1/21-1/22 Winter Storm OBS Thread

[snowinnc]

Since the ground is finally covered, my daughter went outside with her measuring tape and we have 1.1” in Northern Wake County. Definitely over performed and it’s still coming down. No one should doubt Brick again!

[lilj4425]

Can’t even get out of my neighborhood. The police department (Mauldin) has the road outside of it shut down here. 

[SnowGoose69]

29 minutes ago, GaWx said:

1. It’s been mainly ZR for the last hour here after mainly sleet for a couple of hours. That tells me 850s are probably at least ~+3C due to a stubborn warmer area that some models had.

2. 1.1” officially at KATL (overperformed).

Thats another daily record beating 0.8 from 1983

[NorthHillsWx]

It‘s funny that our winter weather advisory storm is going to be much more impressive than the warning storm from a couple weeks ago. 

[andyhb]

Truly monumental, historic storm for the Gulf Coast here. You won't see this again in your lifetime in all likelihood.

[bankdawg]

Just measured again.  6"

[PackGrad05]

Looks like it’s going to end for wake about 1-2 hours earlier than expected. About an inch here in willow springs. Grass barely poking through


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[btownheel]

Unless I’m reading that radar wrong, SE coastal NC around the ILM region is gonna get just hammered. That’s really cool for them.


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[WXNewton]

Check out this camera at Nags Head, looks like Blizzard conditions.

https://www.surfchex.com/cams/nags-head-web-cam-abalone-st/

[NorthHillsWx]

1 minute ago, btownheel said:

Unless I’m reading that radar wrong, SE coastal NC around the ILM region is gonna get just hammered. That’s really cool for them.


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They are locked in. Just got a video from a friend in Morehead city, looks like a blizzard. I bet we see some double digit totals near the coast

[yotaman]

22 and snowing heavily. Big time blowing and drifting already occuring. Looked out front and the trees behind the houses across the street are disappearing.

[btownheel]

They are locked in. Just got a video from a friend in Morehead city, looks like a blizzard. I bet we see some double digit totals near the coast

Yeh it’s setting up to train over that area for 6+ hours.


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[SnowGoose69]

Jacksonville FL 33/30 now, going to see alot of FZRA maybe 

[donsutherland1]

   Mesoscale Discussion 0053
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0801 PM CST Tue Jan 21 2025

   Areas affected...central and eastern portions of the Carolinas

   Concerning...Heavy snow 

   Valid 220201Z - 220700Z

   SUMMARY...Moderate to heavy snow should gradually become widespread
   through early tonight across portions of the central and eastern
   Carolinas.

   DISCUSSION...700 mb warm-air and moisture advection are increasing
   over central and eastern parts of the Carolinas with the approach of
   a pronounced 500 mb trough that is traversing the central
   Appalachians. Beneath the 700 mb moistening, strong surface-850 mb
   cold-air advection is contributing to further saturation and
   sensible cooling of the column to support a predominance of snow,
   which is currently being indicated by surface observations on a
   widespread basis. Ahead of the upper trough, 700 mb frontogenesis is
   intensifying, which should support increased snowfall rates. As
   such, in addition to the transition to snow, 0.5-1.0 inch/hour
   snowfall rates may develop over the next couple of hours, as also
   suggested by some of the latest high-resolution guidance runs.

   ..Squitieri.. 01/22/2025

   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...

   LAT...LON   31968072 32388112 33088159 33798169 34438124 35427983
               35787825 36017695 36227604 35877554 35337562 34927650
               34557721 34057805 33607881 32857959 32288042 31968072 

 

[PackGrad05]

Really nice band setting up along I-95 from Florence to Fayetteville..   moving north.

[wxfool]

I can confirm the same here in Cape Carteret. Heavy snow and blowing hard.

[NorthHillsWx]

1 minute ago, PackGrad05 said:

Really nice band setting up along I-95 from Florence to Fayetteville..   moving north.

You can see the coastal starting to crank 

[cbmclean]

2 minutes ago, PackGrad05 said:

Really nice band setting up along I-95 from Florence to Fayetteville..   moving north.

Where do you view radar?

[NorthHillsWx]

Weenies: shovel your snow piles high and make sure theyre in the shade

[Ketch]

Heavy snow now just north of Carolina Beach.  I went out and measured over 2 inches so far with about 1/4 inch of sleet on the bottom.  The snow didn't really start here until about 8:30pm.

[GaWx]

ZR changed back to moderate sleet within the last ~45 minutes and with the colder temp (29.0F), it is accumulating nicely on the ground now with ~0.5” measured! Even my asphalt street is starting to turn white. Roads are very slick with some bridges closed. As Don said, it switched to snow at the more inland airport at 10PM but went back to a mix at 11PM. Even Ft Pulaski is at 29F thanks to N winds off the cold land. Sapelo Island and St. Simons are at 32.

[snowinnc]

Snow has completely stopped in Northern Wake County. Measured 1.2”, but hoping that it starts up again!

[NorthHillsWx]

Just now, GaWx said:

ZR changed back to moderate sleet within the last ~45 minutes and with the colder temp (29.0F), it is accumulating nicely on the ground now with ~0.5” measured! As Don said, it switched to snow at the more inland airport at 10PM.

Hoping you stay frozen and not freezing. Winding down here now. I’ll get final measurement after it stops. Definitely piled up some since I last measured. Good event here given cold temps and drama over last 3 days. Kids will enjoy it tomorrow 

[gopack42]

Pier cam in Emerald Isle

 

https://www.ebmcdn.net/webcast/flash/bogue-inlet/live-iframe-jsobf.html

[kvegas-wx]

Clearly this is "historic" for the gulf coast and points inland, but how historic will this be along the atlantic seaboard in GA, SC and NC?  Anybody have the data on that handy?

[Stormlover74]

3 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Clearly this is "historic" for the gulf coast and points inland, but how historic will this be along the atlantic seaboard in GA, SC and NC?  Anybody have the data on that handy?

Not sure if this is the record but certainly one of the biggest 

[Silver Meteor]

37 minutes ago, wxfool said:

I can confirm the same here in Cape Carteret. Heavy snow and blowing hard.

Congratulations on the heavy snow. Over here in Greenville it's been nothing but light snow all evening as we're swimming in a river of the driest air of all the radars. A fine powder blowing around but scant little accumulation. It's pathetic. 

[NCSU_Pi]

2 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Not sure if this is the record but certainly one of the biggest 

I have some fun early childhood memories of this storm in Shallotte.

[StantonParkHoya]

16 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Clearly this is "historic" for the gulf coast and points inland, but how historic will this be along the atlantic seaboard in GA, SC and NC?  Anybody have the data on that handy?

See ‘73, ‘80, ‘89

[MD13]

Still sleet mixed with some snow (maybe?) but not enough to get my kid outside