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Finished with a final tally of 2 inches, mostly snow, here in Hickory.

Yep, we finished with 2 inches as well. I just went out to measure again on the table. That was pretty cool how long it kept snowing even with nothing showing up on the standard radar beam.

Here’s another from a bit earlier:




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Still snowing. Nothing showing on radar. Just measured 1.75 on the table. Of course, the sleetfest knocked the true total down a bit, I suppose.




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Here it is! Bigger flakes. All snow!

Yep, I’m staying up for that. Everyone else in my household has gone to bed, but I saw that on radar and knew I needed to wait a bit.

1 minute ago, Ernest T Bass said:

Looked outside about start of halftime of the game, and it is pouring snow and sleet.  Head out with the dog again.  We are playing ball in the snow.  Labs don't care. I realize it's raining - freezing of course.  Then as we come in, it's some type of sleet or pellets.  Just wild.  Measured about 1.5 inch of mix.

This reminds me of one of the old 1980's winter storms.  We used to get a lot of little nickel and dime deals like this that would give you a little bit of everything precip wise.

It’s exactly like a 1980s storm in the lee of the Apps, growing up in Lenoir. Many fond memories of those storms.

4 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

I just flipped to moderate snow, so hang on fellas 

Me too. Back in the game!

1 inch of snow, 1/2 inch of sleet, a glaze of ice, and now a little snow topper!

I don’t know that I’ve witnessed freezing drizzle at this low temperature before. It’s making everything crunchy. Instantly freezing on contact. No runoff.

26.7/25 with 93% humidity and light snow that is not showing up on standard radar.

We got that diamond dust now that strongwx was mentioning.

2 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

Switch to tilt 3 and watch the precip blossoming near Sylva

Well, I checked it out and put it in motion, but that appears to be heading more southeast rather than northeast.

19 minutes ago, StantonParkHoya said:

Looks like some heavy back to Hickory. Any obs there?

Solid sleet. Got a few flakes mixed in, but it looks about over. Way underperformed here, but it was nice to watch fall all afternoon.

Ended up with an inch of snow and some sleet on top.

The back end is right at my doorstep. This ended way earlier than originally thought. I was expecting precipitation until midnight. Not gonna happen.

Right at 1 inch. The sleet just started.

34 minutes ago, CentralNC said:

We used to have a lot of Hickory posters.  Anyone know the ground truth there?

20 minutes ago, Jalba said:

Quite the indicator for sleet in CC from GPS radar. Watching as it approaches HKY.

So far just steady snow here, enough down to cover most grassy areas and roads but I don't think we're even at a 1" yet.

Just went out for a walk with the family. We have about an inch as well. All snow still. Hoping that sleet stays south of us.

Still all snow. Approaching a full inch of snow after almost six hours of precipitation.

It's been fun to walk in and watch fall, though. I've missed this.

Just can't seem to get the bigger flakes to stick around for very long. It's been snowing for about 3 hours now, the temperature has been sub-32 the entire time, the ground and road surfaces have been cold for days, and... I have somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of an inch of snow.

Much bigger flakes here now.

29.5/25 and 82% humidity. The temp had risen to 34 briefly, but quickly dove back under freezing. This is amazing, as we don’t normally get snow to fall during an entire below-freezing event.

Just got back from a 20-minute walk. Instantly sticking on impact. I love that we aren’t losing any moisture to reduce the air temperature. Steady light-to-moderate snow and nothing showing up on radar overhead. Can’t wait until we get to the stuff that actually does show up on radar. Deck’s already covered, as are all the grassy and leafy areas. The roads have yet to give way, yet.

First flakes! Just saw them!

10 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

My luck is pretty bad to get norovirus last night.  Can't even get out of the bed to enjoy it but I'm hoping you all have a great day

Sorry about that, man. That really sucks after a 3-year drought of snow.

No flakes yet here in NE Hickory, but no sun either.

34.1/18

Lots of snow falling in Boone, Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock per Resort Cams.