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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Yea, this is going to end up as a major bust for the warning areas. Some may reach 0.25 but nowhere near the 0.50+” predicted- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Still some icing in trees but looks like it’s above the ground. Temp up to 32.2 from a low of 31.4- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Definitely is. We’ve been just far enough East to catch this broken band all morning. I’m well over a half inch qpf since midnight. Obviously our temps are borderline here but we probably have 0.10 glaze now imby. I’d think wake forest/rolesvilla/Louisburg would have a pretty thick coating if we’re getting it just north of Raleigh. Our temps are rising now so we’re probably about done- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
https://postimg.cc/WD9bxr1L Starting to get some sagginess to the trees here.- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Yep. Upstream shows that mid levels were indeed even warmer than expected. However, temps at the surface have not been the issue. If anything, we (Raleigh) are running a bit below what the models had for us. We’ve been fluctuating between 31.4-31.6 here for a while and have a solid glaze. I think if more precip was involved this would have verified. Funny we were all worried about temps busting but looks like it was precip- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I have an office job with Duke energy and only occasionally get called in for storm duty, but I’ve been on call since 5pm yesterday and know we brought crews up from Florida for this event. Over preparation beats being surprised, but yea, could be a lot of wasted man hours and time on this one- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Looking like a significant forecast bust for the triad. I’m not seeing the moisture that was supposed to be there. Good for people who like power- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Actually colder here than I thought we’d get. We’ve dropped to 31.4 with light freezing rain and a pretty good glaze now- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Might not be temps that save the triad, but a complete lack of qpf- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Nice glaze forming now. Temp has dropped and rates have lightened so we’re getting better accumulation. Not expecting much but it is pretty- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
We have a light glaze on everything elevated now that I can see. Temp 31.7 DP 30.9- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
We have dipped to freezing here as I wake up. Actually sounds like some sleet banging on the window. 31.9/31. Not sure if there’s a glaze yet or not- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
NE wind has really picked up. Stepped outside for dinner and it had that “storms a coming” feel to it- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
If we had a stronger HP this would include a lot more of us tomorrow. Those single digit readings in Pennsylvania...- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I know it’s noise at this point, but the 18z gfs was fairly significantly warmer than 12z- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Clouds have moved into the Raleigh area. Any potential for radiational cooling is gone. Temp 44, DP 25. Not looking like the immediate Raleigh area is at risk for exceeding ice expectations. Usually need that DP in the teens to around 20 to get it done here- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
This has been the fly in the ointment for this forecast for DAYS. It’s inexplicably warm for a LP track such as this. The 2002 event had +5 850’s and some models, as you pointed out, are predicting nearly double that, an absolute mid level torch! My thoughts are they are overdone somehow. Will be interesting to see how the mid levels actually play out through tomorrow, I have a gut feeling it’s overdone and models are too warm based on the warm 850’s, but we will see. As you said, uncharted territory- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
While an interesting note, the air this system will be working with here has absolutely no connection to the cold air that settled west of the apps. I’d be looking north of here for temp/dew point trends vs model outputs in terms of verification of our winter event- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
0.5“-0.75” and “scattered” outages...- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Imo no. 850s +5-7 seems too warm for sleet. 925’s are marginally conducive for sleet and i think that’s what the NAM is catching, but south of the va border looks like a freezing rain event to me with limited sleet- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
12k keeps a large area of sleet through the storm. Could be the saving grace- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Currently 45.4 and DP of 24, both down a degree since last time I checked about and hour ago.- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Flash flood watch. Now I’m positive that will verify- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I will promise you this: if precip holds off in any area until much after 12z, that area will not receive an ice storm, lol- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Biggest reason why is it keeps almost all precip west through 12-15z. Verbatim, Raleigh wouldn’t even see steady precip until around 15z. No wet bulbing east of precip- 970 replies