WeatherNC Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 You know, we are doing this for real, man short on this formation, but we are epicenter into the thick. Going with 27-28" storm total with widespread 3' drifts and scattered pockets of a lost yardstick. I was in DC for Snowmageddon, DuPont Circle area, and this was more snow. The one thing that strikes me this go around was the wind (and gravity waves on radar), even removed here west of the city inland, the wind this afternoon and tonight was big time. Snownados were common, Moon is out, neighbor just cleared out lifeline out of here with a 70k tractor. It took him several passes up and down the road, couple hundred yards at a time, but we have a means out. This was his third clearing of the 1.5 mile back to the 400. First was last night around midnight, est 8", then this morning around 9, add another 8", and then just now, I had 12" on the rd before he passed. 522 south to CHO should be fun in the morning. Have to hand it to the American Suite, namely the North American in picking up the NYC ban hammer inside 72hrs. While the Euro was short stroking central VA, the NAM lead the way with the GFS right behind, these big dogs always come NW inside of 48. Understand the cutoff was sharp, here too. 30 miles to our north there is 40". But this is big time, regions wide, enjoy MA/NY gents, jeb walks are for real this evening. SE weenies who want a sled, line up, selective screening is underway but the t step for this one in 20+, that's years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackGrad05 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Lost power at 3pm Friday. Just got it back. That's 32 hours. Southern wake. Got almost .5 inch freezing rain. Half inch snow on top on the back end. Never want that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thess Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Zoom to see the crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thess Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 One of many failed escape attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Well just got back in. One of the best partd of this storm is happening tonight. I'm up on a hill that overlooks uwharrie mtns, if you can officially call them mtns, anyway the moonlight off the snow is awesome tonight looking out. If your away from street lights etc and have a snowpack take a peek b4 dozing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtg947h Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 We picked up a bit of something frozen (sleet? refrozen melted snow? ice pellets? it bounced when it hit, anyway) all the way down here near Savannah yesterday morning. Didn't last long and only stuck around for a couple minutes, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvelMountain Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 10 degrees. Bright sunrise. The full Moon on the snow overnight was incredible. Three foot icicles from my metal roof. Go Panthers... Saw where an area just five miles NW of me got 19 inches. Upslope I guess. No complaints here with 10 inches. Stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can someone tell me what the dynamics were in central NC between about 5:00 and 9:00PM Friday? Was that when the gravity wave came through? I'm trying to figure out the correlation between the zr stopping, winds suddenly gusting to 30+ for about 2 hours, and a majority of the branches falling, causing the power outage. Yeah, things continued to snap off and on all night long, but most of the tree damage around here was between 5:30 and 7:30 or so. There was about a 4 hour lull in the precip, temps remained steady at 32°. Freezing drizzle/rain resumed about 9ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfranklin Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 reported totals from weather service offices: AKQ (Wakefield, VA) PDF Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncjoaquin Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wow! Maybe somebody already posted this. Mt> Mitchell with 66 inches of snow! http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/01/24/mount-mitchell-digs-out-66-inches-snow/79262838/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can someone tell me what the dynamics were in central NC between about 5:00 and 9:00PM Friday? Was that when the gravity wave came through? I'm trying to figure out the correlation between the zr stopping, winds suddenly gusting to 30+ for about 2 hours, and a majority of the branches falling, causing the power outage. Yeah, things continued to snap off and on all night long, but most of the tree damage around here was between 5:30 and 7:30 or so. There was about a 4 hour lull in the precip, temps remained steady at 32°. Freezing drizzle/rain resumed about 9ish. I think it has to do with dryer air maybe, these are the obs from PGV that night.....in our case it was the heavy rain band that had winds steady in the teens gusting into mid 20's.....as soon as the sharp cutoff of the heavier rain moved east we saw a jump in the winds for a hr or so with gust to 40 and better...it also cleared out with a filtered moon visible and the low level clouds were hauling ass, wake lows are caused by sinking air that is higher pressure immediately following bands of storms/heavy rain...your timing matches it picked up here around 8pm that night... 22 21:35 NE 12 G 18 10.00 Light Drizzle OVC010 41 41 100% 34 NA 29.54 NA 22 21:15 E 14 G 21 10.00 Overcast OVC010 41 39 93% 33 NA 29.54 NA 22 20:55 E 18 G 28 10.00 Overcast OVC010 41 37 87% 32 NA 29.55 NA 0.04 22 20:35 E 20 G 30 10.00 Light Rain OVC010 39 37 93% 29 NA 29.56 NA 0.04 22 20:15 E 16 G 40 5.00 Light Rain BKN008 BKN012 OVC021 37 37 100% 28 NA 29.58 NA 0.03 22 19:55 E 18 G 29 5.00 Light Rain SCT008 BKN012 OVC035 36 36 100% 26 NA 29.62 NA 0.15 22 19:35 NE 12 G 23 5.00 Rain BKN010 BKN032 OVC050 36 36 100% 28 NA 29.71 NA 0.10 22 19:15 NE 20 G 28 5.00 Light Rain SCT008 BKN026 OVC050 36 36 100% 25 NA 29.72 NA 0.05 22 18:55 NE 15 3.00 Rain SCT008 BKN014 OVC030 34 34 100% 24 NA 29.75 NA 0.28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 ImageUploadedByTapatalk1453609750.842348.jpg One of many failed escape attempts. I think you live in my apartment complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Total liquid equivalent for the event - 1.19". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 All NWS GSP Storm Reports from the Winter Storm are showing in a sortable searchable workbook. Our forum does not allow attachment of excel spreadsheets so you may access a copy here: http://wnharrell.com/shared/KGSPJanuary2016WinterStormReports.xlsx Note the 2 largest reports in the KGSP area are 18" and 19". I do not see where Mount Mitchell was logged as a Local Storm Report with their reported 60" total accumulation from the storm. You can also find this same data for other NWS offices at this link: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/gis/lsrs.phtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wow. We got blasted, most snow I have ever seen. About 30hrs of the accumulating type. Going with 28" storm total on the farm. I was in DC in Feb 2010 and this was more snow, and wind. Thigh high in the pastures and drifts deeper that the yardstick. Almost to Richmond, should be in PGV by kickoff. Benchmark has been set, maybe we can do some epic crush job in the Tughill one of these years, but this is going to be hard to top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 We got blasted, most snow I have ever seen. About 30hrs of the accumulating type. Going with 28" storm total on the farm. I was in DC in Feb 2010 and this was more snow, and wind. Thigh high in the pastures and drifts deeper that the yardstick. Almost to Richmond, should be in PGV by kickoff. Benchmark has been set, maybe we can do some epic crush job in the Tughill one of these years, but this is going to be hard to top. Interesting. Portion of my county here in the NC foothills got 20 inches. So not far off at all. Fun to be a part and track such a historic storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Mt Mitchell picked up 66" throughout the storm. 41.5" on Saturday alone. The Mid Atlantic cant touch Mt Mitchell with their 25 - 35" totals, but then again, no one east of the MS river can either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Still in the snow near Henderson. Expect this to be about the southern extent, Wake Forest is coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubiksDestroyer Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wow! Maybe somebody already posted this. Mt> Mitchell with 66 inches of snow! http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/01/24/mount-mitchell-digs-out-66-inches-snow/79262838/ Mt Mitchell picked up 66" throughout the storm. 41.5" on Saturday alone. The Mid Atlantic cant touch Mt Mitchell with their 25 - 35" totals, but then again, no one east of the MS river can either. That's crazy high! In fact, that more than breaks the old record of the highest recorded snowfall in Mt. Mitchell (and NC, of course) set during the Superstorm of '93, where they recorded 50": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Still in the snow near Henderson. Expect this to be about the southern extent, Wake Forest is coming up. HaHa, We unlocked the hubs in Culpepper had to relock in Moncure. go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrian Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Does anyone know where I could find the total accumulation for KRDU (airport specifically) broken down by snow/ice/sleet/rain for this event? Thank you in advance and I have loved the discussion and the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapdad00 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Wow. That aligns with my brother's 32" in Rockville and my parents' 23" in Annapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 They've lowered the official snowfall at Mt Mitchell to 57", after looking over data and obs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 NC State Climate Office reviews last week’s Winter hit: http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=174&h=a86bf486 … #cltwx #ncwx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 They've lowered the official snowfall at Mt Mitchell to 57", after looking over data and obs It was passed on to me they simply removed 8" from the total that fell from a different system ahead of the main storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonSalemArlington Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That NC event map really shows how significant ice accumulations were really restricted to the Sandhills, Wake County, and the I-95 corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 US National Weather Service Raleigh NC added 2 new photos. 19 hrs · Raleigh · A preliminary accumulation map of snow and sleet and and another map of freezing rain accumulation from the January 22-23, 2016 winter storm is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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