FallsLake Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 RAH just raised my snow forecast to 5-11 inches. Hopefully it's the higher range but I will not complain about 5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsandhills Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Took me 30+ minutes to get back from the store, which is usually about 5 minutes away. Lots of idiots out there. Snow is POURING. Temp is now 23 at RDU, so it's nice and cold. We easily have 2", but I have no way of measuring. Changeover line is still down around Fayetteville. SPC mesoanalysis shows 850 temps are still below zero down that way and haven't budged. Looks like the GFS was right after all. NWS upped afternoon snow to 3-5" and another 1-3" tonight. Hopefully this means less ice. 850s are below 0 near FAY? I hope we change back over to snow at some point then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I have a very nasty light rain/very heavy freezing drizzle going on right now. It's coming down in sheets. It has really put a really hard and thick coating on everything very quickly. Incredibly nasty with the wind blowing 30mph at 27 degrees. I couldn't get out of my driveway if I wanted to, it's a solid sheet of ice. Still in a dead zone here. No precip of note since 9am this morning, going on 5 hours ago. Occasionally a gust of wind but there's not enough ice on anything for it to cause problems. Even when the radar would seem to indicate something passing through, nothing's reaching the ground. Our electric EMC has 0 outages. First half of storm: bust for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Took me 30+ minutes to get back from the store, which is usually about 5 minutes away. Lots of idiots out there. Snow is POURING. Temp is now 23 at RDU, so it's nice and cold. We easily have 2", but I have no way of measuring. Changeover line is still down around Fayetteville. SPC mesoanalysis shows 850 temps are still below zero down that way and haven't budged. Looks like the GFS was right after all. NWS upped afternoon snow to 3-5" and another 1-3" tonight. Hopefully this means less ice. Agreed. Barely made it home w the kids. Cars off the road everywhere, people cant get up hills, accidents galore near southpoint. Durham traffic cams http://www.wral.com/traffic/video/13384359/ I am watching WRAL and they have someone on from the state police giving advice to people trapped in cars. This is going to be ugly. Thank God for Red Stripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshWeather Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Back to just snow in southeast Charlotte...and heavy at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It was a snow day for the schools. These people are just the working adult populations trying to go home all at one time. Agreed. Barely made it home w the kids. Cars off the road everywhere, people cant get up hills, accidents galore near southpoint. Durham traffic cams http://www.wral.com/traffic/video/13384359/ I am watching WRAL and they have someone on from the state police giving advice to people trapped in cars. This is going to be ugly. Thank God for Red Stripe. Given how much ridicule was thrown at ATL two weeks ago by people who "know how to drive on ice, what's wrong with you fail people in Georgia?", all I can say is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 lol Incredible sight out there,heavy snow. Temp still dropping,21.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thomasville, NC It's just pouring down. Roads were covered in 30 min. At least 1/2" on the ground. Just beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nckhawk Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Gridlock in Raleigh - what were people thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMRoss Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It was a snow day for the schools. These people are just the working adult populations trying to go home all at one time.Classes at NCSU were on until 1, probably contributing to the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfranklin Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Still in a dead zone here. No precip of note since 9am this morning, going on 5 hours ago. Occasionally a gust of wind but there's not enough ice on anything for it to cause problems. Even when the radar would seem to indicate something passing through, nothing's reaching the ground. Our electric EMC has 0 outages. First half of storm: bust for us. that's amazing - lots of snow just to your NE in the Upstate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 it was very accurate here this morning when it changed over to snow and after it changed back to sleet. Just going by what was said in the video. I believe Rankin is right over where sleet should be in Gaston county and he is still reporting snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 In a lull for past 20 minutes, really like the looks of radar back torwards ATL! Good returns. Snow or sleet is the question? Holding at 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 One thing for sure is if it does start snowing it won't have a problem sticking to the ice. I have a bad feeling that I'm going to be just south of the big snow band but I have no science behind it. I've got pretty moderate zr and ip currently with more bands heading this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Like others in the CLT area have said it is absolutely ripping outside.... we have close to 3" already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 that's amazing - lots of snow just to your NE in the Upstate Yep. West Central and NW/NCentral GA got shut out so far, for the most part. I have a trace to .10 of ice from the middle of the night, and about an inch of sleet on the ground that was largely laid by 7am. Continued spitting sleet a tiny but up until 9am, and since then, just breezy. But most telling is that the electric EMC has no outage issues, so it's not just my personal backyard, it's the whole area that's just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 850s are below 0 near FAY? I hope we change back over to snow at some point then.The analysis is only done every two hours, so the 0 line's probably moved north some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Raleigh is in big trouble with it's traffic. Atlanta part II taking shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Awesome! Cash it in sir.. Like others in the CLT area have said it is absolutely ripping outside.... we have close to 3" already! Working on 1/2" back to your west.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snwbrdmom76 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Up to 1.25" in north raleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I'm going to say its at 2" now in the Mt Holly area, if not it's close. From 10-1 I picked up maybe a .25", but since flake size finally decided to increase around 1 I've been stacking it up. Mainly snow, can hear graupel hit the window occasionally so I'll say 80/20 snow/graupel ratio. No pure sleet yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaleighWx Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 1.5 inches here in youngsville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinasnow94 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Mainly a sleet storm here in Greenville right now, roads are terrible. 30 with a dew point of 28 currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMRoss Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just measured 3 inches in grass and 2 inches on the brick ground at state! 0c line looks like it has an hour or more to come so hopefully we can get to 4-6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapper Jim Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Getting Lookout's "Crappe Frappe" now. Unidentifiable good for little annoying misty shiate. Starting to envy folks in Central NC/SC. Fun watching this system evolve though. We'll see. Learned more in 2 days than accumulated over 50 years. Thanks Mods, Mets, and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken024 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Is there supposed to be a transition back to snow in charlotte after sleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori-LeicesterNC Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Barely anything here outside of Asheville. Snowed several hours earlier but amounted to maybe half an inch. Maybe we'll get more later but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY316wx Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I have a very nasty light rain/very heavy freezing drizzle going on right now. It's coming down in sheets. It has really put a really hard and thick coating on everything very quickly. Incredibly nasty with the wind blowing 30mph at 27 degrees. I couldn't get out of my driveway if I wanted to, it's a solid sheet of ice. I have gone back to a mix of sleet and freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just going by what was said in the video. I believe Rankin is right over where sleet should be in Gaston county and he is still reporting snow. Sounds about right. I've yet to see any sleet pellets here in my neck of the woods.. VERY MASSIVE and heavy flakes still falling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWeather Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Nearing 2" here in Cary. Yeah, traffic is gridlocked. Companies should perhaps be more aggressive in calling off activities when the forecast is pretty certain (as today was). No excuse for NCSU being in class until 1p, though the good thing there is a lot of those students probably live on campus or near by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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