It's gone snow.

[carpanfan96]

I think the storm shifted in a bit more then the earlier predictions were for. I don't see how weather channel's forcast still only shows less then an inch, when if you watch the videos from this morning they have Charlotte in the 3-5 inch area plus a bunch of ice. 

[carpanfan96]

This sounds just lovely for the area. 

 

Brad Panovich WCNC

Well then...Via WPC: THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN POSSIBLY PARALYZING IF NOT HISTORICAL WITH ADDITIONAL .50 TO .75 INCH AXIS FROM AHN TO CAE TO RDU AND 8 TO 10 INCHES OR SNOW FROM AVL/GSP TO ROA/LYH/CHO

 

 

 

Also models are showing that there's over a 50% chance of an inch of ice in Columbia, SC.

Almost all of SC and parts of Georgia having a high chance of half an inch. 

 

https://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/432885265007652864/photo/1

[Happy Panther]

That will be deadly. Power out for weeks.

[Doyle]

Yep.  I was in Mississippi back in the 90's and there was a major ice storm like that.  No power for two weeks.  Snapped pretty much every telephone pole in the region in half. 

[carpanfan96]

inch of ice, talking over a thousand pounds of pressure on the power lines. Tree's down everywhere, power poles snapping, power lines snapping.... Area's that have above ground phone and cable should expect those to go out along with the power. Almost all of SC would probably be with out power excluding the coast line. Along with northern Georgia and Alabama, parts of NC in the Triangle area. 

 

 

 

That's all Duke power fed area's and probably a few million people with out power, combine that with the road conditions and the storm lasting for 2-3 days. Probably easily looking at 3 weeks before everyone would have power restored. 

 

 

I really hope the forecast models are wrong about how much ICE is expected. 

[Darth Biscuit]

Depends on the kind of ice...  sleet or rain that comes down, wets the trees and then freezes is BAD.

 

Ice like we had two weeks ago, that just sticks on the ground is a pain for a day or two, then goes away...

[carpanfan96]

Depends on the kind of ice...  sleet or rain that comes down, wets the trees and then freezes is BAD.

 

Ice like we had two weeks ago, that just sticks on the ground is a pain for a day or two, then goes away...

 

 

From what I've read and seen, it's a combination of freezing rain and sleet. An half inch to an inch of freezing rain and sleet sticking to power lines, cable lines, phone lines, road signs....trees... All of that has a great potential to fall with that much weight baring down on it. 

 

 

If Brad Panovich and the models are right, that's a historical storm that's going to be very deadly. 

[Niner National]

Any snow will be a heavy wet snow too. Temps are expected to be right around freezing or slightly above.

[DirtyMagic97]

WSOC Update an hour ago:

 

Tuesday a.m.:  Light snow likely I-85 and south
Tuesday p.m.: Dry in afternoon/night
Wednesday a.m.: Snow to fall at daybreak - up to an inch per hour. Colder temperatures means more snow less ice. Forecasting 4 to 6 inches south of Charlotte, 6 to 12 inches in Charlotte
Thursday afternoon: Snow to come to an end  

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Been snowing all day in Chapel Hill, but the kind that instantly liquidizes the second it touches something.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Woah just read about the icing. Damn that's huge. Maybe they'll cancel classes and subsequently my exam on Wednesday

[4Corners]

wow - I live in Huntersville and the latest projections are 8.9" of snow. Holy crap. It looks like I will be able to construct my snow penis after all. 

 

here's one from the beautiful Kelly Franson's twitter feed:

 

[MadHatter]

WSOC Update an hour ago:

 

Tuesday a.m.:  Light snow likely I-85 and south

Tuesday p.m.: Dry in afternoon/night

Wednesday a.m.: Snow to fall at daybreak - up to an inch per hour. Colder temperatures means more snow less ice. Forecasting 4 to 6 inches south of Charlotte, 6 to 12 inches in Charlotte

Thursday afternoon: Snow to come to an end  

 

I am down near the Ballantyne area...do NOT like being on the edge of all that ice.  I would take 6 inches of snow over 1/8 inch of ice.

[DirtyMagic97]

I am down near the Ballantyne area...do NOT like being on the edge of all that ice.  I would take 6 inches of snow over 1/8 inch of ice.

 

Absolutely. Ice can have a truly crippling impact.