AllWeather Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Just now, Blizzard of 93 said: Sleet with a few flakes mixed in here in Marysville. This a a let down to already have sleet. I thought we would get at least an inch or 2 of snow before the mix to ice, but it was not meant to be this time. Have to be careful with those snow maps. Those algorithms aren't the greatest in a changing pType situation...noticed yesterday AM that the GFS snowmaps via WxBell & TropicalTidbits were showing snow accumulating on the snow maps, but the soundings for those times indicated a sleet profile. As soon as I saw that, I cut back our expected totals knowing that the snow maps would be misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I currently am at 24 with a DP of 20 with snow and sleet. What a waste of what once was deep arctic air. A retreating high is a sloppy mess. A building high is a snowstorm. I'm very concerned about a serious ice storm here today as the surface has been in a hard freeze condition for a couple of days and the very low sun angle will have minimal impact in any insolation that could help scour the cold at the surface. This is a classic set-up with overrunning and not real strong low pressure to generate any pressure gradient sufficient to mix the atmosphere to above freezing. The center of low pressure is out in OK and MO...I'm hoping I'm wrong, but very concerned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Light to moderate snow here with a temp of 21 degrees. It's all snow, but it's a "noisy" snow as I can hear it hitting whatever surface it lands on. Without actually measuring, I'd say were at about 3/4 inch already here. For any of you who want it really cold, Sunday night into Monday morning I'm going to spending the night near Angola, Indiana making my way to Chicago. While the original forecast low for Monday morning has moderated a bit from the -14 it was showing yesterday, the NWS is still saying it could be -6 there when I wake up in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Looks like we may have sneaked an inch of snow here but it is all alert at this hour.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Looks like we may have sneaked an inch of snow here but it is all sleet at this hour.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 We are "pinging" here at 6:30am so the mixing/changeover has begun already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 And just like that, we are 100% sleet now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Sleet Frz rain mix all the way up here, concerning with surface temp at 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Sleet here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 21F and sleet. 0.5" of mostly sleet accum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Freezing rain has now started mix in and the temps have skyrocketed to 29F.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Freezing rain has now started mix in and the temps have skyrocketed to 29F.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I'd say 1 to 1.5" of snow prior to changeover here in Akron. Pingers and Zr currently. Better than nothing. Off to breakfast. Looking forward to the next one....whenever that may be. Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard of 93 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Mostly sleet in Marysville. At least it looks festive with all surfaces whitened by the sleet accumulation! The roads look treacherous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Wmsptwx said: Sleet Frz rain mix all the way up here, concerning with surface temp at 19. Surprising the 850 temps are fairly cold. Currently 21 @ the house. Maybe an inch and sleeting. I looked at the radar in the middle of the night and there appeared to be a lot of dry slotting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlislePaWx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Temp now rising, and up to 26 with a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. Looks like we had maybe a few tenths of an inch of snow at best on my board. Weather Bell needs to work on their algorithms some more. It really never looked like there could be much snow from this. Like I said last night and the night before that, Pivotal's maps clearly showed freezing rain would be the predominant precip type around central PA, especially the southern half of the state, for the first half of this event. Looks like they will be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I think it's over very here. Not complaining, won't miss the ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said: I think it's over very here. Not complaining, won't miss the ice! Watch the freezing stuff around noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Maybe .5" snow/sleet combo topped with a very thin layer of ice. Precipitation stopped and melting already underway from thevroof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Total non-event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, Atomixwx said: Total non-event. I didn't really want the freezing stuff anyway. Thankful for not getting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Lack of precip. is what ended up sparing us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiier04 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Yup, temps here been in the low-mid 20s all morning but nothing more than drizzle on top of the 1/2" of sleet. Bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 About 3/4" sleet encased in ice was what we got here this morning. Trees have some ice but pretty run of the mill, maybe a tenth of ZR. I figured the snow aspect of this storm was going to underachieve when modeling started concentrating the preceding snow shield in the midwest and lakes region to upstate NY the last couple days. The virga blizzard that we got most of the overnight last night further sealed that. As for the temperature aspect, that's playing out as I anticipated. Temp at KJST (2200ft) is 46ºF. It is barely 30ºF here (1200ft) in the deep valley just off the Allegheny front and most temp obs east of the Alleghenies are at or within a couple degrees of freezing. Fortunately there is not much precip around, which was something I mentioned about yesterday with modeling showing a weakness in QPF..but there are some patchy showers that are here and there and may deliver some additional icing in spots. Temps will slowly rise today in central/eastern Penn.. but as I alluded to a couple days ago.. it probably won't be until later this evening when the precipitation associated with the frontal passage arrives and the warm air finally mixes down into the valleys more effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Ended up somewhere between 1/2" and 3/4"...exactly as expected. Lots of dripping now and 33.5F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Ended up being able to measure the ice thickness on my car and it was actually slightly more than 1/8".. so I guess 0.15" is a decent guesstimate. Either way.. what a glacier outside. Edit to add picture I just took. It is still 29-30ºF here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Today's high is the current temp of 29.7 Road in front of house is still covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 surprised at how resilient the "slushpack is here in Akron. 34 deg and side roads still largely covered w/ a decent amount of slush. I know overnight will likely scour out the cold, but we might have an outside chance at holiding some of this through tomorrows warm up. Liking that the warm up sounds muted around xmas and beyond. Up and down like weve been still beats last years weather. Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lte5000 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Probably an inch or so of snow and sleet here, with a glaze of ice on top... Not real much, but enough to have a great time sledding with the nephews this afternoon. ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 When the hell is it going to warm up? It's still freaking 34 degrees here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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