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Jan 25th Winter Weather Discussion Thread


Marion_NC_WX

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Slower...not good if you are looking for a school delay east of the mountains. Looks like an afternoon/evening event.

 

Good if you like accumulating snow, though! ;)

 

Of course, we haven't had a good daytime snow in forever, so I'd love to see some snow with the sun still up, to be honest.

 

850s look okay for N. NC, though I have a feeling there's a nasty warm nose in there above 850, if past runs are any indication.

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You are also right about the ever-changing 500mb look -- one time there are 3 or 4 s/w strung out, then just one -- this time it was more diggy -- south and west of 18z position.

and @48 it's warmer than 18z...still mainly a ZR event in NC this run looks like more QPF for most of NC compared to 18z. 

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looks about the same overall...maybe higher qpf. Did notice a qpf max of .50 near the VA line not far from here at 48 hours. Verbatim, the VA border counties of NC would do quite well in the snow department.

If the NAM verfies correct, this could be significant for our area. Snow/sleet to freezing rain. If the freezing rain can get to >.25 that meets Winter Storm Criteria.

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 The 0Z NAM continues the trend of only very light QPF for the ATL-AHN corridor during the CAD. Until that changes, it won't matter much how cold it will be during the CAD although a light glaze would still be quite possible. Actually, light or no precip. means less/no evap. cooling and, therefore, not as cold during the CAD. For at least the time being, this is looking much more like a TN/NC event than a non extreme N GA event.

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This (the NAM) looks like one of those classic storms from my childhood (late 90s/early 2000s) when we'd get a few inches of snow first, then change over to sleet, and get some ZR at the end.  Not to echo Brick too much, but that can lead to some hard-packed ice on the roads.

I was thinking the same thing except it was in the 80s. Been a long time since we have had one like that.

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What's very interesting about the NAM is how it really juices up once it gets to the coast. If it keeps that up someone near RDU may get something really good out of this. 

 

Be nice if someone can get a nice event out of this, but not sure if the NAM is windshield wiping, is it going to tick more north or is it going to tick back south.  Only 36 hours until things kick of in TN.

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 The 0Z NAM continues the trend of only very light QPF for the ATL-AHN corridor during the CAD. Until that changes, it won't matter much how cold it will be during the CAD although a light glaze would still be quite possible. Actually, light or no precip. means less/no evap. cooling and, therefore, not as cold during the CAD.

 

What I'm interested to see if the numerical guidance now shows ATL 32 or lower at 15Z, there has been a trend for those temps to drop the last few runs, if its still below 34 at 15Z there is a chance any precip coming in during that time could wet bulb it down.

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