kvegas-wx

Should have invested in heating oil futures! I mean we are going to be calling Tallahassee "Anchorage South" soon.

Likely and possible are two very different things. But it is possible: The most damaging ice storm on record is the North American Ice Storm of 1998, which deposited as much as 5 inches (12.7 cm) of freezing rain over a large area of Quebec and Ontario in Canada, as well as northern New England in the USA. Heavy accumulations of ice brought down trees and power lines throughout the region, blocking roads and damaging property. Millions were left without power for as much as a month. The total cost of all the damage is thought to have reached more than $4.4 billion, of which $3 billion (CAN$4.3 billion) was in Canada, and $1.4 billion was in the USA.

Just remember, you started this old man. When thread is running wild next weekend and everyone is screaming at Curly, you might have to repost this one.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Cautionary tale for the board......be careful what you wish for! Sometimes Mother Nature grants wishes......all of them at ONCE!

Agree Kvegas brother. I'm definitely underwhelmed. So much so I would classify this as almost a nuissance snow. Not enough to really enjoy but just enough to screw up your weekend. And to think, I waited in lines 12 deep at the Food Lion and ATL still got more than me. Ha! But congrats to all that got snow. That should satisfy the board until....next weekend!

1.75" on the board and now raining sleet. Not at all what I expected this far north tonight in the triad.

Hoping they are coming this way! I have to be honest, I am unimpressed so far given the potential we saw earlier today. Rates have been meh, flakes are small and only an inch or so accum in Kvegas. Maybe 3" is the right forecast after all.

Man this is moving quickly! This could be over by 10-12pm looking at the current radar. 1/2" down already here in Kernersville. No more complaints for much of the forum after this one!

Hearing reports of some light flakage in west winston? Where are the Lewisville folks??

I can confirm we have fluffy biscuits in Walkertown. Also, I just went thru the Bjoangles drivethru. Those comments are likely related. In other news, we are locked in with a very dry 24° to start the event. Expecting virga, just hope it moistens up quickly.

Congrats to all you GA (and soon to be SC) peeps that are breaking the multi-year droughts. Very cool seeing snow in the ATL!

100% agree. I'm expecting snow into CLT by noon and the triad by 2. Many posts from GA saying the precip was a couple hours ahead of schedule.

Should start hearing from our NC mountain folks anytime now. Its gonna thump!

Correct. Could it be the NAM was more right than wrong after all?

Those are some juicy radar returns into LA and AR. Sure does look like a lot more than a half inch QPF. Looks like storms developing out over the Gulf of America as well.

Its been a millenia since we've had snow on snow here in the triad. But sure enough we still have leftovers from last wekend anywhere the sun didnt shine. Looking forward to building a little snowpack! 27° balmy degrees in Kvegas.

As noted by @msuwx earlier. If the NAM keeps initializing poorly as it has all day it still has time to baby step back to reality, which I think we will continue to see.

Massively overperforming, however, the NWS has just cancelled all watches and warnings within a 1 mile radius around Buddy1987's house. So go back to work, no fun for you.

One thing we normally don't have in our favor is ground temps leading up to the storm. Anywhere north of 40-85 in NC is frozen solid. Every flake is going to stick. I expect most all school systems that are on the fence today will cancel by this afternoon now that the Euro is out and slightly increasing totals. This may not be a big dog, but it will certainly be a good dog for many.

Been there, done that, failed. NAMs track record on these storms inside of 48 hours is usually solid. But when it is bucking guidance from the globals? I dunno.....

You have our undivided attention!

Wowzers! The "noise" is in here! I stepped away for a day and catching up on 15 pages of model waffling and wailing was painful. But hey, nobody suffers like the SE forum. So I'm proud of all of you. Well done. On another note, I'm riding the GFS to the end. Bring me my 3-5 inches of fluff please!

The farm is 15 miles east of Mt Airy so 3.5" there is certainly possible. I would say there is 2" in Stuart. (And a few Does enjoying the snow)

The end is coming quick. Just flipped to sleet and drizzle to the west of you. We had those big flakes for the last 30 mins or so. Very cool surprise!