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It's hard to believe we could see freezing rain with temps in the mid teens

I know it, I was watching how cold it was getting around 5k FT and thought maybe it would be delayed. Makes me worry about freezing rain.

Just changed over, all sleet.

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KVANEWPO63 You'll notice another station about 2 miles from this one with very similar readings. Now down to 3F on mountain lake

The good news- Dry powdery snow will not allow sleet to pile up on electric lines and trees.

Weather station just north of me, at 4500' dropped about 6 degrees in the last hour. They currently sit at 4 F.

13.9 F- temperature still dropping. Moderate snow

Darker greens over me now, Slightly bigger flakes, some penny sized. I see some yellow radar signals popping up to my West, waiting for those to cross.

Been watching it, I'll update when I see it.

Got it! This was around 5:15

I mean to post a picture

Did you have to modify your picture? It keeps telling me the file is to big

15.1 F Really Snowing now.

Given the above, still think sleet will be the predominant precip type for a while on Sunday, but some guidance now indicating an earlier transition to freezing rain, especially across the VA/NC border and south. With the higher confidence of more freezing rain, have kept ice amounts to 0.4" to 0.75" for most of North Carolina and southern/SW Virginia, with localized higher amounts along the crest of the Blue Ridge. This is a significant amount of ice... downed trees and power lines, resulting in extended power outages are now becoming more likely. Since sleet typically has a liquid equivalent ratio of roughly (2- 1/3-1), we could potentially see additional sleet totals on top of any snow that falls early on in the event. The snow that does fall into this extremely cold and dry airmass will be very fluffy and light, while the sleet that falls on top, combined with freezing rain, will lead to a heavy crust on top of the previously fallen snow.

Is there a calculator online to determine evaporational cooling? Being 15.5F with a RH of 81% would the temps still drop?

15.2 degrees Moderate snow falling

Really hammering outside. 17.2 F

Another band of moderate snow just passed, slowing down now. Temps falling Down to 16 now IMBY

For those in northern NC and SWVA 5k ft https://econet.climate.ncsu.edu/m/?id=GRANDFATHR 4k ft https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KVANEWPO63 5k ft https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=df805c8d2406a8585d5a7100e5d3de62 Use these to see the warm nose moving in

Snowing a pretty good clip here. 18 degrees and falling

It's a monopoly on public infrastructure. They control waterways, politicians and make money hand over first. There is nothing safer than an investment in utilities and their dividends.Power companies often charge too much because most customers have little to no choice in who provides their electricity, giving these companies monopoly power with limited competition. Rates continue to rise faster than wages, even though service reliability and customer support do not always improve at the same rate. At the same time, power companies frequently report strong profits and high executive pay. The lack of transparency in how rates are set ? If you were on the up and up you wouldn't need to hide charges like a credit card company. Not a knock on you, I have several friends who are linemen and I appreciate them, these companies are a business and legally their CEOs are required to make these companies as profitable as they can and profitability always trumps affordability for families. Sorry guys, I know this is a storm thread. I'll make this my last post on the issue.

Steady snow here, 19 degrees. Looking at temps above 4000' sudden drop on temps of about 4 degrees

Other than skyrocketing for no reason lol!

You're about 4 degrees colder than me, don't see that very often.