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.5” with slow rates is nightmare fuel

Diamond dust here as well! Fun to watch fall. Down to 19/15!!

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Can’t believe it but I have sleet mixed with snow right now

Our Atlantic fire hose has now initiated north east of Jacksonville Beach .

I can confirm in the foothills that it’s not drizzle. Actual drops unfortunately.

Unfortunate to see it’s the HRRR verifying. Those totals were apocalyptic.

Well. 21/16, wet bulb of 19…. The sleet/Zr mix continues and I can officially say I have a glaze. Plants coated and the concrete has become a skating rink.

Well. 21/16, wet bulb of 19…. The sleet/Zr mix continues and I can officially say I have a glaze. Plants coated and the concrete has become a skating rink.

Told my wife that exact same thing. She doesn’t know what the hrrr is but I said “mega deathtron ice totals.”

I might be cooked. Sleet/ZR mix

Noticing that here as well. We’re getting moderate to heavy sleet but my dew has actually ticked down.

The wedge keeps wedging. Honestly that’s it. We need to keep it chilly for a few thousand ft.

Heavy sleet. 27

Snow sleet mix. 28/12

Since we’re on the conversation of power, keep in mind there’s two distinct outage waves in an ice event: 1. The event itself as totals get heavy for obvious reasons 2. Usually, the next part comes as you think you’re out of the woods. When the lines start shedding weight (I.e. if we get above freezing tomorrow night or Monday), that weight gets released and it causes them to bounce and snap back to form like rubber bands. When the lines bounce and contact each other, it’ll cause an outage then as well.

I mean I have seen already making it to the ground with a 30/13 reading. It shouldn’t be making it to the ground but it is. Doesn’t make me hopeful for drier results.

Flurries 30/13

As someone in the industry, it’s not for no reason. Thank energy policy this past decade which pre maturely rushed the closure of coal fired power plants. You can’t replace that capacity overnight, it takes significant investment, much more than any company can possibly shell out without passing on. Luckily, electricity is still the best bang for your buck. It fuels almost every aspect of your life daily, for roughly the cost of a value meal.

I do hope yall are right though. I’ll be the first to cheer on 40s and no precip.

I’d expect that. Idk if I’ve ever seen Asheville with bad ice. Not sure it’s even possible there with a stout cad.

32/12. Deck thickening and lowering over the past hour.

Been juggling that last sentence in my head. Most people are too illiterate to see anything other than “snow” in the forecast, so even 3” of freezing rain and the electric grid laying on the ground would be a bust to them because their iPhone guaranteed it.

32/14. Steadily falling since 10.

We’re also having quite the over performance just to our west so idk. Precip is falling well ahead of schedule. We already have snow just to my west hitting the ground.