Dunkman Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 My aunt and cousin are stranded at PTI airport. My cousins flight came in at 9:05 (2 hours late) and now his luggage is lost. They are advising her not to leave. She's from Florida, in a rental car and has NO experience driving in this kind of weather (not that anyone can really have "experience" driving on ice). The actual roads aren't terrible but overpasses are just pure ice. There's a Marriott adjacent to the airport, she should just go there probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 IP/ZR mix. More IP right now but it changes frequently.Same here. Pretty nice rates, too. It's pretty loud.Looks like the crest of the road is starting to turn white. EDIT: Well, actually the entire road is pretty slippery with sleet. It looks like it is all (or almost all) sleet at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 32 and ZR/IP, trees have a nice krispy kreme glaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 32 and ZR/IP, trees have a nice krispy kreme glaze Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Wwa 1 county away and the N 1/3 of my county! Historic event incoming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernskimmer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Left early from the bar where I was having a drink an hour ago. Got on 311 and when I got to the bridge the truck in front of me slammed into the concrete guard side rail. I had a car beside me and was able to narrowly miss the truck sideways in my lane 50 feet ahead because the car slowed down and gave me some room to work with. Somehow I didn't lose control.If not for that my truck would no doubt be totalled. Driving is an awful awful idea right now. -Jamestown, NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Whats interesting to me is that very little if any of the precip on radar is making it to the ground here at my house in kernerersville. Radar says snow. Reality is spitting rain drops. But very, very light. Concrete driveway is a sheet. Asphalt street is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Seems like there is a shield preventing all heavy precip to get up to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Just got home come thru Greensboro I 40 and Winston-Salem 52 Bridges are a mess wrecks on every bridge seemed like. see 30 cars or more bang up tractor trailers turned over etc.... 29.6 with sprinkles! at the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaffneyPeach Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Wwa 1 county away and the N 1/3 of my county! Historic event incoming! Ice on the Peach is confirmed. Gracious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritsnc Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Just got home come thru Greensboro I 40 and Winston-Salem 52 Bridges are a mess wrecks on every bridge seemed like. see 30 cars or more bang up tractor trailers turned over etc.... 29.6 with sprinkles! at the house. Did you pass the tractor trailer wreck on 52 at Liberty street? It's now on fire. All lanes in both directions are now closed in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Mainly sleet here, thank goodness. Fairly heavy with everything pretty much covered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderwolf Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Did you pass the tractor trailer wreck on 52 at Liberty street? It's now on fire. All lanes in both directions are now closed in that area. That should help to melt the ice... Hope everyone is ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I think I've got as much, if not more, sleet accumulation than snow accumulation this year. This has truly been the year of the sleet storm in this area. I'm not sure I've seen this much sleet in the last 10 years as I've witnessed this winter. The 3/6 storm had a ton of it as did the 2/12 storm and I must be pushing 1/2" of sleet tonight. Looks like I've ticked down to 28 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Did you pass the tractor trailer wreck on 52 at Liberty street? It's now on fire. All lanes in both directions are now closed in that area. Yes I did, cars all crossed up on that bridge too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Had a few flickers the past few minutes. News saying 2800 in randolph county without power. Need the moisture to wind on down if it's not gonna snow or sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Temps rising here in the Triangle, though ice is still accumulating on the trees. Haven't measured, but I'd say a solid 1/10" or more. No power issues or trees bending that I can see. I'm also in far S Durham, so any issues we have here will be less than downtown or the northern burbs. Work already texted saying we're opening at 10 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTwx Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Ice starting to accumulate on elevated surfaces in South Charlotte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I think I've got as much, if not more, sleet accumulation than snow accumulation this year. This has truly been the year of the sleet storm in this area. I'm not sure I've seen this much sleet in the last 10 years as I've witnessed this winter. The 3/6 storm had a ton of it as did the 2/12 storm and I must be pushing 1/2" of sleet tonight. Looks like I've ticked down to 28 degrees. Due to 2/12/14, I got more sleet (>2") in Dunwoody (north of ATL) than in any storm since the great 1/1988 and 2/1979 ATL sleetstorms. What an incredible CAD winter! Some were complaining about the lack of it in recent winters. I'd say that this winter more than made up for that! CAD is king along with the Euro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 bridges are icing up in raleigh per police radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Still sleeting at a good rate here. I've had a WSW for less than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLweather Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Still sleeting at a good rate here. I've had a WSW for less than this. Same here mr burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownheel Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 solid pinging here in Btown. It has absolutely been the year of the pinger around here. it's been a constant with every major event. Pretty cool, as I like IP. Fired up to see El Nino bring the full on snow next year though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 The road out front looks like a solid sheet of ice. Things have mostly wound down here, though, aside from some freezing drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Back to freezing rain here and still coming down at a pretty good clip. It needs to STOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yeah, looks like it's training over southern Guilford County. It should probably be over within 30-45 minutes, but still. It's pretty much all missing MBY to the south. There's some 40 dbz echoes in it, though that might just be bright banding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Lost power for about 3 hours last night. Second time in the month of March I've lost power due to Ice of all things. Could their be a 3rd early next week? Hard to imagine but the way this month has gone who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 No school. Oh joy. Lets all sit around and watch ice melt. Beggars cant be choosers I know, but I much prefer one or two big dogs with 72 and sunny in between. Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 No school. Oh joy. Lets all sit around and watch ice melt. Beggars cant be choosers I know, but I much prefer one or two big dogs with 72 and sunny in between. Lol! You might get your wish this time next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Very thin coat of ice on the treetops and car. Surface temps finally got to freezing early this morning. Could hear a different sound in the 80' pines this morning with the wind gusts... must have been the glaze 'cracking'. Car top didn't freeze over until about 6:00. Yesterday's sprinkles and drizzles all added up to .53" in the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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