January 10/11 Winter Storm Potential - May the Odds be Ever in our Favor

[StantonParkHoya]

3 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Guess they breaks the good trends from the AM but it’s go time at this point

[Phelps]

5 minutes ago, QC_Halo said:

In south Charlotte…tiniest , barely visible flakes. Charlotte snow hole.

Closer to town, we've got something on the spectrum between a heavy flurry and a snow shower.  

[suzook]

Been sitting at 32 for a couple hours, and the rain has started again. I'm amazed at how quickly whatever snow/sleet we had has melted on paved surfaces.

[sarcean]

19 minutes ago, QC_Halo said:

In south Charlotte…tiniest , barely visible flakes. Charlotte snow hole.

I am over in north end of Lake Wylie and yes small flakes / very little so far 

[jtgus]

Flurries in Gibsonville, NC 

[Brick Tamland]

Wow, RAP just gave me 6 inches. Crazy gradient across Wake.

[sarcean]

5 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Wow, RAP just gave me 6 inches. Crazy gradient across Wake.

I don't know who needs to hear this but that is not going to happen

[kayman]

29 minutes ago, Phelps said:

Closer to town, we've got something on the spectrum between a heavy flurry and a snow shower.  

 

36 minutes ago, QC_Halo said:

In south Charlotte…tiniest , barely visible flakes. Charlotte snow hole.

16 minutes ago, sarcean said:

I am over in north end of Lake Wylie and yes small flakes / very little so far 

At some point soon, the hole will fill in. It's like a dry slot boundary has set up over the core part of the Metro Charlotte area and it's precipitating in Rowan, Cabarrus, Iredell, Gaston, Lincoln, and Catawba to the north and York, Lancaster, and Chester to the south.  However, dry with flurries and a handful of flakes on the CLT Terminal Radar returns since 12. 

I've looked at the NEXRAD radars out of GSP, CAE, RAH, MRX, FCX and all have this weird shadow over the Metro Charlotte area with the precipitation returns.

[QC_Halo]

1 minute ago, kayman said:

 

At some point soon, the hole will fill in. It's like a dry slot boundary has set up over the core part of the Metro Charlotte area and it's precipitating in Rowan, Cabarrus, Iredell, Gaston, Lincoln, and Catawba to the north and York, Lancaster, and Chester to the south.  However, dry with flurries and a handful of flakes on the CLT Terminal Radar returns since 12. 

I've looked at the NEXRAD radars out of GSP, CAE, RAH, MRX, FCX and all have this weird shadow over the Metro Charlotte area with the precipitation returns.

Not sure it’s a shadow. It’s literally doing nothing.

[Brick Tamland]

4 minutes ago, sarcean said:

I don't know who needs to hear this but that is not going to happen

We'll see.

[Bevo]

@eyewallit would seem you brought some mojo my friend.

[kayman]

1 hour ago, a5ehren said:

The answer to these kinds of things is always politics. At some point Greer, SC probably had a rep that had oversight over Commerce. HUN still has an office because the rep threatened to nuke NEXRAD funding if they shut it down.

Yes, it does have everything to do with the parlor-tricking of the US Congress. Yet, those shall remain nameless individuals at this time, who are all from the state of South Carolina, all love to eat off the explosively rapid expanding economic plate of CLT. Their disrespect for Charlotte shows but begs for York, Lancaster, and Chester counties to be in alignment with the CLT is very obvious. I know the full backstory, but it is not for this subforum thread.

[kayman]

4 minutes ago, QC_Halo said:

Not sure it’s a shadow. It’s literally doing nothing.

Yeah, that is why I said it's a dry area boundary over the metro.  It looks like a shadow on the regional radar reflectivity.

[frazdaddy]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

@eyewallit would seem you brought some mojo my friend.

Good to see you sir

[Bevo]

Just now, frazdaddy said:

Good to see you sir

I'm always here...just purposefully silent 

[Brick Tamland]

The current HRRR run is blowing up in NC for Wake and folks north.

[cbmclean]

1 minute ago, Brick Tamland said:

The current HRRR run is blowing up in NC for Wake and folks north.

I'll be happy for you if it happens but it will be maddening for me.  I'll b mere miles away from the good stuff.

[kayman]

The funny irony is because of the dry slot over Metro Charlotte it is causing more radiational cooling in the entire column of the atmosphere. The air temperature has dropped here 3 degrees in the past 4 hours from 33 to 29 degrees at my location. Especially when the air and surface temperatures are gradually lowering while the dewpoint is raising to cause 100% humidity for the precipitation come to the ground.  Orographic lifting to the west and southwest might also play a role in this dry slot situation as well too.

I still have a hard time believing it will be anything other than snow with sleet mixed in when it does come down to the ground. 

[wake4est]

Sleeting in Holly Springs

[NC DataDude]

Sleeting in Smithfield

[Brick Tamland]

[wxdawg10]

Flakes falling in apex.   Nice band rolling through the triangle

[NorthHillsWx]

2 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Glad I’m north of 440 haha

[kayman]

It's snowing again but the temperature has dropped another degree to 28 degrees at my location.

[gman]

1 hour ago, StantonParkHoya said:

It is weird how Charlotte is not the NWS home office site. Rather, an obscure location in SC. Doesn’t make sense.

Greenville/Spartanburg an obscure location?

[sarcean]

starting to finally come down heavy in Charlotte area 

[NCSU_Pi]

2 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Glad I’m north of 440 haha

Some of us are closer to South Hills Mall than North Hills (and wondering where the hills are).... (and the mall)

[NCSU_Pi]

1 minute ago, gman said:

Greenville/Spartanburg an obscure location?

It's alright, we deal with that attitude in state. You just learn to ignore them, and they go back to their simpler pleasures.

[Snowacane]

Snow in Chapel Hill

[CaryWx]

Light flurries in Cary