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    February 2019 Observations

    in Southeastern States

    Posted

    It's been a steady mix of wet snow and sleet for the past couple of hours. Temp down to 33.4 IMBY. This has gotten colder more quickly than anticipated.

    I've got a nice slushy accumulation on my back deck. The driveway is also beginning to accumulate the sleet pellets. Over performing, for sure, here in Hickory!

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    Banter Thread

    in Southeastern States

    Posted

    NBC Charlotte is way down in a distant third place for news viewership in that market.  Brad sort of has a niche/cult following right now but isn't well known.  In the latest Nielsen viewership numbers for 6pm newscasts, WSOC had 109k viewers, WBTV 104k, and WCNC 47k.  It's a step up to go from that to the runaway #1 broadcast in the Triangle (WRAL 111k, WTVD 84k, WNCN 25k for the same sweeps period). 
     
    Charlotte is the #23 media market DMA while Raleigh is #25.  It's a lateral move in terms of media market tier but to a station with orders of magnitude more cachet.
    Well, your numbers don't lie. It would be a big jump in viewership. My personal preference for local news in Charlotte is what I gave. I still stand by my statement of interesting weather. There's a lot more snow and ice to forecast out of Charlotte north and west than there is out of Raleigh (as many posters on this site will bemoan).

    It would be a big loss for our area if he left, but if WRAL would double his salary it might be difficult to refuse. I would have to imagine Panovich has had multiple offers from other stations over the past several years due to his savvy social media interaction, and yet he still resides in Charlotte. So, I hope that will still be the case for the foreseeable future.

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    Banter Thread

    in Southeastern States

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    The rest of the WRAL weather bench are pretty standard fare in terms of xs and os.  They show the end result/conclusions not the why behind the forecast logic.  What a huge loss.  Brad Panovich is too good to be at a third-place Charlotte news station - just sayin’.


    Whoa-there! Why is Charlotte a bad gig? He gets to cover a variety of conditions from mountains to sandhills. It's a bigger media market than anything else in NC too. And, I definitely prefer his NBC affiliate over the ABC affiliate. CBS is about equal to NBC in Charlotte, IMO. Brad P doesn't need to go anywhere.

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    Banter Thread

    in Southeastern States

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, jburns said:

    Personal.

    You say potato, ... :P

    I was just quoting what the station said:

    “We have a difficult announcement to share with you tonight, involving a longtime member of our WRAL family. We need to let you know that chief meteorologist Greg Fishel is no longer with the company due to a personnel matter. Greg has asked that we share a written statement with you and you can find that in its entirety on wral.com.”

    So, who knows what the true story is and even what the difference really is between personnel and personal matter?

    Post Arctic front snow Tuesday, Jan 29

    in Southeastern States

    Posted

    Here's a nice little snippet from the GSP afternoon AFD.  This is intended only for those who still hold out hope of seeing a flake or two tomorrow.  It may boost your spirits.

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East of the mountains, still expect the best overlap of lingering moisture and
falling snow levels to support some snow accumulations out along the
Interstate 40 corridor before precip ends. There is not enough
confidence for an advisory in this area, but stay tuned as this
could change quickly. Cannot rule out a brief window of snow showers
even from GSP to Charlotte just before the precipitation ends, but
little to no accums are expected along the I-85 area.

     

    Post Arctic front snow Tuesday, Jan 29

    in Southeastern States

    Posted

    GSP discussion:

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As of 330 PM EST Sunday: A Winter Storm Watch has been issued
for portions of the NC mountains along with Rabun County, GA,
and will go into effect beginning late Monday night.

With broad upper longwave trough across much of the CONUS, latest
guidance continues to place an approaching Arctic cold front draped
through the TN Valley at the beginning of the forecast period on
Monday night, with it propagating eastward through the FA early
Tuesday morning. With SW flow/available moisture in place ahead of
this system, precipitation is expected to begin as early as late
Monday night across the extreme western portions of the FA, expand
eastward across the FA on Tuesday, and taper off by Tuesday evening,
with the exception of lingering moisture along the TN border.
However, precipitation associated with this system will not fall as
all rain as fcst soundings continue to suggest a rain/snow scenario
as the Arctic cold air infiltrates into the region. Low
temperatures overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning will
range in the mid 30s to around 40 degrees across the Upstate and
NW Piedmont, into the lower 30s across the NC mountains, and
slightly colder at the higher elevations.

As precipitation expands eastward through daybreak on Tuesday, do
anticipate a transition to all snow across portions of the
mountains, especially the higher elevations, as a rain/snow mix
expands along the I-40 corridor early, and precipitation elsewhere
across the Upstate remains all rain. With temperatures rising above
freezing on Tuesday before the colder air infiltrates behind the
cold front east of the escarpment, any rain/snow mix outside of the
mountains will return to all rain by late Tuesday morning. High
temperatures on Tuesday will climb into the mid to upper 40s to low
50s across the Upstate and NW Piedmont, into the 30s across the
mountains.

Into Tuesday evening, as precipitation tapers off from west to east
(with the exception of areas along the TN border on the backside of
the exiting system), with colder air infiltrating in, could not
entirely rule out rain/snow mix or light snow showers across
portions of the Upstate and NW Piedmont into Tuesday night. However,
given lower QPF due to the infiltration of drier air at the lower
levels as seen from fcst soundings, do not anticipate any
accumulations outside of the mountains attm. As for the
mountains/higher terrain, snowfall amounts could range from a
dusting to potentially 2 inches in the valleys and across the
lower ridges, with higher amounts nearing 4 to 6 inches along
the ridgetops of the Smokies and the Balsams. The Black
Mountains and other mountain ranges in northwest NC could
potentially see 3 to 5 inches. Thus, a Winter Storm Watch has
been issued with this forecast package. With the Arctic air
infiltrating in, a much colder night is in store across the area
overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning, with low temperatures
below freezing cross the entire FA - mid to upper teens to
lower 20s across the Upstate and NW Piedmont, into the single
digits to teens across the mountains. Thus, do anticipate the
potential for slippery road conditions due to black ice anywhere
roadways and elevated surfaces were still wet from recent
rainfall/snowfall Tuesday night.

     

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