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3/6-3/7 Last Hurrah Obs


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More SN than IP at the moment. Absolutely huge flakes just poring down.

 

Nice!  Just IP here at the moment, but I'm on the lookout! ;)

 

Looks to be a few more heavy bands to our south east yet to come through

 

The deformation band should set up and hammer us through dawn, IMO.  It should be fun, especially if you can manage to stay mostly snow.

 

BTW, that sucks about losing power, jburns.  It must be a real mess down that way if it's all liquid falling, especially now with surface temperatures starting to dip into the upper 20s.

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I'd say the predominant P-type is sleet, but there's definitely some freezing rain in there, too, as I notice more of a glaze on the trees, etc. than before.  The grass, the road, etc. is basically a 1"+ glacier at the moment.  Cool looking.  I've still got power, thankfully.

 

Yes, you can have a major ice storm in March!

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Jamestown, NC a heavy mess is falling. Power just flickered. Stepped outside an could hear trees popping

 

Yeah, these flakes are crazy.  It's just huge globs of stuff, LOL!  I'm not sure I've seen such massive flakes as these before.  Of course, these heavy, wet flakes will only exasperate our power issues if they continue.

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Yeah, there's still a few flakes mixing in here, but it's pretty much back to IP (mixed with ZR, probably).  It makes you wonder if we can do a full changeover if we really get some heavy rates as rates really aren't overly impressive at the moment.

 

I'm not sure how much ice accretion we have, but it looks like quite a bit.  I'd have to think we have at least warning criteria (0.25") and maybe more than that.

 

EDIT: Damn, just had another power flicker and now the streetlights are dark.

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NWS RAH just issued a Wind Advisory......

 

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
421 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

...STRONG WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS EXPECTED TODAY...

.AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST TODAY. STRONG WINDS FROM THE
NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40
MPH THROUGH THE DAY... BEFORE TAPERING DOWN TOWARD EVENING.

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-072300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.140307T0921Z-140307T2300Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR...
HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...
WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...
CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...
NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...
LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...
SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...
SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...
MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...
SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...
GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...
EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...
FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON
421 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH ARE
LIKELY... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BE
STRONGEST ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO KNOCK DOWN TREE
BRANCHES AND LIMBS... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF THE PIEDMONT WHERE
ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES. DOWNED POWER LINES ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. WITH A WET GROUND LEADING TO
WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS... THESE WINDS MAY ALSO KNOCK DOWN A FEW
TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL
OUTSIDE TODAY... AS FALLING TREE LIMBS CAN BE DANGEROUS.

&&

$

BLS/GIH

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was a big flop in buncombe county started off snowing good yesterday and went to a mix of rain and snow and is mostly rain now.  got absolutely nothing.  schools aren't even on a delay. 

 

Yep, a big fail for Asheville.... looks like the deformation band set up just to the south. Could have been a huge snow if that 50+ dBz had has been right overhead.

 

http://climate.cod.edu/data/nexrad/animations/codnexlab.NEXRAD.GSP.N0Q.20140307.1026.096ani.gifcodnexlab.NEXRAD.GSP.N0Q.20140307.1026.0

 

On the other hand... those in upstate SC might be waking up to a surprise mix where they probably wouldn't expecting much. CC showed the rain/mix line crash southward as this deformation band really got cranking!

 

codnexlab.NEXRAD.GSP.N0C.20140307.1019.0

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