NorthHillsWx

We are so lucky this pattern held off till spring…

I thought that yesterday…

The Low responsible for the stiff breeze and chilly night is absolutely wound up this morning off the NC coast. https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/satlooper.php?region=nwatl&product=vis_swir

This low pressure is absolutely exploding off the Carolina coast

It really is. Only been spitting here off and on and you can watch the returns evaporate as they get north. Does look to be consolidating more to our south. Could be a dreary evening if that makes it north

Rain has started here. This looks like a rather potent low will form later today/tonight off the coast. Too bad this couldn’t coincide with cold air like the GFS showed earlier in the week

Significantly undershot guidance here this morning, 34.5 with fairly heavy frost

Low of 38 this morning

Why not us?

The second day unexpected fatties were awesome. Sledding on the second day of a storm with legit tennis balls coming down was an incredible experience With my 3 year old

You deserved it. What an awesome storm for your area

Normally I’d agree here but given we hadn’t seen snow in 3 years the bar was lowered. Also, you missed the second January storm . Next year is the big storm year I can feel it

Being IMBY we received more than the airport in the last storm, where I’m sure this was taken, we were above average. To me, average-above average snow, multiple events and warnings, and prolonged cold is an A for winter. We had much more snow in the 2018-19 winter (6-8”) but it was all from one event and the rest of the winter was a complete torch with nothing to track and I’m pretty sure I graded that as a “C”. So no, snow totals do not always dictate the grade of a winter. Seeing all snow events and prolonged cold is unusual for here in ANY winter. Heck, we had two snows where the temp for the duration of the event was below 28 and I saw snow in Raleigh at 20 degrees! That’s pretty rare. Solid A

We only got to 33.7, clouds moved in about 4:00 and ended the cooling. Sanford somehow fell to 26 this morning. I frost seeded clover food plots in early February and checked them yesterday and found it was already coming up. I bet we get a couple more freezes. Two years ago opening day turkey season (mid April) was 26 degrees at my farm in Franklin county

I’ll give this winter an A. We finished with 5.8” of snow over three events (0.6”, 1.3”, 3.9”), had 2 winter storm warnings though only one verified and had two all-snow events. We stayed below freezing during all 3 events and my road was covered all three times as well. Also, the wall to wall cold Jan and cold second half of Feb made it feel like a proper winter. The only shortcomings this winter were the lack of a bona fide blockbuster storm (still waiting since 2017-18) and given the cold, it did feel like there was potential wasted. That being said, we recorded measurable snow on 4 days and saw trace amounts 3 additional times. For Raleigh, that is a solid amount of events. Also boosting the grade, the low expectations leading into winter with above normal temps and below normal snow forecasted pretty much across the board and given the ongoing snow drought, just breaking it would’ve felt like a win. To have the Feb system really trend positively for the RDU area to an all-snow coastal was icing on the cake.

Coming off a good winter it is much easier to say this.

43.3 was the low this morning. Looks like another freeze tonight and possibly Sunday night followed by the big warmup

O.84” here

Non event here. Wind was stronger before storms got here

Certainly looks like it! Well done positioning yourself for the best chance to see it

Line was unimpressive here. Heavy rain and 30-40 gusts

These always seem to underperform here. Line is actually weakening now. A lot of warnings were dropped

RDU just gusted to 45. That’s in line with what I’m seeing here. Been several hours of gusts like this

Line looks weak sauce at the moment. I’d be shocked if the triangle gets stronger winds than we’ve already seen

Underwhelming seems to be the word associated with the line so far. Hopefully that continues but it is just now entering the enhanced risk area