NorthHillsWx

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

This is going to be here before noon

DP up 8 degrees in last hour and a half. Up to 60 now. Definitely getting that push of moisture SPC noted

DP has risen pretty quickly to 57

Numerous tornado warnings now. Think this is what we can expect through the early afternoon. As @eyewall said they will be warning every kink in the line given the potential for quick spinups

Winston storm has a strong bow echo look now. Looks like a serious straight line windstorm is moving over the city

Non T-storm wind is impressive. I’m guessing we’re getting 40 mph gusts here right now. This is stronger than what I experienced in the last event

It’s warned now

Nasty couplet moving right into Winston-Salem

I expect a ton of tor warnings but few touchdowns. Brief spin up potential is extremely high. Some brief tornadoes could be fairly strong too

Tornado watch here

That’s strongly worded

Two tornado warnings NW of Columbia. No signatures present on radar at the moment

We’ll see what transpires but I’m skeptical this reaches the wind potential with the line. DP here is sitting only at 52 and rain moving in seems like it will significantly limit any destabilization or add to CAPE. Definitely gusty out. Already feels as windy as the high wind warning event last month