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February 19-20 Major Winter Storm Threat


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3 minutes ago, CaryWx said:

That's fairly tolerable albeit some power hits.

I think that’s conservative at this point per model consensus, which suggests at least ~twice that much accretion is quite possible. But a long ways to go.

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13 minutes ago, GaWx said:

That (12Z Icon) could mean ~0.7” of ice accretion on trees in RDU, a huge problem that would be similar to 2002. It takes only 0.5” of accretion for widespread power outages:

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Yeah I think if I remember correctly depending on conditions and precip intensity ice accrual ranges from about 28% to 50% of whatever liquid falls. Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I have seen that in a paper on the topic.

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2 minutes ago, eyewall said:

Yeah I think if I remember correctly depending on conditions and precip intensity ice accrual ranges from about 28% to 50% of whatever liquid falls. Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I have seen that in a paper on the topic.

From what I experienced in ATL and SAV (and confirmed by what I’ve studied), the conversion of ZR to accrual on branches/bushes approached 50% under ideal accrual conditions (winds not too strong, rain not too heavy, temps not right at 32, etc). 

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A miller A to Miller A/B hybrid seems most likely. We're basically seeing a stj vort slide over the southern tier which spawns the original SLP. That is then captured by the polar jet wave which turns it up the coast into a Kocin type SECS event for the northeast. The parent HP location plus this eventuality to me favors some mix of snow/sleet/zr. Not a pure zr storm, except for those straddling the edge.

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6 minutes ago, HKY_WX said:

A miller A to Miller A/B hybrid seems most likely. We're basically seeing a stj vort slide over the southern tier which spawns the original SLP. That is then captured by the polar jet wave which turns it up the coast into a Kocin type SECS event for the northeast. The parent HP location plus this eventuality to me favors some mix of snow/sleet/zr. Not a pure zr storm, except for those straddling the edge.

Just like that, GFS dropping 1 to 3" of sleet in Franklin county lol

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Now that we have some trials over the past 2 months, the canadian, icon, and nam have been pretty worthless past 48 hours. I would stick to paying attention to the gfs/euro combo. The HRR will also be usueful inside of 48.

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10 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Canadian definitely more sleet in central NC and freezing rain in southern NC.

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Yep. 850s are +2 or lower for 3/4 of the qpf keeping ZR much lower than GFS; total qpf ~0.95” CMC, similar to gfs but much less than 1.65” of icon

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I’m still highly skeptical of a large ZR area. It seems extremely likely someone will get a crippling ice storm given the unusual cold north of us and strong low level CAA but these miller As almost always trend to a narrower ZR area and more sleet. Also, the cold is deep and entrenched over Va and the high is building in as the storm moves in. Seems like a recipe for more sleet as the storm goes on and flip to snow if a deform band sets up…

Agreed.


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