gman

It is 33 degrees with rain at my son's house in Clemson. He can see puddles and water melting under the ice on his driveway. That is a good sign that the worst might be over for his location.

Still getting sleet at my house.

FWIW. I was just looking at the future radar. It looks like the line of precipitation will hit here starting about 3:30. It also looks like the heavy rain is breaking up when it arrives. Could those storms in southern Georgia take some of the energy and moisture away from NE Georgia and Upstate SC?

For those that did not want an ice storm, a bust is a win. Praying the rest of the day is a bust.

24 degrees. Sleet coming down the hardest I’ve seen so far.

Heavy sleet and still 21 degrees.

Where is your location?

Sleeping? Will any of us sleep tonight?

I am back to being stressed about this storm. After looking at all of the moisture to our west and watching the temps dropping quickly, Chris Justus might just be right. It looks bad for the Upstate. Hope I am wrong.

WYFF is interrupting regular programming and is on now. Chris Justus is saying the late arrival of the moisture means much less sleet and much more freezing rain. I pray he is wrong.

Seems to be a squall line or low pressure developing off the coast of Florida, just east of Jacksonville and Brunswick, Ga. Does anyone else see that and does it mean anything as it relates to our storm?

The sun is out and it just hit 40 in Greenville.

Chris Justus is doubling down on his latest video, now calling for over an inch of ice in Greenville and thunder ice late in the day. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AFzsPNBeF/

Imagine being upset that the models were wrong in your scenario.

I pray this storm is a bust, and that the public is mad because they didn't lose power for a week and people didn't die because of no heat.

Chris Justus with WYFF is live now on YouTube. Sorry, the is from last night. I will keep it posted anyway in case you want to subscribe to his YouTube channel.

WSPA is saying about the same as WYFF. The models are trending downward on the precipitation. WSPA is now at 0.36” of accumulated ice. They must see something on the lastest models to be in agreement. I love the NWS, but with this storm, they seem to be late on their discussion changes.

Locals Mets on WYFF are saying the latest models bring good news of much less precipitation, more sleet than freezing rain and then just rain before it ends. They now have us with 0.46” of ice, with that being more sleet than freezing rain. I pray that trend continues.

So, do you think the precipitation will be mostly sleet in the CAD regions, like upstate SC?

Been sunny in Greenville for the last hour. Makes me wonder if the high pressure is even stronger than expected, pushing the sleet line further south?

Praying for NAM to be right.

I have the same sick feeling that I had the days leading up to Helene. The Upstate folks have a sense of gloom and doom. The grocery store and hardware store shelves are empty. If we do get the inch or more of freezing rain, the entire area’s power grid will be down for days again. People might die due to the extreme cold. Praying for everyone.

We need to remember that the weather folks are going with information they have at the moment. Bottom line, there is the good chance this could be a bad ice storm. They cannot ignore that fact at all. I would rather they overplay a storm than underplay it. It is like buying a generator last year. I hope I spent $800 and never had to use it again. The same with this storm. I hope I am prepared just in case. The best case scenario being, the hype was way overdone. People just need to go with the flow. Life is short people, enjoy the moment.

Let’s pray the NAM is correct. The last thing NC and SC needs is a crippling ice storm. We still have scars from Helene.

I don’t understand all the gloom and doom, especially after reading the latest GSP NWS weather discussion. Game still on. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=GSP&issuedby=GSP&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off For those of us about to hit 70 years old, we are running out of time and just want to see some white stuff. We are not selfish. It’s been over 1500 days since we have seen over an inch of snow in the Upstate. At this point in my life, I will shout for joy to watch an inch of snow and/or sleet falling. All that said, I am appreciative of the weather discussion. A huge part of the fun is the lead up to the big events, whether they happen or not. You guys make it fun. Thank you.