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31/30 Freezing rain 

Just drove from Kernersville to Greensboro and back to Kernersville (had to meet someone at the emergency vet). By time I got home my car was completely iced over in decent glaze.  

34/26 Rain 

38/18 sleet with a few flakes mixed in. 

36/19 

Light snow here at the Winston-Salem/Kernersville line. Temp 37. DP 25.

Light flurries on the Winston-Salem/Kernersville line! I don't know the temperature. I'm intoxicated. Snow party!

Light snow at my sisters house in Boiling Springs, SC and she also sent me a photo showing a very light dusting on her porch.

My sister just sent me video. Light snow and sleet in Boiling Springs, SC.

According to a friend in Yadkinville she had light flurries about 45 minutes ago. Radar still showing some over Wilkesboro.

It is currently sleeting in Boiling Springs, SC with a temperature of 45. I didn't believe my sister and niece until Chris Justus just posted about it on Facebook.

My mom texted me and said they are brining the roads here in town (Kernersville). I'm so confused. Maybe they are doing a test run for this winter?

Edit: No brine was put down. They were just doing practice runs I guess. 

6 hours ago, SharonA said:

Yes, and that twisting can result in huge spiral slashes in the trunks.

Those pines are super flexible, as the videos show.  The twisting and bending action when the upper growth catches the winds can cause spiral-like cracks.  If the tree isn't actually blown over or broken off, sometimes those huge cracks end up being closed again, sometimes closing on objects so it looks like the item was shoved through the three when what happened is it was blown into an open crack which then closed around the object.

 

Somewhere here i have a series of B&W photographs from Ocala National Forest after a major landfall.  It was acre after acre of bent, broken, and cracked trees and many of them had massive curling cracks.  Some others that were still standing had sap drips down the bark that revealed severe internal damage.

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for the explanation! 

Is it normal for the trees that broke or are leaning to look as though they were twisted. The bark where they are broken is actually all twisted on several trees. I automatically think tornado but there were no reports of tornadoes here in Winston.

Power still out all over the place and another huge tree just fell this morning right by my work (off Robinhood Rd) so I'm sure that will delay power being restored. But we aren't as bad off as those in Florida. 

I'm in Kernersville and we have been without power since around 2:00. Thankfully dh just got the generator working. There are tons of trees down on the street behind mine and the railroad tracks at the top of our neighborhood have trees across them for at least 2 miles. I work off Robinhood Rd in Winston and there wasn't one single traffic light working when I left. Still a tiny bit breezy outside and I'm really hoping no more trees fall. 

I have never seen wind like today that lasted so long. That was just crazy. 

I've tried attaching photos but it keeps telling me they are too large. We have a tiny stream in our backyard that has been dried up for a long time until this summer. In August it flooded really bad. I have a feeling it is going to flood our entire backyard like it did in August. We decided to have a little fun when it first began to fill up this afternoon. 

Not much heavy rain here in the Winston-Salem/Kernersville area but we've had some decent gusts. Curious as to whether or not we get some of those heavy bands this far north.

1 minute ago, Jet Stream Rider said:

Thought this was an interesting read. Would be great if the stall could happen soon enough and keep this thing to our east. http://www.stormhamster.com/entry/e091018b.htm

I just finished reading all of that it it was so informative. Brad P went live a bit ago and he said too that nobody really knows how that disturbance coming from the gulf will interact with Florence. I'm anxious to see what things look like tomorrow afternoon. 

Thunderstorm going on here in Kernersville and my coworker in Mount Airy said it's sleeting at her house.

13 minutes ago, Iceagewhereartthou said:

I found one back in Aug or Sept that was almost all Brown. 

That doesn't count...it was still summer. 

1 hour ago, NorthernUpstateSC said:

LOL...TWC cancelled winter in the south back in november before it started with their winter forecast.... We see how that has turned out. Mack and others laughed when I said the almost solid black wooly worm I came across in my front yard back in september (only the second one like that I have ever seen) was forecasting a very cold winter. I think he has been pretty much spot on so far!!!!!!

I found this guy on Tuesday. 

We went to Hanging Rock State Park in Danbury, NC yesterday. This is normally our popular swimming hole. 

9 minutes ago, bargainmusic said:

Still snowing in Winston-Salem but I am not seeing anything sticking anywhere outside my window.

I'm off of Robinhood Road and it just started sticking to the cars.

1 hour ago, mackerel_sky said:

Out playing golf or fishing, whatever is fun to do in 73 degree weather!? He'll planting corn? Tomatoes!? That's how warm it is today!

I just cut our grass (rye) and was checking out all of my daffodils that are sprouting!

4 minutes ago, jburns said:

We have deleted over 100 posts. That doesn't mean we got them all or didn't get some that should not have been.  

Can you direct me to the page where I can get my question answered? Yeah it may sound like a stupid question but it's something I am trying to understand better.

2 minutes ago, buckeyefan1 said:

 

Why do you always have to be so snotty? If you really wanted to learn you would have read the last few pages to get your answer......just sayin' 

It's not being snotty,it's being aggravated. I've read every single post but don't always understand everything I'm reading. I can just as easily call you snotty for your reply to me. Newbies aren't willing to pay when they come here to learn and get their "Can you help me understand this a bit better" posts deleted.