thunderwolf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Bright sunshine and lots of melting here in N Raleigh. I don't think black ice will be too bad, especially west of US 1 where the clouds are breaking up pretty good. Should get some good melting, evaporation and sublimation until the sun goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackGrad05 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I just went out.. we are not getting a lot of melting here near Fuquay at all. The sun is out but the high albedo is reflecting a lot of it... I don't think temps get close to 40 with the albedo. This is my neighborhood street. Still solid ice. I think schools will be out again tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packbacker Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I just went out.. we are not getting a lot of melting here near Fuquay at all. The sun is out but the high albedo is reflecting a lot of it... I don't think temps get close to 40 with the albedo. This is my neighborhood street. Still solid ice. I think schools will be out again tomorrow. Yeah, my neighborhood is a solid sheet of ice, no way kids go to school this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ended up with about an inch of compacted sleet on the roadways this morning. It appears to be deeper in grassy surfaces, but it's so hard to measure accurately. I have no idea how much moisture this actually was in order to record my "rainfall" totals. The sledding has been absolutely fantastic this morning! Almost dangerous, at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperium Americana Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Went for a drive this morning. Still no power. I think it will be awhile. Did not really lose any trees, except for a privacy Leyland. My neighbors did not fare so well. Lots of pines down. Glad I have all hardwoods. http://imgur.com/TNIxPAx http://imgur.com/GhaeV1l http://imgur.com/aIKEKyp http://imgur.com/klfY6j9 http://imgur.com/5JRK63N http://imgur.com/WidkPWT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sun can't break out today , it keeps trying, but temp holding in mid 30s, forecast was mid 40s from local outlets, think we may be a little short, keeping my sleet pack in tact! Maybe hanging on to get max cold tomorrow night and Thursday night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sun can't break out today , it keeps trying, but temp holding in mid 30s, forecast was mid 40s from local outlets, think we may be a little short, keeping my sleet pack in tact! Maybe hanging on to get max cold tomorrow night and Thursday night! Same here temps in the upper 20's its melting off the roofs but that's pretty much it, making huge icicles...if we somehow pull off a more widespread organized light snow event with the front and get a general 1-2" hit over the area Thursday and Thursday night might be close to record breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino13882 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sun is out but the roads here are a skating rink. Seeing pictures of melted streets in Durham and Raleigh, but none of it here. I see myself working from home tomorrow as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackGrad05 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 They say it will cloud up again this afternoon....and obviously refreeze tonight. they've done a great job with the main roads and highways, but the secondary roads and neighborhoods are still rough.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDeac Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Roads in Charlotte are fine, other than heavily shaded areas. At least my driveway is usable now. Parked on the street last night for good reason. Still have not cracked the freezing mark. Times like these make you appreciate the power of the sun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme NEGA Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Storm total for Toccoa up to an inch of sleet with at least half an inch of ice. We went a few hours with plain freezing rain before it ended. A few people I know are without power. My cousin had a tree fall on her house last night in Franklin County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Currently pushing 40 F here. Downsloping FTW! Not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 33 here. Just finished shoveling the driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 yay the power just came on - thanks Ga Power!!! it is still below freezing here, wow. temp is 31 and its cloudy again. there is still ice everywhere and trees are still covered. its actually really pretty looking - all grey and white. temp in the house bottomed out at 54 (although i was sitting by the fireplace and warm and toasty lol). if it doesnt warm up or melt much more by this evening could be another icy night. just want some of the ice off the larger trees so they dont fall. although i would guess if they havent fallen by now they are probably going to make it. surprisingly the sleet saved mby it appears. limbs down, but just one tree this time. dec 05 took literally half the trees in the neighborhood out completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 You guys who luck out and still have ice in trees, big wind event coming tommorow, beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 You guys who luck out and still have ice in trees, big wind event coming tommorow, beware. yikes, so just how big a wind event and in the morning or afternoon lol. hopefully after this melts. took these a few minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRVwxfan. Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Temps just north of Columbia hit the 32F mark just after midnight last night, so there were some ice covered trees this morning. No issues on the roads. The GFS had the track perfectly 2 days ago. Was a winter wonderland this am here. Bottomed out in the upper 20s. Got about 1/10 accumulation in Blythewood. Still lots of ice in the trees even now. Clouds have prevented the temps from rising much. So far, it hasn't gone above 33F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well, looks like GSO reported 1.9" of SN/IP. Surprised it was that high. Guess I'll go with that for my total given my close proximity to the airport. http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=RAH&issuedby=GSO&product=CLI&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No snow for you Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Greenville is going to have a problem tomorrow. We did get some melting but only hit a high of 36 today when they were calling for 43. Still plenty of ice on the trees and currently 34.2 with an expected low of 20. What time will the wind start tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAtlanta Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Crazy.... we are just now getting above freezing in our neck of the woods (32.6)...so much for getting into the 40's. We still have lots of ice on trees, especially the wimpy pines. Hope it gets a chance to melt before tomorrow's winds. It has to come off at some point right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 It never got above freezing here today - topped out at 27, which is what it still is right now. Nothing melted off the trees. We lost a bunch of pine limbs, to be expected since they are so soft. I didn't see many hardwoods around here lose limbs, just a few. I had to drive down to Marietta this morning and once you get south of Holly Springs, there's absolutely no sign of anything. It was sunny down there too, and stayed cloudy here at the house the entire day. Still cloudy now. The wind is kicking up, and I'm watching the pine trees in the back yard struggle. I reckon we'll lose a few more limbs before it's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernskimmer Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Very light drizzle in jamestowm. Odd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGator Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well, just got to work....drove from the NE part of Gwinnett over towards the southern end of Hall County and boy, what a mess. We still don't have power and according to WSB TV, about 70% of Gainesville Hall County is without power. There are trees and power lines down EVERYWHERE, and that's after you can see where crews have already cleared a lot of downed trees. Easily the worst ice storm here in the north metro since '05 I would say. - Buck Agree. Drove from northern Forsyth county to Gwinnett this afternoon and couldn't believe the trees down everywhere. Some even fell while we were out, onto roads we had no problems with earlier. Our power was out from Monday night until 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and we still don't have Internet service. School is cancelled for Wednesday although I'm not entirely sure why. Roads are not icy but it may be that some of the more rural roads are still not cleared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 After a predicted high of 39 we only got up to 33. We ended up with about a tenth of an inch of ice but that was enough to bring branches down and cut power. We lost it for 3 hours. The temp went up to 33 early this morning and stayed there until the rain ended and then it dropped back below freezing otherwise it would have been a lot worse than it was. Still lots of ice around and the temp is sitting at 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookingnorth Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 At T+90 hours, my yard still has ~80% snow cover. For only 1 inch of sleet and the 1/2 inch of snow (from Wednesday), along with noontime sun angles approaching 45°, that's what I call a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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