Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Mount Holly considering an upgrade to WSW for here, mostly due to freezing rain potenital. Lovely. Is a quarter-inch of ice the criteria for WSW vs. advisory? Can't recall exactly, but that sticks in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Just went to mostly sleet. Come on freezing rain. I hate sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 who got 4" an hour rates? I did well in that storm and I would say I got 2" an hour for several hours. I did. I recall in the span of 40 minutes, it went from a coating to 3.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windman18 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Let's see if this behemoth can hold together. I don't see the north half of MD dry slotting really at all. The precipitation will probably slow down at timeshe but not stop completely. http://www.wunderground.com/weather-radar/united-states/wv/charleston/rlx/?region=bgm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyBo Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It is what it is, but what you just described is warning criteria, which for some reason gets pooh poohed on the board. For the record, sitting at home during warning criteria snows is generally when nothing bad happens as well... I did just see someone leaving mass from the church across from my house fall down very hard just now. It is very slippery up here and folks didn't stay in. Just went over to where he fell and put Sally down and told a church member to maybe cone off the spot. We've tracked crappier events a lot harder than we tracked this. Sent from my iPhone I went jogging with the dog in the snow here. It's not gripping well on pre-existing ice. Saw someone slip and eat it, too, luckily they looked young enough to shake it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 With these rates I might pick up an inch of snow.......In 32 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I did just see someone leaving mass from the church across from my house fall down very hard just now. It is very slippery up here and folks didn't stay in. Just went over to where he fell and put salt down and told a church member to maybe cone off the spot. Sent from my iPhone move along. don't interfere with teh god's will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I did. I recall in the span of 40 minutes, it went from a coating to 3.5" oh, OK, maybe I did too then but just don't remember the specifics....I am just looking at my records which showed nearly 9 inches over 5 hours so I just avg. 2" an hour in my mind from that....but there could have been a BURST like you said in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 move along. don't interfere with teh god's will Heh. Flying Spaghetti Monster will protect me. Moderate snow here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Dandruff burst now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It is what it is, but what you just described is warning criteria, which for some reason gets pooh poohed on the board. For the record, sitting at home during warning criteria snows is generally when nothing bad happens as well... I did just see someone leaving mass from the church across from my house fall down very hard just now. It is very slippery up here and folks didn't stay in. Just went over to where he fell and put salt down and told a church member to maybe cone off the spot. We've tracked crappier events a lot harder than we tracked this. Sent from my iPhone Yeah again not sure what to say. You thought freezing rain isn't slippery? No one really poo pooed anything other than the usual freakout about ice. Sorry for the people who just MUST get outside and can't sit indoors to wait it out. It's ROUGH being a middle class person with time on your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Is a quarter-inch of ice the criteria for WSW vs. advisory? Can't recall exactly, but that sticks in my mind. Yes I believe so. Looks like we will have the heavier qpf here later today and tonight, but surface temps dont look to get to freezing. Previous thinking was temps would be right at 32 here tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 With these rates I might pick up an inch of snow.......In 32 hours How awesome would it be to snow for 32 straight hours!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Heh. Flying Spaghetti Monster will protect me. Moderate snow here. Sent from my iPhone In his noodley appendage, we trust. Ramen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yeah again not sure what to say. You thought freezing rain isn't slippery? No one really poo pooed anything other than the usual freakout about ice. Sorry for the people who just MUST get outside and can't sit indoors to wait it out. It's ROUGH being a middle class person with time on your hands.I am not criticizing anyone in particular, Ian, I didn't really pay that close attention to this myself. Just noting that the overall tenor of the board tends to downplay these, which on balance is probably the right approach, but not always. Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 20.6/19 and all sleet now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 dusting. super-light snow falling. 26F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Got a short burst of big flakes, now back to light snow with small flakes and about 1/3" new. Still pure snow - no grains or sleet yet. The "back edge" I blabbed about sure filled in quick! Wife and daughter still scheduled to do a Girl Scout cookie sale at a local Safeway between 1 and 3pm -- gonna take them in the crusty ol' 2001 Outback and hit up Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Also, freezing rain sometimes isn't very slippery, hence the usual sardonic observations about ice on tree limbs while roads are fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 High end -SN now, down to 25.7/21..Sun angle starts decreasing in just over 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It is what it is, but what you just described is warning criteria, which for some reason gets pooh poohed on the board. For the record, sitting at home during warning criteria snows is generally when nothing bad happens as well... I did just see someone leaving mass from the church across from my house fall down very hard just now. It is very slippery up here and folks didn't stay in. Just went over to where he fell and put salt down and told a church member to maybe cone off the spot. We've tracked crappier events a lot harder than we tracked this. Sent from my iPhone This is a very good day to stay home if challenged by icy weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I am not criticizing anyone in particular, Ian, I didn't really pay that close attention to this myself. Just noting that then overall tenor of the board tends to downplay these, which on balance is probably the right approach, but not always. Sent from my iPhone Most of us don't care much about ice--plus the usual over nervousness about ice. Whenever I talk about ice I think bigger impacts other than driving.. it takes like a trace of ice to mess up driving so if ice is in the forecast and you have to drive you should probably just go into it knowing that it's going to be a problem. One NWS job is scaring people into not leaving home.. not ours here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Light snow and sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Also, snow and ice on a weekend is awesome. I am very much enjoying just sitting and watching it fall. This would be a lot less fun if I had had to go into work.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 A lot of solenoids showing some nice warm air advection: (For those who don't know: when height lines and temperatures lines come together to form polygons, it is a really good indication of warm air or cold air advection. generally geostrophic wind flow runs parallel to the height lines, so in this image, it would run southwest to northeast.) Thought this was a cool example to see. That map illustrates why I got to enjoy ZR and sleet today I am right at the 32 degree 850 pressure surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 20.6/19 and all sleet now... Say what?!? We never changed to sleet and we're south of you and lower elevation Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I am not criticizing anyone in particular, Ian, I didn't really pay that close attention to this myself. Just noting that then overall tenor of the board tends to downplay these, which on balance is probably the right approach, but not always. Sent from my iPhone I downplayed it because this airmass wasnt as cold as last weekends, and even though I had some freezing rain, it was alot of rain@ 32 that wasnt freezing much. That is typical here on the coastal plain. It seems now from what I am reading/seeing(AFD, SPC, etc) temps are not going to rise at the surface very fast, and ice may be more of an issue than forecast. Cold, dry air winning so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 i thought everyone here just sat in front of their computers or i-devices inside all the time, no matter the weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hearing quite a bit of sleet now but still have some snow. Transition certainly in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Odd mixture of tiny grains and snow bombs...fun to watch...I'm in need of a burst here soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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