Thrasher Fan Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Plenty of cold, no QPF. Plenty of QPF, no cold. Life in the ATL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 The SW back edge of the blob of precip in TN,looks to be falling apart as it heads into GA and SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nothing going on now. From what I read this morning was the appetiZer. Is more still to come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I have a very real concern about the blob of precip headed SE toward Atlanta. We're still well below freezing over here on the NE side and I still have a wet bulb of 26.8ºF It appears it might get here about the time the schools are letting out. This could be a disaster for afternoon traffic here. Has me a little worried. http://www.daculaweather.com/4_ridge_georgia.php Do you think it will hold together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 The SW back edge of the blob of precip in TN,looks to be falling apart as it heads into GA and SC That's what I'm seeing as well. I think the NW corner of the Upstate could still get manhandled but that precip field tends to dry up as it moves into the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Winds here are still out of the NE,locking in the wedge.yesterday there was talk of S/SE winds.doubt temps here get above 30,and we get some heavier precip later,it will be rough! Allready 100 + wrecks around GSP area per wyff 4 news. Surface winds have been out of the S / SE in central/western NC all morning. Temperatures in the low-mid 20's in central NC at midday. This is one helluva cold airmass considering we are not experiencing a steady NE feed. Good example of how models days out don't always handle the drain of cold air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nothing going on now. From what I read this morning was the appetiZer. Is more still to come? I think so, look at the radar just west of the Triad. If that holds together we are in trouble (lots of ice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Here is the current look at the 925 level.. Perfect view of the wedge. CAD in all it's glory. Thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0048.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Surface winds have been out of the S / SE in central/western NC all morning. Temperatures in the low-mid 20's in central NC at midday. This is one helluva cold airmass considering we are not experiencing a steady NE feed. Good example of how models days out don't always handle the drain of cold air. It seems that the models underestimated the cold. I wasn't forecasted to be at 22 degrees now by any model, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Do you think it will hold together? I believe we'll see something out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 This one's for you Brick... MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0048 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1143 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL NORTH CAROLINA CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN VALID 251743Z - 252145Z SUMMARY...A 2-4 HOUR PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...COMMENCING BY AROUND 20-21Z...WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE...WINSTON-SALEM...FAYETTEVILLE AND RALEIGH-DURHAM METROPOLITAN AREAS. DISCUSSION...AS A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION...AND AN ASSOCIATED MID-LEVEL SPEED MAXIMUM APPROACHES THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...STRENGTHENING OF WEST SOUTHWESTERLY 850 FLOW IS NOW UNDERWAY TO THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MODELS INDICATE FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THIS LOW-LEVEL JET /TO 55-65 KT/ IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 21-22Z...WITH THE JET CORE ELONGATING EAST NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THIS LIKELY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARMING AND BROAD...STRENGTHENING LARGE-SCALE ASCENT...ABOVE A LINGERING SUB-FREEZING SURFACE-BASED AIR MASS. AS THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES SATURATE...A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS POSSIBLE INITIALLY...BUT WARMING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR A CHANGEOVER TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. SIZABLE SURFACE TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS MAY ALSO HINDER PRECIPITATION RATES INITIALLY...BUT EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL PROBABLY MAINTAIN SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S. WITH GUIDANCE SUGGESTIVE OF PRECIPITATION RATES UP TO AROUND .10 INCH PER HOUR...SIGNIFICANT ICING APPEARS POSSIBLE ON VEGETATION... POWER LINES AND MOST UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTwx Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Threw charlotte a bone to evidently This one's for you Brick... MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0048 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1143 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL NORTH CAROLINA CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN VALID 251743Z - 252145Z SUMMARY...A 2-4 HOUR PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...COMMENCING BY AROUND 20-21Z...WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE...WINSTON-SALEM...FAYETTEVILLE AND RALEIGH-DURHAM METROPOLITAN AREAS. DISCUSSION...AS A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION...AND AN ASSOCIATED MID-LEVEL SPEED MAXIMUM APPROACHES THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...STRENGTHENING OF WEST SOUTHWESTERLY 850 FLOW IS NOW UNDERWAY TO THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MODELS INDICATE FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THIS LOW-LEVEL JET /TO 55-65 KT/ IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 21-22Z...WITH THE JET CORE ELONGATING EAST NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THIS LIKELY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARMING AND BROAD...STRENGTHENING LARGE-SCALE ASCENT...ABOVE A LINGERING SUB-FREEZING SURFACE-BASED AIR MASS. AS THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES SATURATE...A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS POSSIBLE INITIALLY...BUT WARMING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR A CHANGEOVER TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. SIZABLE SURFACE TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS MAY ALSO HINDER PRECIPITATION RATES INITIALLY...BUT EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL PROBABLY MAINTAIN SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S. WITH GUIDANCE SUGGESTIVE OF PRECIPITATION RATES UP TO AROUND .10 INCH PER HOUR...SIGNIFICANT ICING APPEARS POSSIBLE ON VEGETATION... POWER LINES AND MOST UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0048.html I guess that answers my question. Looks like the worst is to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 hoping it comes down as sleet and not ZR... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Round 2's leading edge appears to be in the Triad already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I believe we'll see something out of this. That will be bad especially for those in the prime CAD areas. I have to drive to Lawrenceville after work and they are sitting at 31 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg2916 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Upstate SC got some sleet on top of freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncskywarn Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I guess that answers my question. Looks like the worst is to come. As if things are not already starting to get bad WRAL news just reported that there has already been 51 reported accidents in the Raleigh area in the last 45 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Warming up up top in the High Country with the 850 flow Temps up from low teens to around 26 on the ridge tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Snowing hard here little flakes, maybe a little sleet mixed in from time to time but all snow for now, sticking to everything immediately as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADDOGG Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I believe we'll see something out of this. i hope this thing can hold together, had a breif shower/sleet this morning nothing froze yet... my temp has started to rise about a degree or two this last hour(rose to 30 for a few mins now back to 29.8)... NWS still has us at 18 dewpoint so this thing better hurry up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY18 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Roads are sleet covered here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 as the precip comes over the mountains it appears the northern edge is expanding rapidly eastward north of I-40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I have a very real concern about the blob of precip headed SE toward Atlanta. We're still well below freezing over here on the NE side and I still have a wet bulb of 26.8ºF It appears it might get here about the time the schools are letting out. This could be a disaster for afternoon traffic here. Has me a little worried. http://www.daculaweather.com/4_ridge_georgia.php Yep. Unlike snow, with freezing rain 10 minutes can be the difference between nothing to impassable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 22 degrees with 11 degree dewpoint at Greensboro. If that precip moves it to saturate column, temps will crash into teens for Triad, and the region would be a solid ice rink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 As if things are not already starting to get bad WRAL news just reported that there has already been 51 reported accidents in the Raleigh area in the last 45 minutes Wow. Normally there's just 49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Roads are sleet covered here. please put your location in your avatar profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 22 degrees with 11 degree dewpoint at Greensboro. If that precip moves it to saturate column, temps will crash into teens for Triad, and the region would be a solid ice rink. IN 15 minutes it wil be hitting Greensboro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 22 degrees with 11 degree dewpoint at Greensboro. If that precip moves it to saturate column, temps will crash into teens for Triad, and the region would be a solid ice rink. Yeah, we've got some light sleet starting up again. What is somewhat amazing is how what was on the road earlier has now somewhat melted off. It's amazing what the sun can do in mid-day, even with temperatures so low. Nevertheless, the sun angle is only going to get lower from here on out, so things are going to get ugly later. Thankfully, I'm home now. RAH still has us under a WWA. I'm surprised they didn't put up WSWs for some of their counties, to be honest. I also must say, so much for this starting at 3 PM like it was supposed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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