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This is what our WWA said:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
934 PM EST Wed Jan 3 2018
...Snow, and consequent hazardous travel conditions, will affect
portions of central and eastern North Carolina through Thursday
morning...
NCZ007>010-023>026-040-041-041200-
/O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180104T1200Z/
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Franklin-
Chatham-Wake-
Including the cities of Bushy Fork, Concord, Roxboro, Surl,
Oxford, Butner, Creedmoor, Dabney, Henderson, Norlina, Wise,
Afton, Warrenton, Lake Gaston, Burlington, Graham, Chapel Hill,
Carrboro, Bethesda, Durham, Research Triangle, Pilot, Ingleside,
Louisburg, Franklinton, Hasty, Siler City, Bynum, Moncure,
Pittsboro, Raleigh, and Cary
934 PM EST Wed Jan 3 2018
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Snow, with accumulations mainly between one and two
inches, with locally higher amounts, will result in hazardous
travel conditions.
* WHERE...Portions of the Piedmont.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Thursday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be prepared for reduced visibilities at
times from snow and blowing snow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will
cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for snow-covered
roads and limited visibilities; and use caution while driving.
The latest road conditions for North Carolina can be found online
at DriveNC.gov.
Didn't you guys get it last year? Maybe not enough for you. Jet stream has to dip out there, maybe it will for 2nd half of winter while we warm up here.
We got snow for this Christmas and I loved it, but it was all gone the next day. Snow here is so fickle. A city 15 miles north of me could get 6" of snow and here there might not be anything. I remember when I lived on a hill in Belfair and we got 15" of snow in two back-to-back snowstorms. I was probably 25 miles from Seattle as the crow flies and they didn't get a flake. I was snowed in and had to take pictures to prove to my manager that I really couldn't get to work in Seattle because of the snow.
Honestly, I'd be happy with any whacky weather. Wind, hailstorms, snow, thunder and lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes...OK, well, anything to break up the monotony of nothing but drizzle all day every day.
Outlined in blue is for snow rates that will approaching 3" an hour
2:50-6:50am loop
Quote:
Mesoscale Discussion 0005
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0506 AM CST Thu Jan 04 2018
Areas affected...From eastern New Jersey and Delaware into southern
New England
Concerning...Heavy snow
Valid 041106Z - 041700Z
SUMMARY...Snow rates will increase in intensity through midday, with
max rates to 3"/hr into southern New England after about 10am local
time.
DISCUSSION...Precipitation continues to increase offshore as the
surface low rapidly deepens. The heaviest snow bands were affecting
eastern New Jersey as of 10Z but heavy snow was rapidly developing
across Long Island. The zone of strongest frontogenetical forcing
will lift northward and strengthen through late morning, likely
resulting in an intense, pivoting band of heavy snow capable of
2-3"/hr rates from central Long Island to Boston. The rain/snow line
will remain nearly stationary near or just west of Cape Cod.
Wicked outside. Snow blowing from the ground and falling sideways at times.
Nothing will be melting either. Feels like 14°F currently in NYC with the wind.
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