Southern Crippler - Get well soon Jimbo Storm Obs

[NorthHillsWx]

Was going to bed but we are back to moderate freezing drizzle here. 29.8

[Jimbo!]

Well that was fun! Surgery totally postponed, so maybe we can do this again lol


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[JoshM]

4 minutes ago, Jimbo! said:

Well that was fun! Surgery totally postponed, so maybe we can do this again lol


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Surgery moved to Saturday… 

[Coach McGuirk]

This is the weirdest storm ever. 

[Coach McGuirk]

31.0. ready for for more zr. 

[EarlGrey]

Little bit more coming through. Like a secret song buried at the end of an album. 

[Coach McGuirk]

41 minutes ago, EarlGrey said:

Little bit more coming through. Like a secret song buried at the end of an album. 

Coming up my way, currently 31.0 IMBY. 

[NorthHillsWx]

In terms of a QPF underperformance, RAH predicted the triangle to get 1.25-1.50” QPF up until go time basically. RDU recorded 0.50” for the entire event 

[Coach McGuirk]

5 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

In terms of a QPF underperformance, RAH predicted the triangle to get 1.25-1.50” QPF up until go time basically. RDU recorded 0.50” for the entire event 

It went north.  I didn't get much either.  

[marsman]

ABC News reporting 14 fatalities nationwide from the storm. 

[NorthHillsWx]

26 minutes ago, Coach McGuirk said:

It went north.  I didn't get much either.  

Yep. Was not the drought relief we thought we’d get either 

[marsman]

33F and sounds like light rain outside. Gonna see what the sun and temps do before I bust out the metal shovel later today.. may not even have to to that! 

[SUNYGRAD]

Impressive storm

[NorthHillsWx]

The melt has commenced here. 32.7 our road glacier already looking slushy 

[WarmNoseHater]

already up to 36 in Charlotte with the sun coming out - if it really gets to 41 today we may melt the roads clean!

[CentralNC]

31 here. NW winds have picked up significantly in the last hour

[UpStateCAD]

The was the craziest winter storm I have witnessed in my 35 years in the upstate.    If you would have told me that we would have a winter storm roll through and drop 1 inch of precipitation with the temperatures between 25F and 30F for the duration, I could imagine multiple scenarios from 12 inches of snow to over a 1/2 inch of crippling ice to over 3 inches of sleet.   What we did end up with was maybe an inch of sleet with a very minimal glaze of ice to end it.

This set up is exactly what I have been waiting on for years.   Definitely underperformed but I am thankful we did not see the ice they were calling for a la Nashville or Mississippi.

[StantonParkHoya]

Water running off everything like crazy. If the sun comes out it’s going to be like the inside of a sprinkler head.


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[NorthHillsWx]

1 hour ago, StantonParkHoya said:

Water running off everything like crazy. If the sun comes out it’s going to be like the inside of a sprinkler head.


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Front came through and NW wind got gusty. DP dropped from 32.7 to 28.1. Temp sitting at 33.1 wonder if it falls back below freezing for a bit 

[stormwatcherJ]

Will this melt enough for schools to reopen tomorrow? Hmmm….

[NorthHillsWx]

Anyone see official storm totals? I’m estimating maybe 3/4” sleet and 0.15” ZR here but that’s up for debate. Could’ve been less 

[StantonParkHoya]

34 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Anyone see official storm totals? I’m estimating maybe 3/4” sleet and 0.15” ZR here but that’s up for debate. Could’ve been less 

RDU reported .28 ZR which is totally bogus. I had less than a tenth.

[NorthHillsWx]

12 minutes ago, StantonParkHoya said:

RDU reported .28 ZR which is totally bogus. I had less than a tenth.

Wow. We weren’t even close to that 

[sakau2007]

34 minutes ago, StantonParkHoya said:

RDU reported .28 ZR which is totally bogus. I had less than a tenth.

.28 ZR and .28 inches of ice accumulation are very different.

if .28 inches of liquid precip fell while the temperature was at or below 32, that's .28" of ZR.

[olafminesaw]

The HRPDS nailed this storm BTW. Unfortunately just at the edge of it's domain, but this was some frames from the Saturday 12z run

[SouthboundYank]

17 hours ago, Grayman said:

Anybody see the thunderstorms trying to pop through the precipitation? 

16 hours ago, Brick Tamland said:

I'm late with the obs...fell asleep early in the easy chair last night and didn't make it back to the laptop.    We had sideways rain with some lightning along several rounds of booming thunder in the 8-10pm timeframe last night when that final line came through...temps were right around 40 at the time.

As anticipated, we had only rain right here on the coast throughout the entire storm, even though we were under a WWA the whole time. Rain off/on through the night and last of it moved off the coast around 9am today...currently 42, and the sun finally appeared just within the last 30 min.

Concur with many of the already shared reactions...this was quite an interesting storm to track and watch. Enjoyed reading the obs and esp seeing the posted pics...thx, all.

[AirNelson39]

[SECane]

We lucked out in CLT and it was mostly sleet and a little freezing rain at the end. Managed to keep my power throughout the whole thing and its melting now. I’m pretty thankful it was only that.