metalicwx366 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 That's just me. If no significant accumulation is expected I give it no significant attention. I am at my low temp for the day right now(37) and it's raining. I doubt I missed anything.Wow so if it was summer and you had sleet in the forecast and it said no accumulation expected, you wouldn't get excited? lol.Nice line of thunderstorms training S of here like always. Ugh we miss everything here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wow so if it was summer and you had sleet in the forecast and it said no accumulation expected, you wouldn't get excited? lol. Nice line of thunderstorms training S of here like always. Ugh we miss everything here. I'd check that out just in case someone needed to be told the difference between sleet and hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Does anyone know why the sleet was so unusually large today? It was stinging when I left class today. The windshield wipers were no match to these larger rocks. Several college students were mistaking it for hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Does anyone know why the sleet was so unusually large today? It was stinging when I left class today. The windshield wipers were no match to these larger rocks. Several college students were mistaking it for hail.the pre-frozen hydrometeors were large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 WilkesboroDude gets an A+ for this winter weather event. Just because it is April does not mean it is 6,000ft+ only. Van Denton got over 600 comments on his FB status...pretty widespread event of obs there! please show us pics of any meaningful accumulation of snow in north Carolina at a low elevation. even mount Mitchell was reporting a snow/sleet mix today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Does anyone know why the sleet was so unusually large today? It was stinging when I left class today. The windshield wipers were no match to these larger rocks. Several college students were mistaking it for hail. It was quite similar here with some very large sleet pellets. Perhaps there was some graupel involved? I'm not really sure, but those pingers around 3-4 PM actually packed a bit of a sting when they hit the skin. Anyways, I see Wytheville, VA ended up with 6"+ of snow. At only an hour-and-a-half from here, that would have been chase-able, though I couldn't have been there until around 5 PM when it was almost over with anyways. At least I saw a few mangled flakes and quite a bit of (non-accumulating) sleet this afternoon with temperatures in the mid- to upper-30s. Can't really complain considering all we were supposed to get was a cold rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 please show us pics of any meaningful accumulation of snow in north Carolina at a low elevation. even mount Mitchell was reporting a snow/sleet mix today. Well it was not a lot but northern foothills went to all snow after the morning sleet event. I define low elevation 1,500ft and under. Mount Airy 1,115ft....this picture pretty much shows what happened in other parts of Wilkes/Surry/Stokes/western Yadkin. Alleghany County, often not included in some of the sig. winter weather events that affect Ashe/Watauga, came out as a big winner with 3" inches reported so far. Much higher in elevation but still sig. for April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I believe you guys saw hail instead of sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Allergy season has begun. That's a very cool, gif, Mr. Burns! Thanks for finding and posting! And your "under a buck" was exceedingly clever...it gets two thumps up, and a mountain oyster T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I believe you guys saw hail instead of sleet.I believe you would be incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I believe you guys saw hail instead of sleet. Nope....it was sleet, no question. Hail forms in layers. These were crystal clear balls of ice with no core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Nope....it was sleet, no question. Hail forms in layers. These were crystal clear balls of ice with no core.And lot of them for a long duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I know but was any of that forecast or anything? Some saw it fall very heavy for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I know but was any of that forecast or anything? Some saw it fall very heavy for a while. Just because it wasn't forecast doesn't mean it was hail......... but yeah, the GFS nailed the snow falling in that area. We saw some brief sleet here in NE GA yesterday morning. Kinda nice. Temps held around 36-38 all afternoon with a stout east wind. Much nicer today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Just because it wasn't forecast doesn't mean it was hail......... but yeah, the GFS nailed the snow falling in that area. We saw some brief sleet here in NE GA yesterday morning. Kinda nice. Temps held around 36-38 all afternoon with a stout east wind. Much nicer today. It was just weird how everyone was reporting sleet this time of the year. Some places in VA saw 3+ inches of sleet. I knew it wasn't hail was kidding.We received more rain today than the past two days and yesterday rain wasnt even in the forecast for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 The snow/sleet in the mountains/foothills is amazing for so late in the year..especially given the circumstances. Not to mention the snow in wv/western va where up to at least a half of a foot fell. But All I know is I'm sick of this worthless cold. Will be real happy to see the temps warm up. ffc is even forecasting highs in the near 80 or low 80s tue and Wed...wow that's going to be amazing yet probably hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 That's a very cool, gif, Mr. Burns! Thanks for finding and posting! And your "under a buck" was exceedingly clever...it gets two thumps up, and a mountain oyster T Glad you liked the GIF. "Under a buck" is a very old joke. I have no idea when I heard it for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Glad you liked the GIF. "Under a buck" is a very old joke. I have no idea when I heard it for the first time. Explain why its 49 degrees in my backyard in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Explain why its 49 degrees in my backyard in April. It is possible Waycross has entered the fumarolic stage. However, it is much too early to definitively make that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Explain why its 49 degrees in my backyard in April. Global Warming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Unbelievable. After the snow has melted this morning I hear someone mowing their yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Metallica , how far do you live from Springfield GA ? Saw a man down there let his pit bulls loose on a mans pig that had escaped, then stabbed it like 18 times. Wanted to make sure it wasn't you ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Metallica , how far do you live from Springfield GA ? Saw a man down there let his pit bulls loose on a mans pig that had escaped, then stabbed it like 18 times. Wanted to make sure it wasn't you ?? 100 miles and it wasn't me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Global Warming Or Global Cooling fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 It is possible Waycross has entered the fumarolic stage. However, it is much too early to definitively make that statement. :lmao: But wouldnt that mean its getting hotter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 does anyone know what is wrong with wxsouth weather site? I've tried for 2 days to get on his site and can't get thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 does anyone know what is wrong with wxsouth weather site? I've tried for 2 days to get on his site and can't get thru.Winter is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Winter is over. did you ever have a winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Winter is over. Noooo....., WInter is just taking a break. It will be back soon. Its taking its yearly vacation along with Summer and Fall while Spring is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 did you ever have a winter? The entire SE winter revolves around Waycross, If Waycross had a good winter, everyone else does. I received snow, therefore it was a good winter which means we all had a good winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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