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Poimen Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 roads are dangerous in the area this morning. DOT is asking people to stay home. I have a thin layer of snow/sleet on the ground. Now it's 28.5 and raining/drizzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eyewall Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Here is what it looks like in Southern Pines at 7am. Still upper 20's with 0.1-0.2 accrual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Definitely an underperformer here, but I'm not complaining. It's still coming down at a drizzle rate. Even the pine trees barely have a glaze - needles are still upright. However, the roads/walkways have enough glaze to be a slick mess. Schools are on a 2-hour delay, but I expect they'll change to closings within the hour. I definitely wouldn't want a bunch of teenagers driving to school in this kind of situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaleighWx Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 SLippery mess outside, was thinking there would be more freezing rain accrual, but the road is a skating rink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very icy out this morning and my work is on a two hour delay...not sure what they think is going to happen in two hours to melt all this ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Here is what it looks like in Southern Pines at 7am. Still upper 20's with 0.1-0.2 accrual That looks nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 the roads here are basically compacted snow/sleet with a lithgt glaze on top. they're really really messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 my place to Shelby airport has been steady at 25 degrees for about 30 hours now. Just went outside to crank the truck and get out of the driveway onto the street. Not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very icy out this morning and my work is on a two hour delay...not sure what they think is going to happen in two hours to melt all this ice. They closed my office today but the joys of being able to telecommute requires me to still work. At least I can get out some and enjoy the snow and ice during breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose4 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My work in RTP is running on a normal schedule...so I grab the laptop, hit the VPN, and do some work. No way I'm going out on those roads, although here in RDU at least the major roads are apparently passable. Not seeing many brave souls out in the neighborhood, though. Looks like our final total is under an inch of mixed snow/sleet. The trees have virtually no ice on them at all so I'm assuming there was very little freezing drizzle overnight, nowhere near the ice crust you guys to the southwest have gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 They closed my office today but the joys of being able to telecommute requires me to still work. At least I can get out some and enjoy the snow and ice during breaks It's really pretty dumb. I know they think it's going to get warm enough to melt by 10:30....but it won't. Even busier secondary roads are going to have a hard time melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 BTW here is the view from my bedroom window...and my street was busy yesterday (often cars use it as a turn around to get back on the main road) even where the tire tracks are it's solid ice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 let me tell you the worse time to travel on this will be when the temp gets to 32, and just above. Its safer now, than then, because a micro-layer of water forms on the top of it, and you have ZERO traction, just pure spinning tires on a thin layer of water, and no control. So whats going to happen is there's going to be a slew of wrecks when the thaw comes, Its been a few years here since tis setup has happened and thats what usually happens. Happened to me in 2004 following a big CAD event and the roads were just glaze, I took out a row of mailboxes going just 10 mph. There was nothing I can do for about 100 yards when I saw I had no control,just brace for impact and wait for the collision. Completely powerless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 let me tell you the worse time to travel on this will be when the temp gets to 32, and just above. Its safer now, than then, because a micro-layer of water forms on the top of it, and you have ZERO traction, just pure spinning tires on a thin layer of water, and no control. So whats going to happen is there's going to be a slew of wrecks when the thaw comes, Its been a few years here since tis setup has happened and thats what usually happens. Happened to me in 2004 following a big CAD event and the roads were just glaze, I took out a row of mailboxes going just 10 mph. There was nothing I can do for about 100 yards when I saw I had no control,just brace for impact and wait for the collision. Completely powerless. Yep, granted the main roads may be clear...they looked ok yesterday around 12....but from what I saw on the news even those had a glaze so I find it hard to believe even the main roads are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Missed out on most of the action here, and judging from your pics and local reports, I'm glad we did. Neighborhood roads are wet, not icy. Cars are covered in ice, but just a barely visible glaze on trees. .22" melted in the gauge, with only 3/16" of frozen 'stuff' on the snowboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 So the total here before it got compacted by ZR was maybe a half inch of snow and sleet. Freezing drizzle coated the cars and roads enough to lock everything that was on them down. NWS calling for ZR until noon... radar looking like that's not about to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I don't even know if we had a half inch of snow/sleet/ZR here, but the roads are a complete mess. ICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Snowfall map from FFC... The joys on being surrounds in all directions with more totals. Perfect snow minimum hole right over me...LOL Did not do much better, a few miles away in Fannin Co. more than 8. I am not complaining though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5ehren Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 GDOT is asking "all vehicles to avoid I-285" due to road freezing, especially on the south side. Crews are reporting 1" ice sheets down there and they're digging out trucks one by one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Snowfall map from FFC... The joys on being surrounds in all directions with more totals. Perfect snow minimum hole right over me...LOL Can't really argue much with that map. I'm on the right edge of the 8 to 10 near athens which is close enough. Of course what is not shown on that map is ice accretion. I'll be honest, I'm happily surprised at how much I got...and most of it was from the non stop, 12 plus hours of freezing drizzle/mist. I'm not great at measuring accretion but there is probably 0.20 out there I would think. The cedars are all drooping and even the oaks are drooping. Will take some pics of them later. Even now there is still a light mist, though not nearly as heavy. This snow pack now is something else..absolutely frozen solid. Like I said last night, You walk on it and cracks go in all directions but it's even harder of course after nighttime. It's going to be really interesting watching how fast all this stuff melts. Since this isn't your usual unprotected snow on top of warm ground here and with more cold air waiting in the wings. Beautiful sight. Trying to soak it all in to my memory because I likely won't see anything like this again for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Roads (at least what I can see) have a coating of more or less 1/4" sleet then what ever FR that fell on top on that. I live on a hill.. So I if I pull out of the driveway, it is down the hill or up the hill Shut it down folks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Beautiful sight. Trying to soak it all in to my memory because I likely won't see anything like this again for a very long time. we may have started the new PDO NAO cycle last year, or so. If so, we're heading back to a period similar to late 1950s-early 1970s' Winters, and this will be much more common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 FWIW, my obs: trace of snow on the event; 1/8" ice accrual. Still getting some occasional very light ZR. 31.1 degrees. The state highway in front of my house is free of ice, and traffic is moving along at 55 mph. Reckon it's office time for me. Storm fail. Congrats to all who got in on the action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Here is what it looks like in Southern Pines at 7am. Still upper 20's with 0.1-0.2 accrual Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triadwx Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Woke up with 4.4" on the ground and a glazing of ice to boot! Better than the dusting I thought I was gonna end up with..phew! Also the road just looks like an extension of my yard. Can't really tell where the yard ends and the road begins. I was out driving and it was about 2-3" of compact ice and snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Okay just got in from walking around and all I can say is it is EPIC outside.... I was gone the winter of 2005 so I missed out on that ice in CLT but everything and I mean EVERYTHING right now is covered in a at least .25 of ice right now. Roads are especially bad I walked to the main road from my house and it is still snow covered with lots of ice on top. You can tell where the snowplow came through and scraped just what was lose on top. Like foothills said around 1-2pm today when we get right up to 32-33 roads (especially secondary roads) will be almost unpassable. Take care out there everyone. It has been a long time since they have been this bad and even my neighbor from Buffalo said he tried to get to work and couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Can't really argue much with that map. I'm on the right edge of the 8 to 10 near athens which is close enough. Of course what is not shown on that map is ice accretion. I'll be honest, I'm happily surprised at how much I got...and most of it was from the non stop, 12 plus hours of freezing drizzle/mist. I'm not great at measuring accretion but there is probably 0.20 out there I would think. The cedars are all drooping and even the oaks are drooping. Will take some pics of them later. Even now there is still a light mist, though not nearly as heavy. This snow pack now is something else..absolutely frozen solid. Like I said last night, You walk on it and cracks go in all directions but it's even harder of course after nighttime. It's going to be really interesting watching how fast all this stuff melts. Since this isn't your usual unprotected snow on top of warm ground here and with more cold air waiting in the wings. Beautiful sight. Trying to soak it all in to my memory because I likely won't see anything like this again for a very long time. It is awesome. I've probably got .10" of ice. If the snow survives on the roads up here today then I bet schools will be closed the rest of the week as 20's for highs look likely up here Wed and Thursday. Expecting single digit lows to follow in that time also. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Did not do much better, a few miles away in Fannin Co. more than 8. I am not complaining though OK...that makes me feel better as I have a support group now...LOL. Still hard to completely be disappointed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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