January 23-25th Winter Wx

[Blountwolf]

Check out the gradient where the warm nose meets the dammed up cold air in the wedge.



Sky the output I am showing is using Oklahoma Mesonet's old Weatherscope product, which to this day is far superior to anything else for watching winter weather in the south, IMO. It's old though - Windows Vista era software. I expect there is a product out there that will do this, but I've not found it and it isn't free, so I haven't changed. I'm an old stubborn Wolf.

 

[Ozonelayer]

Can confirm atleast 13 inches here in west PA, still a ways to go aswell from being done.

 

[Blountwolf]

I took a ride to Birmingham from Blount county, and the interstates are drying nicely, with the exception of places where there was a lot of fog. I did notice on the drive back to the den that those areas were a lot fewer on the way back than the way down, so I believe that is drying out too, but freezing fog is no joke, so if it sticks around after the temp falls, there may be some issues from that.

 

[Kds86z]

Can confirm atleast 13 inches here in west PA, still a ways to go aswell from being done.

I haven’t measured yet but … no less then foot here in south central Pa. Haven’t seen this many neighbors all outside at once since summer .

 

[Chris3024]

Yeah, I currently have drizzle and fog settling in here at the house

 

[Chris3024]

Also, seeing mPING reports of freezing drizzle in Haleyville and possible sleet in Carbon Hill

 

[Bamamuscle]

My yard is under water and it is still pouring rain here. Once that cold front comes through later today, we will join the ice club. As long as the power holds, I don't care about being stuck so much, but hypothermia doesn't sound fun. (No, we don't have secondary heating or a generator. Can't afford it. Main reason I hate winter wx.)

Same. I’m actually worried for our septic system. Ive never seen this much water.

 

[Blountwolf]

Pulling back out to the big picture a little bit, y'all check out the orphaned mid-level circulation over TX. Remnants of the Baja low - jets phased and just left it behind. It's kicking off some light snow showers in N TX and downstream, but those usually fizzle out entirely with no support.

 

[akt1985]

And now western and middle Tennessee are under Extreme Cold Warnings.

 

[Blountwolf]

Moving east for our East Georgia and Carolinas folks - I think this is going to be really messier than we would like. Ugly setup - warm gulf blowtorch rain dumping into a dome of cold air at the surface. Yes, ATL may have been spared, but I worry that the destruction just shifted north, not went away.(Edit - ugh, you can always tell when I am tired at the end of an event - I start mixing up my east and west. I meant East GA, and have corrected)

 

[StormStalker]

We’ve had some freezing mist/very light snow here all afternoon. Temperatures are crashing into the lower 20s. The guy across the alley way from us yard flooded and now it’s starting to freeze over. HUN mentions the threat of freezing fog now. We missed the ice storm here in downtown Florence by about 25 miles. It was that close.

 

[Kolle]

Huntsville Police have started closing the elevated portions of the Parkway in anticipation of tonight's freezing. Temp is 34 and dropping...

 

[Blountwolf]

Radars switched to clear air mode are picking up something - mist, fog, tiny flakes, whatever you want to call it does seem to be coming in behind the 32 degree line.

 

[akt1985]

It’s snowing now even back in Denver at the AFC Championship Game.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Blountwolf]

Ugh - heavily misting here now. This is not going to be good later. Temp dropping fast. Down to 40 here. Looking up from the valley, the top of the mountain is completely hidden in the fog.

 

[Kolle]

Now down to 30 at the Huntsville Airport.

 

[Chris3024]

Yep, down to 29 already in Cullman and as far as I can tell everything is still soaked.

 

[bckhd2]

Moving east for our West Georgia and Carolinas folks - I think this is going to be really messier than we would like. Ugly setup - warm gulf blowtorch rain dumping into a dome of cold air at the surface. Yes, ATL may have been spared, but I worry that the destruction just shifted north, not went away.
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Yeah, NE GA took it on the chin. I’ve seen upwards of 60% of Rabun and White Counties don’t have power and that was a few hours ago.

 

[Blountwolf]

Yep, down to 29 already in Cullman and as far as I can tell everything is still soaked.

Yeah, I think we're in trouble. After thankfully missing the main event, we're going to get the aftermath. I would almost call this light rain, not mist at this point.