SouthEast-MidAtlantic Snow/Ice storm January 28-29, 2014 (snow storm, city, cloud, forecast)

[Cambium]

Cousin who works for DOT around here said they don't have salt or plows down south. Does anyone have info on what the plan is? Are they bringing in equipment from points north?


Colin Hackman

"NAM adding ice, cutting snow totals for the coast. Nasty wintery weather any way you cut it"

[Cambium]

Bernie Rayno Updated Video. Snowstorm not for NYC, Philly, DC. It's a southern snowstorm for Georgia, Carolinas & Virginia. Keep your eyes on Eastern North Carolina. Models have been pointing to that area as the bullseye for many days now

Deep South and Carolina Snowstorm - AccuWeather.com


Deep South and Carolina Snowstorm - YouTube

[Cambium]

Accuweather Graphics

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by cloudcrash619

Not here. A whopping trace of snow all winter

Just wild how far south this snow and ice is going. I have a feeling somewhere in the South will get a foot. Florida could break the state snow record of 4 inches if it weren't for ice for part of the event ruining it.

Pet I haven't seen any lying snow and i'm at 55North. We have white roses outside.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Cousin who works for DOT around here said they don't have salt or plows down south. Does anyone have info on what the plan is? Are they bringing in equipment from points north?


Colin Hackman

"NAM adding ice, cutting snow totals for the coast. Nasty wintery weather any way you cut it"

Ugh its only a few inches of slushy mess which will be gone in a few hours. They'll be fine.

[Cambium]

Wilmington, NC Discussion. posting most of it because it's so interesting to see them talk about snow that far south. I'll highlight some stuff.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
945 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR SLEET OR ICE IS
INCREASING LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM
THE SOUTH WILL BRING ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY. AN ARCTIC
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TODAY STALLING OFFSHORE AS LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THIS FRONT BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES FOR
WINTRY PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY... WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR WITH AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION AHEAD...THE QUESTION IS
WHAT WILL IT BE AND TIME OF ONSET?

A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUES MORNING ALONG
LINGERING COLD FRONT RUNNING UP FROM FLORIDA INTO THE ATLANTIC
WATERS. THIS LOW WILL DEEPEN AS IT RIDES UP THROUGH THE OFF SHORE
WATERS FROM SW TO NE THROUGH TUES INTO WED. THERE WILL BE PLENTY
OF COLD AIR LOCKED IN NEAR THE SURFACE IN STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW BUT
STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE POSSIBLY A WARM LAYER TOO DEEP
TO GET SNOW NEAR THE COAST...AT LEAST INITIALLY. THE SOUNDINGS AND
MOISTURE PROFILES SHOW A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SATURATION THROUGH A
DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE TUES
EVENING THROUGH WED MORNING BUT IT COULD LINGER RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST UNTIL WED NIGHT. NAM SHOWS ONSET OF PCP AS EARLY AS TUES
MORNING WHILE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A LATER START TIME...BY TUES AFTN.

NO QUESTION THAT THERE WILL BE SATURATION THROUGH THE DENDRITIC
GROWTH ZONE BUT THE WARM NOSE LOOKS LIKE IT MAY RUN FROM AROUND
3500 FT UP TO 8K FT ALONG THE COAST WITH LIMITED...IF ANY...WARM
NOSE INLAND ESPECIALLY TUES NIGHT. THE 0C LINE AT H85 WILL BISECT
OUR LOCAL FORECAST AREA RUNNING FROM SW TO NE TUES MORNING. THE
MODELS DIFFER AS TO WHERE EXACTLY THIS LINE WILL BE WITH GFS
MOVING IT FARTHER WEST THROUGH THE DAY WHILE THE NAM PUSHES IT
TOWARD THE EAST. AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE SNOW/SLEET AND PLACES EAST WILL MIX BETWEEN SLEET AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. LOOKS LIKE THE TEMPS WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH IN A DEEP ENOUGH LAYER CLOSER TO THE SFC TO LEAN TOWARD
SLEET MORE SO THAN FREEZING RAIN.

AS LOW DEPARTS ON WED AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FARTHER
SOUTH...TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THROUGH THE COLUMN TO PRODUCE
SNOW BUT THE MOISTURE WILL BE WANING. THIS SHOULD BE THE BEST TIME
FOR SNOW ALONG THE COAST AND MAY SEE SEVERAL HOURS ON WED BEFORE
COLUMN DRIES OUT. PCP SHOULD END THROUGH THE MORNING INLAND BUT
MAY LAST FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY ALONG THE COAST.

TEMPS ON TUES SHOULD FOLLOW A NON-DIURNAL CURVE UNDER MAX CAA
WITH TEMPS FALLING AND LEVELING OFF THROUGH THE DAY. OVERALL TEMPS
SHOULD DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW EXCEPT FOR RIGHT ALONG THE COAST
AND MAINLY ALONG THE GRAND STRAND. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE
TEENS TO LOWER 20S THROUGH THE DAY ON TUES IN BRISK NORTHERLY
WINDS. MAY EVEN SEE SOME BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENT. TEMPS
WILL DROP INTO THE 20S TUES NIGHT AND MAY NOT MAKE IT MUCH PAST 30
ON WED IN CONTINUED CAA ON BACK END OF LOW. DEPENDING ON THE
SNOWFALL COVERAGE TEMPS ON THURS MAY END UP COLDER BUT KEEPING
TEMPS IN THE TEENS FOR LOWS THURS NIGHT.

AS FOR ACCUMULATIONS...WILL NEED TO BE FINE TUNED BUT AT THIS
POINT THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW WITH GREATEST
AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER INLAND SECTIONS AROUND I-95 CORRIDOR TUES
NIGHT WHILE COASTAL AREAS MAY SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WITH SNOW HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES.

[CCATL]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Cousin who works for DOT around here said they don't have salt or plows down south. Does anyone have info on what the plan is? Are they bringing in equipment from points north?


Colin Hackman

"NAM adding ice, cutting snow totals for the coast. Nasty wintery weather any way you cut it"

In Georgia, we really don't have any plows, unless you are in the far north mountain counties. Generally, if we are getting a storm that they think will cause disruptions, we contract plows to come down from Tennessee and the mountains of North Carolina. Atlanta recently bought around 6 or 7 plows for the city so that we can clear busy city-owned roads faster in the event of our every 10 year or so big storm (prior to that, we had none). But no, roads are not pre-treated with anything but sand, if at all. In the more rural counties of middle and south Georgia, where the biggest impact will be, I doubt they have any plows at all aside from what little the state DOT might have. You have to remember, we generally don't get more than the occasional flurry on a yearly basis, and every few years, we get a couple of inches that melts as quickly as it falls. Buying plows and salt is a waste of money, generally speaking, especially for poorer counties.

Luckily, our forecast calls for being above freezing Wednesday, 40's on Thursday, 50's Friday, and upper 60's all weekend. It will melt the second the sun comes up, especially from the roads. The little bit of snow we do get never lasts (except that week in 2009 - that was bad).

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by CCATL

In Georgia, we really don't have any plows, unless you are in the far north mountain counties. Generally, if we are getting a storm that they think will cause disruptions, we contract plows to come down from Tennessee and the mountains of North Carolina. Atlanta recently bought around 6 or 7 plows for the city so that we can clear busy city-owned roads faster in the event of our every 10 year or so big storm (prior to that, we had none). But no, roads are not pre-treated with anything but sand, if at all. In the more rural counties of middle and south Georgia, where the biggest impact will be, I doubt they have any plows at all aside from what little the state DOT might have. You have to remember, we generally don't get more than the occasional flurry on a yearly basis, and every few years, we get a couple of inches that melts as quickly as it falls. Buying plows and salt is a waste of money, generally speaking, especially for poorer counties.

Luckily, our forecast calls for being above freezing Wednesday, 40's on Thursday, 50's Friday, and upper 60's all weekend. It will melt the second the sun comes up, especially from the roads. The little bit of snow we do get never lasts (except that week in 2009 - that was bad).

That is excellent info. Thank You! Hope everyone in the way of frozen precip just rides it out for few hours/days. Stay safe

[Cambium]

Interesting to see Jacksonville and Tallahassee never recorded snow in January.
So these are looks at the Most snow in 1 day for entire year.

Jacksonville Florida 1.5” 1958
Tallahasse Florida 2.4” 1958
Pensacola Florida 2.3” 1954
Mobile Alabama 3.6” 1973

[CCATL]

Originally Posted by Cambium

That is excellent info. Thank You! Hope everyone in the way of frozen precip just rides it out for few hours/days. Stay safe

No problem. And yes, we will ride it out! If we get a dusting, everything shuts down, and nobody leaves the house Y'all can keep your real winters up there!