Carvers Gap Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Here are some pics from NE TN of today's ice event... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Here are some pics from NE TN of today's ice event... nice pics, thats a decent ice glaze. and more than here for sure...i cant imagine how things would have been road wise here with that much ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrin Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Looks just like that at my house. Temp currently at 31 with very light drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Getting interesting in Chapel Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Okay, disregard my previous post. My phone messed up and I couldn't post anything else. Anyway, we have a lot of glaze now... trees are starting to droop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Interesting in this area. Just north of here, temps are still at freezing. Just SE of here around MB, temps are getting up near 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Stream Rider Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Okay, disregard my previous post. My phone messed up and I couldn't post anything else. Anyway, we have a lot of glaze now... trees are starting to droop. ^ Yep. A bit more accretion than I like to see really. At this point I'd rather the temp go up a few more degrees. Power outages are not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I went below freezing yesterday much earlier and much lower than I thought, and it hung around today much longer than I thought. Still only 33.1 here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finally updated the forecast on my site. Anyway we had 0.1 inches of snow and a thin glaze but we are above freezing now so the event is essentially over in Southrern Pines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzannah Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I don't understand why school systems have to close schools in the entire county when only a part of the county is experiencing ice. To me it makes sense to close schools in the areas that are having icing problems. No sense in closing schools in South Fulton when roads are perfectly fine. Not that easy... it has as much to do with FTE counts and funding (how much money for how many students in a day) and attendance requirements as anything. There are many services in a county that overlap between schools (transportation, food service, central office staff, itinerant teachers), so it's an all or none proposition. Anything before or after 11:30 is a full day, so delayed openings count as a full day = full funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Honestly, some more glaze would be nice. I've just been drifting all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2131 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1000 AM CST THU DEC 16 2010 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN VA...ERN NC AND FAR SERN MD CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION VALID 161600Z - 162000Z FREEZING RAIN RATES FROM .10 TO .15 INCH/HOUR ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NC...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OCCASIONALLY ABOVE 1 INCH PER HOUR OCCURRING ACROSS SERN VA/FAR SERN MD UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. THEREAFTER...THOUGH LIGHT AND POSSIBLY SOME MODERATE PCPN MAY STILL BE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS...THE HEAVIER PCPN SHOULD BE ABATING BY THAT TIME. COMBINATION OF UPPER WAVE MOVING EWD THROUGH OH/KY AND STRONG WARM ADVECTION HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD WINTER PCPN ACROSS VA/NC REGION THIS MORNING. AS WAVE PASSES RAPIDLY EWD THROUGH THE REGION...850 MB WINDS WILL VEER TO WLY WITH WARM ADVECTION/ ISENTROPIC LIFT GRADUALLY WEAKENING. ALSO...SURFACE LOW IN ERN KY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EWD AND FILL...AS UPPER WAVE RESULTS IN CYCLOGENESIS ALONG WARM FRONT EAST OF DELMARVA. THUS...HEAVY PCPN IS GRADUALLY EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS MAIN FORCING SHIFTS EWD OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...UNTIL THAT TIME...SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NERN NC/VA BORDER WITH MODERATE INTENSITY FREEZING RAIN. NORTH OF THIS REGION...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NEWD INTO SERN MD BEFORE THE HEAVIER SNOW SHIFTS OFFSHORE MID/LATE AFTERNOON. ..IMY.. 12/16/2010 ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzannah Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Question: forecast says it should be 46 and cloudy here right now. Instead it's 35 and raining (ick)- If the temps and precip forecast for tonight are off by 10 degrees. it means another nasty start tomorrow morning. Why such a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Pretty heavy rain here now, temp still 30, trees, power lines really starting to get that look to them. We get another hr or two of this and I think we mght start seeing power issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Our tenth of an inch of snow at 4:45am this morning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 After about a half inch of snow last night, 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice acretion. 33.4 light rain currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Question: forecast says it should be 46 and cloudy here right now. Instead it's 35 and raining (ick)- If the temps and precip forecast for tonight are off by 10 degrees. it means another nasty start tomorrow morning. Why such a difference? It's 50 in Kennesaw and 56 in Huntsville. Have patience and your temps will pop. Just wait and watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I haven't had any precip for the last three hours or more. 30.9 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 This view in VA has got to be a mess: http://www.daculaweather.com/ridge_mid_atlantic_master.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 The scene from this morning...most is gone at this point, or rather, it's mostly mush and yuck. Ice is still accumulating on the trees, bushes and powerlines, though. The crepe myrtle is looking rather weepy right now and my butterfly bush is all but flat to the ground. According to RWI, we are finally up to 32 so hopefully we'll be thawing soon - definitely don't want power issues or branches all over the yard. edit: For some reason, I can't attach a pic I'll try later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 too bad it didnt stay below freezing, since we are still getting rain and could have had a better glaze. finally got out of the house, temp is 33.8 roads mostly wet, a few icy patches on the bridges still (they have put salt and sand down). since we already had ice, and most things closed, we could have just had ice the rest of the day i am glad to see that a lot of the se posters ended up with wintry precip. event last about 17 hours here (the freezing part) - not bad at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 too bad it didnt stay below freezing, since we are still getting rain and could have had a better glaze. finally got out of the house, temp is 33.8 roads mostly wet, a few icy patches on the bridges still (they have put salt and sand down). since we already had ice, and most things closed, we could have just had ice the rest of the day i am glad to see that a lot of the se posters ended up with wintry precip. event last about 17 hours here (the freezing part) - not bad at all Yeah, it was definitely a solid ZR event here, if short-lived. We don't have a lot of pines here so most trees are just fine, but my neighbor's pine (Christmas tree looking thing, I have no idea what it's called) is drooping a good bit. From what it looks like we had freezing drizzle just about all night with temps only getting above freezing around 8 AM or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Powerstroke called and said he was slinging the salt and listening to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Another pic from 4:45am this morning of our lovely tenth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Uploading a couple of videos from this morning. Dusting of snow and a decent ice event here but its all melting now. I'll post the videos in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Yeah, it was definitely a solid ZR event here, if short-lived. We don't have a lot of pines here so most trees are just fine, but my neighbor's pine (Christmas tree looking thing, I have no idea what it's called) is drooping a good bit. From what it looks like we had freezing drizzle just about all night with temps only getting above freezing around 8 AM or so. This kind of ice storm is OK, any colder or any more precip may have caused power problems, I was out for a week once, I never want to go through that again. Plus the traffic was a total nightmare last evening. Ice storms are my least favorite winter event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 This kind of ice storm is OK, any colder or any more precip may have caused power problems, I was out for a week once, I never want to go through that again. Plus the traffic was a total nightmare last evening. Ice storms are my least favorite winter event. I've never had major issues from ice in the 10 years I've lived here, so I suppose I'm not jaded like some of the folks on here are. Like HWY316 said (or was it Dacula?) weather weenies like any type of weather that is out of the ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I was telling someone yesterday, I just like different weather, I can't stand it when everything stays the same. I need the drama and excitement that extreme weather brings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 These videos were about 10 minutes apart. It only snowed for maybe an hour off and on but if it had stayed snow for a longer period I would have done ok with these kind of flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I've never had major issues from ice in the 10 years I've lived here, so I suppose I'm not jaded like some of the folks on here are. Like HWY316 said (or was it Dacula?) weather weenies like any type of weather that is out of the ordinary. I've been hit hard by icestorms multiple times but I still love them. Anything is better than rain this time of year. We have a very limited time to experience such variety so it is special when it happens imo. Plus, just tracking the temperature gradients has always been fascinated to me. And The temperature gradient continues to impress me today. Just a few minutes ago, Athens was 39 while lexington, about 15 or 16 miles east of the airport, was 54 while I was at 44. Now, athens is 41, lexington 55, and I'm 49...it jumped 5 degrees in less than 10 minutes. So this is an impressive warm front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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