BIG FROSTY Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 well it was plain rain for last good while big fat flakes mixing in again now! 37.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 well it was plain rain for last good while big fat flakes mixing in again now! 37.1 How much you have now man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Getting above freezing. 34.0 Ice melting but the damage was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 The deformation band just keeps on cranking mid day. What if we had the cold temperatures locked in place? If so, would have been widespread 18" to 24" snows today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 How much you have now man? 3 inches all we got here, How much you got? The heaviest of the deformation band was 20-30 miles to my east, I'm right on back edge of precip all morning. Still got lgt rates but some fat flakes. lol 37.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 3 inches all we got here, How much you got? The heaviest of the deformation band was 20-30 miles to my east, I'm right on back edge of precip all morning. I have six now. If this storm was only a little cooler it would have been one for the ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Pressure fall in Beaufort with the low passage...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I have six now. If this storm was only a little cooler it would have been one for the ages. Yep 1 or 2 degrees colder aloft would have made some of you to my east happy campers with 12+ inches easy! I had sleet almost all night or I would have had 4-6 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Looks like virtually everyone is above freezing now. Anybody still at or below? Just got more pix from my sister in Burlington. Looks like about 1/2 inch of ice on surfaces there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Still moderate snow here with 7" on the ground. 34 degrees IMBY Lots of slush on the roads, very slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 This was the 7am obs from Station 41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC it has not updated since so there may have been higher 03 07 7:00 am ENE 42.7 52.4 - - - - 29.50 - 53.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 We have now had 20 straight hours winter precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazaroo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Biggest sleet I have ever seen falling. I think it might actually be hail. INTERESTING STORM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Probably the most interesting storm I have ever followed. Simple amazing, Snow and sleet still trying to hang around, Temperature at 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Charlotte Observer: Most Damaging Winter Storm in over a Decade http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/07/4748153/rain-flooding-for-charlotte-snow.html#.UxoestJdUZk One for the record books: The most damaging winter storm in more than a decade brought heavy rain and flooding to the Charlotte area and a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the north that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/07/4748153/rain-flooding-for-charlotte-snow.html#.UxoestJdUZk#storylink=cpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriadDeac Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Guilford County has declared a state of emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLweather Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Light rain falling atm. Stayed a consistent sleet/snow mix till the rates really let. Sun trying to shine through. I must say this storm blew my mind. Was not expecting nothing like this. I was expecting a fast rise in temps that didn't happen. First winter storm where the power went off in over 10 years. It was only off a couple hours. Glad its not super cold outside or longer. => .5" ice 2.75" of snow/sleet. The only word that really discribes this stuff is a glacier. Going to try to get up town if I can get enough traction on all these marbles/ball bearings. The great melt has started with the sun coming out. Up to 34 and shooting up quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapper Jim Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 <Been watching those radar returns just east of GSO all day. Anybody get any convective snow from that? 10" of rain some parts? Anybody on the board directly under that today? About 3" Rain, and 7 sleet pellets here whole storm. Peculiar that during this whole event the rain drops were always very large (like summer storms). Any rate... best wishes for those that ended up w/ significant zr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfan98 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 This is the worst ice storm for the triad since 2002. Trees, limbs and power lines down everywhere. Just a handful of places have power. I'm guessing it will be Monday before I get power back. It wouldn't surprise me to have schools closed monday due to power outages. I haven't seen any official reports, but I'm guessing close to 1/2 inch of ice accretion. Ice storms suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Charlotte got Ice: A couple of Hundred Feet Up http://obsweatherguy.blogspot.com/2014/03/charlotte-did-get-ice-couple-hundred.html Those of us who live on the ground in Charlotte are undoubtedly very happy that we managed to avoid the crippling ice storm that hit about a 15-county area in North Carolina to our north and northeast. Early Friday afternoon, there were more than 400,000 power outages in the state -- the result of several hours of freezing rain that fell early Friday from the strong winter storm that is finally pushing out to sea. That will make this storm one of the worst in state history, from a standpoint of power outages. Certainly, it's the most damaging winter storm in more than a decade. As you've probably heard, Charlotte barely escaped the freezing rain. You didn't have to go very far north -- just to southern Iredell County or the northern parts of Cabarrus and Stanly counties -- to see the glaze on trees and power lines. Several trees and lines were downed in Mooresville, for example. But not all of Charlotte escaped the ice. While the city's ground temperature hovered at 33 degrees from Thursday evening until around daybreak Friday, it was a degree or so colder just a few hundred feet above the ground. And if you live or work in one of the taller of the high-rise buildings in the city, you probably saw ice outside your windows Friday morning. As temperatures gradually warmed a few degrees Friday morning, that high-rise ice began to fall. According to police, falling ice broke a car windshield about 10 a.m. in front of the Bank of America Corporate Center on North Tryon Street. At another of the city's big buildings, the Duke Energy Center, falling ice was reported a couple times during the morning. Employees reported that a main entrance was closed for safety reasons. For much of Thursday, we talked about how Charlotte would be near the dividing line between rain and frozen precipitation. The ice on the big buildings uptown was a reminder of that. Unusual storm: If you've lived in the Carolinas for any length of time, you know that ice storms are rather rare for March. I saw several lists of ice storms in this part of the country, but we're talking about only a half-dozen or so icing events over the past 40 or 50 years. For freezing rain to develop, you need a pocket of cold air near the ground. And that usually requires a strong and very cold high pressure system over the Northeast to supply the layer of cold air near the surface in the Carolinas. Those are not very common in March, when climatology begins saying "spring." But this has been a different winter. Since early January, there has been episode after episode of polar air masses pushing into the continental United States. That was the case again this week, and the result was an ice storm over parts of North Carolina. Read more here: http://obsweatherguy.blogspot.com/2014/03/charlotte-did-get-ice-couple-hundred.html#storylink=cpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLweather Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 <Been watching those radar returns just east of GSO all day. Anybody get any convective snow from that? 10" of rain some parts? Anybody on the board directly under that today? About 3" Rain, and 7 sleet pellets here whole storm. Peculiar that during this whole event the rain drops were always very large (like summer storms). Any rate... best wishes for those that ended up w/ significant zr. It parked over my back yard. It was alot of sleet and partially melted flakes(chunks). A few cotton balls where able to mix in. I averaged about 2.75" of basically sleet. But notice in town spots maybe up to 3.5" deep of sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcarolinian Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 ended up with about 5 inches of sleet/snow and 1/4 inch ice ... thankful for the snow as I still have power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpiemaniac Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I'm amazed that I've had power this entire time. (Knock on wood.) Neighbors around us are in the dark. Ironically, I'm the only one with a generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxwxunc Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I lost power in Mebane around 9am this morning. I got home from work last night around 1130 and I have never seen a raging sleet storm like that before. Simply amazing. This storm really took me by surprise by the sheer intensity of it. I estimate about inch of ice on the limbs of my trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 No power. No prospects of power. Ice sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriadDeac Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Feeling very fortunate to have not lost power. Neighbors just 2 streets over are in the dark. It never flickered once here. According to the City of High Point website, 79% are without power right now. I haven't heard any recent numbers from Duke, but last I heard it was a staggering number. I agree....Ice Sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) 3/7/14, 18:11 A .25" of ice can add 500 lbs of weight to a length of power line between 2 poles. #ncwx Wright-Weather.com (@Wright_Weather) 3/7/14, 18:30 @wxbrad and .50" will equal 2000 lbs. V=πr^2h, ice density stays contant as volume increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Well, we've still got 100% snow (well, really sleet) coverage this evening, which is a rarity for March. The power is still out, though the neighborhood next door has power (they probably never lost power). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Feeling very fortunate to have not lost power. Neighbors just 2 streets over are in the dark. It never flickered once here. According to the City of High Point website, 79% are without power right now. I haven't heard any recent numbers from Duke, but last I heard it was a staggering number. I agree....Ice Sucks! From their website... Active Outages: 5,798 Affected Customers: 371,247 I feel for all of you without power and the cleanup you may have to deal with. Be careful out there, y'all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DueUCMe Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Got a threeway splitter at my house in Greensboro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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