Ice Ice Baby December 28-29 Storm Discussion

[DavisStraight]

55 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

I was thinking the same thing.  The Maine storm was really dense--and more of it.  We'll be fine there because of that.

My pack is pretty icy, so may survive.

[dryslot]

7 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

My town uses the liquid brine stuff on the main roads, but then the greenish colored salt mix on our side roads.     They will probably be plowing during the rain anyway, digging up our wrecked road

Same here on the brine, They usually pre treat a day or two before an event.

[Roger Smith]

Nuisance to moderately severe urban ponding is very likely to develop by mid-day Monday as temperatures rapidly rise into low 50s with this expected rain, in particular s CT could see near total melt of existing snow pack but any large snowbanks created by plow operations will survive (partially) and acr as dams for rapidly accumulating meltwater. Some drains will be blocked which will prolong the nuisance. This will be followed by a rapid freeze Monday night and any slushy cover will become solid icy glop. Despite differences in lat-long we have had this same cycle here about three days ahead, first the 4-8 inch snow cover, then the rain and the flash freeze. We lost most of our snow pack even with a peak temp of 40 F in the rainfall. It then fell to 15 F and everything has frozen solid, our partial snow cover looks like snow but is frozen solid, any slush not removed from parking lots or driveways is now a solid frozen mess. Obviously further north into n CT and w/c MA there will be less total snowmelt but there will probably be some urban ponding anyway and a similar cycle will develop without full removal of snow on ground. 

[Modfan2]

Have rebounded nicely up to 36F down here, icing issue canceled?

[dendrite]

Even 32° here with full sun. Nice afternoon. 

[Lava Rock]

39f. Relative torch.

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[powderfreak]

 

26 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Even 32° here with full sun. Nice afternoon. 

Only 19F at MVL in sun.

Its 37-39F at our two sensors top of FourRunner Quad and Gondola.

20 degree difference is impressive during sunshine.

[8611Blizz]

37 here. Ground is warming nicely. Snow melting on the sidewalks 

[ineedsnow]

28.6 warmed up quick today. Looks meh for ice

[Modfan2]

7 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

28.6 warmed up quick today. Looks meh for ice

Not sure, @CT Rain posted not too long ago and sees potential still overnight;you have a better shot than most

[ineedsnow]

Just now, Modfan2 said:

Not sure, @CT Rain posted not too long ago and sees potential still overnight;?you have a better shot than most

Meh on qpf.. can't get ice without that 

[VivaManchVegas]

We rebounded to 38 from a low of 6.  Impressive. Milky sky.  Revised GYX forecast had us topping out at 36.  Sundown temperature of 32.  Calling for about 0.4" of freezing rain followed by 37 degrees and 0.25" of rain, hopefully enough to minimize the power outage threat before the winds move in tomorrow night.  

[WxWatcher007]

Ice canceled here by BTV. Went from .35 expected to .08 lol.