Post by snowlover91 on Dec 26, 2017 15:51:05 GMT -5
Winter weather advisories issued for Wednesday morning.
... Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 4 am to 3 PM EST Wednesday...
* what... freezing rain expected. The ice will result in very slippery conditions on sidewalks, roads and bridges, including during the morning commute on Wednesday. Total ice accumulations of a light glaze are expected with less than an inch of snowfall.
* Where... Martin, Pitt, Washington, Greene, Beaufort and Lenoir counties.
* When... from 4 am to 3 PM EST Wednesday.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of freezing rain will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads. Slow down and use caution while driving. The latest Road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 511.
A dampening shortwave trough will push across the Ohio Valley this evening, before sliding across the Carolinas on Wednesday. This feature will interact with the aforementioned cold front, spinning up a weak low/coastal front. 12z/26 NAM/CMC/ECMWF each are a bit wetter with the overrunning moisture, with the GFS lagging behind showing little or nothing. However, much of the deep moisture and lift remains just to our SE. Our official QPF has increased slightly over our SE sections, with precipitation expected in the mid to late morning timeframe across far NE NC and coastal SE VA, and pops have been increased to high end chc/likely during this midday time period.
Thermal profiles aloft support light snow at the outset across the entire area. However, warmer air just aloft (H8-85) could allow for some light sleet/graupel mixing in before any mixed precipitation turns over to rain by late morning. PoWT grids do indicate a small chance of some freezing rain along (and mainly S) of the Albemarle sound, and accordingly some FZRA mention was considered. However, given very light QPF and the timing, we have stuck with frozen dominant P-type, and hence no winter wx headlines at this time. Should also note that precipitation could turn back to snow briefly by early afternoon in strong CAA before ending, again with little or no accumulation given relatively warm ground and light QPF. Farther N, highs should only rise into the low/mid 30s under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. Have also allowed for a period of flurries over northern tier, mainly north of a FVX-RIC-WAL line. Even in the dry airmass, northern stream shortwave, ongoing strong CAA and strong upper jetmax crossing could be enough to wring out a few light snow showers. HRRR has begun to catch on to this potential, for what it`s worth...so later shifts will be keeping an eye out for this potential early tomorrow morning. Measuring unlikely, so will hold pops out for now.
After an extended internet outage at the R.A. Fountain General Store, they finally got a new DSL modem installed today, and the Fountain Weather Station is back online. And the rain gauge heater is turned on, just in case.
Let's see how long it all hangs together this time.
Post by snowlover91 on Dec 26, 2017 23:41:30 GMT -5
There probably won’t be much to write home about tomorrow morning but sometimes these little systems can surprise. If we can see snow instead of a mix then could get a quick dusting or inch in some areas.
There probably won’t be much to write home about tomorrow morning but sometimes these little systems can surprise. If we can see snow instead of a mix then could get a quick dusting or inch in some areas.
Temp quickly went back up above freezing once the clouds moved in. No freezing precip here so far.
Post by Fountainguy97 on Dec 27, 2017 9:59:28 GMT -5
I’m up just north of Falkland on 43 and I’ve got a solid dusting to 1/4 inch on elevated surfaces and dry grass patches. Pics and video later. It dumped pretty good. Cut visibility down.