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Everything posted by NorthHillsWx
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This looks... exactly like last year
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The GFS called it 10 days ago! It was just 800 miles off
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
Radar filling in from Columbia to the upstate. Some areas may see additional icing but impactful ice probably relegated to border counties and beyond. Probably Roxboro East- 970 replies
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High 35.2 Low 31.4 1.05” Glaze of ice this morning definitely more in trees than near ground. Less than 0.10” but definitely measurable if you had a 20 ft ladder, lol
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Wait, happy hour wasn’t... happy?
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That picture doesn’t even look like it belongs on this board... I’m used to measuring sticks stuck on car hoods claiming over an inch and pics of yards with grass popping out and decks where you can see wood through the snow and people declaring it’s “puking” or “pouring snow”
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
If anyone is still below freezing north of the triangle precip is building to our southwest again- 970 replies
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Every winter day, I question why I still keep up with this hobby It has been 804 days since we have had a snowfall where I could shovel snow from my driveway
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Well, models were ALL trending towards significant icing, RAH and Blacksburg were sounding the alarm, multiple model suites were putting out ludicrous ice totals, and the major globals were all in agreement of a major CAD area ice storm.... INSIDE 48 hours. Literally how do you forecast weather this year when everything trends towards agreement essentially to game time, then drops it 12 hours before the event. Models all warmed starting at 12z yesterday but warning were already out. I mean how do you work with that? Hot 850’s, anomalously hot, did this in, imo, as did a precip hole over the main cad region
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I knew it was a serious risk yet I did it anyway... sigh. At least I busted up an ice storm and not a snow event
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Someone on the MA board said it perfectly: it only snows when it’s above freezing now
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That should put me firmly above 75” of digital snow from the GFS this season. Solid win for sure
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
I will say, at least we busted with an ice storm. Some in the Mid Atlantic were expecting 5-8+ from this and got nothing but a coating of sleet and glaze. This forum would be in an absolute meltdown- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
My trees are still ice coated at the top but the melt line has risen about halfway up. Interesting to watch- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
HRRR is the most aggressive but to your point that would be significant icing if true- 970 replies
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
It was a major threat! Haha. Inches of digital ice- 970 replies
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Back to hr 200 winter storms
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February 18-19 MAJOR Ice Storm Threat
NorthHillsWx replied to NorthHillsWx's topic in Southeastern States
For what it’s worth, models for the most part trended yesterday to what actually happened. Yea, they wayyyy overdid it in days leading up but it’s not like those extreme ice totals held up before go time- 970 replies
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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