more than I already have, but I think you’re right.  Duke isn’t sending linemen home anytime soon.

8 minutes ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

I do feel a March snowstorm is coming for most here 

The first rule of the Southeastern Snow Club is to never talk about southeastern snow.

This is my current forecast from RAH.  It’s in major need of revision.

Friday, February 26 looks incredible on the 12z GFS.

And it pisses me off to no end that it really won’t happen.

2 minutes ago, kc4wsd said:

Currently: 32.6/31.8 with 0.52 in the bucket
KSIF reporting 32/31 OVC 700
KMTV reporting 32/32 OVC 700@Tullioz you must be cooler than me because you're farther north. LOL!
Actually, my station is covered in ice . . . maybe it's insulated.

I’m still at 31.8 for some reason.  Very light rain.  Absolutely no wind.

1 minute ago, Tullioz said:

Yeah, I was expecting winds in the 15 to 25mph range by now.  I did have a gust of 6mph around 10am and currently the winds are gusting to around 3mph.  Lol

It's about as close as you can get to dead calm outside at the moment.

Of course, I’m not complaining about lack out outages, but it’s astonishing just how inaccurate short term forecasts seem to be lately.  Can’t even get wind estimates anywhere close.

Only weather models and baseball players can get away with such low success percentages.

3 minutes ago, PackGrad05 said:

We've had plenty of wind here in Wake.  Gusty for sure this morning.  

I’m at 2 mph from the east.  Not what was forecasted.

Where’s the wind that was forecasted?  There’s enough wet soil and ice on trees to cause problems unless winds stay calm.

31.5 with light rain here.  Plenty of ice on the trees, but I’m beginning to think that last weekend helped cull the weakest limbs.  Not a single flicker of power.

1 minute ago, btownheel said:

Y'all Triad folks posting here need to get your grid game squared away like us here in Alamance  

What’s Forsyth doing?  Chopping down power poles for firewood?

1 hour ago, lilj4425 said:

Send me to Texas.

Abilene, Abilene

Snowiest town I’ve ever seen

The weather models don’t treat you mean

In Abilene, my Abilene

Last weekend’s storm was poopooed by RAH for the most part and some ended up not having power for days.  Today’s event had watches and warnings well in advance and it’s looking to be a ho-hum nuisance event.  It’s the weather.  None of us know what we’re doing.  

The Wichita lineman is heading back to Kansas.

30.7 currently with light freezing rain.  Ice on vegetation, but trees don’t look too stressed.

The ice storm thread currently...

Waking up to 30.2 outside.

Lest we forget, the Triad is expected to have up to 25 mph gusts in the morning and through tomorrow afternoon.  So the damage effect of 0.25” of ice with those winds is about the same as 0.50” of ice with calm winds.

We’re turning our backs to the supposedly dead villain when he could easily pop up and attack again.

IMBY, the HRRR indicates that once the cold are gets in here around 5:00 AM, it stays below freezing through late Thursday afternoon.  Dumps at least 0.60” of QPF during that time.  Unless things change, the north half of the Triad and southern Virginia aren’t out of the woods just yet.

1 minute ago, gritsnc said:

So will the rain lower temps at all? Or is that cold air from the north still supposed to push down? Wondering if I can dump all of this water out that I've put in jugs all over the place (we are on a well so when we lose power, we lose water). 

I wouldn’t dump them just yet.  We will get some ice overnight and in the morning.  Just not apocalyptic ice.

My temp is being stubborn.  RAH forecast had me at 33 by now.