wxdude64

Backing in.

Somehow I managed to get skipped with the freezing rain. Super, super happy about that.

I know it has been said before, but a friendly reminder that this stuff is H E A V Y. Don't overdo yourself and mess up your back or end up in ER with a possible HA. This stuff isn't going anywhere soon. To those that haven't touched the stuff yet, best to make just enough of a path or opening to get in and out for yourself (and vehicle if you wish to chance it) and work on the rest later. Few flurries in the air, wind is sadly still whipping around NNW at 10 gusting to 22 mph. Temp 17.6/9.4.

11/11 0.1 11/30 0.1 12/02 0.2 (sleet) 12/05 3.8 12/06 1.5 12/08 0.5 12/09 5.1 01/17 0.1 01/25 4.5 (mix of snow and sleet) 01/26 2.8 (95-97% sleet) Total 18.7

Storm totals here, 4.5 inches yesterday, 2.8 today for a 7.3 inch event total with 1.91 liquid. I did FOUR CoCoRaHS measurements/SWE's to get an average for the property. Bottoms of hills and low spots have 7-8 inches and the tops of hills have as little as 4. Ended up with a 5.5 average (and that is what a level spot and the undisturbed snowboard measures) on SWE of 1.85. Temp rose to a 3 am high, then down rapidly as winds turned on from W/NW. Currently 17.7/12.3 with W 12 gusting 26 wind with some flurries in the air. There are 18+" of sleet piled on ground at the bottom of the roof where the angles meet lol.

11/11 0.1 11/30 0.1 12/02 0.2 (sleet) 12/05 3.8 12/06 1.5 12/08 0.5 12/09 5.1 01/17 0.1 01/25 4.5 (mix of snow and sleet) Total 15.9

My wife got 2 pair after tearing a tendon in her foot the very FIRST TIME she went on snow/ice here after moving from California. I had her hand as we slowly crossed and said 'Now be careful, this stuff is" and she was down. Anyway, a pair stay in the house and one in the vehicle we take out now in the winter.

Same here. I have a second-floor deck over a lower-level patio. 97.8852% of the time that patio has enough snow on it to brush off with a broom after a storm. Not this time! There is more on the patio than on the deck above.

Same way it was doing it here at 11 degrees this morning?

And the sleet is back, pretty good timing watching the radar for a restart time.

I had 1.05 at 7 am this morning. I'm likely around 1.5-1.75 now.

I am back to a snizzle here. Looking at radar, I may get a 30-45 minute pause before getting into the next round. Temp has popped up to warmest in last 24 hours at 16.1/13.0 at 3:15 pm. NWS lowered my forecasted 27 high at 7 am to 22 at noon and I likely won't make that either.

How close is that to Norrisville?

Still sleet with some snow grains/dust here, intensity varies. Temp 14.1/10.2.

So measured right at noon, 1.5 inches of new sleet. We had a small 20 minute break where we went back to a snizzle, but the sleet with some snow grains mixed in has returned. Currently 13.3/9.9 at noon. The snow still being compacted by the sleet, 5.0 currently OTG and untouched snowboard.

We had that back in 2007 VD storm. Closed US 220 for about 3-4 hours until VDOT could get front end loaders there to clear. Was about 3 -4 feet deep!

And looks like I'm headed for that dry slot in about 45 minutes or so. If it hits I'll measure. Currently 12.0/9.0 with sleet still falling.

Yep. I had 3" at 1 am of all snow. At 5 when I got up it had changed and 4.5". But the 'snow' under the sleet was 2" at most.

IP/sleet. Maybe a rimed one in there.

Well, in a way yes, but if these rates go thru your area I've had for last two hours, it is interesting.

So you DIDN'T take my hint and pound that thing down to the 6" mark when installing the other day....

Been a while (maybe never) when it is sleeting so hard (again, a few mangled flakes) that vis is .2-.5 mile. Temp finally budged up a hair after falling over 16 hours, currently 11.3/8.1 at 8:20 am. A solid .5 to .7 of new sleet/mix in 75 minutes!

Just measured. 4.5 inches at 7 am. I measured 3.0 inches at 1 am before calling it a night and swapped gauges 0.34 in it. 1.05 inches when I measured and added together this am. Amazingly heavy sleet falling with an occasional clobbered flake mixed in. Temp is colder than 1 am, 10.6/7.9.

At 11 pm I have 2.3 on the snowboard and the deck. 12.7/9.1 and pounding big flakes.

Yep, I'm still dropping here. Now 12.8/9.3 at 10:30 and ALMOST heavy snow, really picking up.