Well we learned this on the same day. I was looking at the Euro 12z earlier and by 6z is showed .65" of zr at MGJ and the temp was 31. I then looked at the max and min temp for the six hours leadup up to 6z which was 38 and 31. It just didn't add up that it would be that much freezing rain over those six hours with that range in temps.
I know that @Juliancolton mentioned this in the main thread yesterday but people have to stop looking at Freezing Rain qpf maps and thinking that's how much ice will accrete on trees and power lines. NWS Upton even has this stated on their Ice Accumulation map but I don't think people even read it: https://www.weather.gov/okx/winter I am definitely hoping for the under on zr but people have to realize that 1" of zr on a qpf map roughly translates into .39 of ice on trees and power lines (rooting for the under). There are many variables but you get the drift.
That's a good question. I would think once completely frozen they wouldn't cause it to be warmer there. Hopefully someone smart here can chime in on this.
Not gonna lie, I was surprised too when I read it but then checked out the WeatherLink map and saw just how cold it was in that neck of the woods. Impressive.
Thanks to @wdrag I make a point to refer to these now. Clearly the Walden site has an issue with the precipitation as they must’ve had more than that but here you go, precipitation and snowfall from Friday morning through this morning.