RockyKnob

All snow still here at Chatham / Orange County line just below CH. Steady, moderate snow with some periods of heavy snow. Closing in on 2” via eyeball measure of accumulation on a patio table. I’m hoping for a few more inches if nothing else so I am not reminded of all of the branches I should have picked up out of the yard before this started.

Asphalt driveway finally caving at the Chatham / Orange County line just south of CH. Rates giving the sun angle the middle finger.

Was in a snow hole on the Chatham / Orange County line. Rates picking up again.

We’ve had several events where models show the warm nose changing everything to freezing rain in Chapel Hill where we’ve stayed sleet, at least, so the warm nose is often over estimated.

I grew up in Lenoir in the 70’s and early 80’s. We had several events that finished with zr on top of 6+ inches of snow. Sometimes so much of a crust that I could walk on top of it. Crazy fun sledding conditions. I live in Chapel Hill now, and was here for the December 2002 monster ice storm. Had no power for 8 full days. We were on a well back then, which also meant we had no water. I swore I would buy a generator after that, but kept rolling the dice enduring shorter outages. I finally got a whole house generator this summer. Looks like I may have done it just in the nick of time.

The December 2022 storm was like that for Central NC. No power for 8 days outside Chapel Hill, where we lived on a well (ie, no water). I have a whole house generator now because of that experience.

Mike Maze just said it will flip back soon.

First flakes just southwest of Chapel Hill

Roxboro gets a lot of run because it’s close to WRAL. I’d definitely take either Eden or Mt. Airy. Outside of the mountains, I’d put a chip on Yanceyville or Eden for any setup - CAD, coastal, ULL, front passage, you name it.

It’s very early, it’s been cold all day, the sun is down, and so nothing that has fallen will melt. The low has not really got cranking yet.

Returns seem to be expanding around the initial narrow band through RDU.

The shoe is usually on the other foot as between us and Raleigh. Usually works out where the Triad had the big hit, we get something less but still a nice hit, and Raleigh gets blanked. Going to be a mirror image with this storm. We’ll do fine.