January 2022 Obs & Discussions

It’s been snowing moderately down here for the past 2 hours, closing in on an inch on the grass and cold surfaces and most roads are coated.

Everyone down here is in a straight panic. Live news coverage all night, stores closing, people calling out of work. I think we might get to that 3-4” inch mark here tonight. News reports warning people they might want to wait a few days (yes, DAYS! ) before hitting the roads again. You can get an idea of how the stickage and snowfall rate is going down here in Dixie. Or it might just look like a blurry swirl to you all. Not sure. Either way, 27* and snowing moderately in northeast North Carolina.

Hey, I guess tonight I’m NENCsnowman. Ha ha!

Dixie is getting pummeled. Forget about the fact that most locations will only accumulate an inch or so, and forget that it shoulda been Jersey getting this, and just look at this. Snow from Macon to Rehoboth! Snows till 2-3 am from border to border in both Carolinas, Virginia’s beach towns. Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and the entire Delmarva Peninsula! Absolutely amazing!

Just as amazing, but in no way trying to be blithely excited by this, is the sleet/frozen rain/ice storm that appears to be hitting the coastal Carolinas. If it’s as bad as the radar is depicting, that’s likely to have absolutely devastating consequences, especially in such an area so I’ll equipped and inexperienced with respect to winter weather.

Present radar


Radar for 3 am

Time to take the end of the month storm seriously

Nothing could be finer than to freeze your tail off in Carolina...in the morning! A frosty 21* with a single digit wind chill temps and what looks to me be 3-4" on the ground. They're trying to call 5", but I'm not seeing that, at least not here at the hotel. The snow was pretty intense for most of the night, but very tiny flakes.

Very nice and a bit of fun, too! But even this morning, the folk down here are saying they'll leave their house again on like Tuesday. ha ha   poor guys!

For those who love the cold, the western perimeter is checking in at -14*. 3 or 4 days ago, it had almost hit 50. I wonder how far south you have to go before people struggle to even imagine not only how unbelievably cold -14* is, but also just how radical a 64 degree swing.

-8 here right now

dkodgis wrote:-8 here right now

That is some serious cold

4*, coldest of the season so far

Only got to -2 so a little disappointed.
Parts of northern Orange County by Middletown and Damian’s neck of the woods down to -13. Amazing 20 miles made that much of a difference. Snow pack depth is similar.

12 degrees this morning for a low..right now 28 and it feels like a spring day...lol
Have a great weekend everyone!

ALB got down to -5 this morning, although some of the surrounding locations got down to the -10 to -15 range

Latest NAM runs don’t show much at all but areas may get coated with snow tomorrow night into Tuesday

Light snow. 30.5/24 Need 1/4" for double digit seasonal total. Might be possible.

Flurries here. 28

Moderate snow 1/4" new OTG. Yay got my double digits in the bank.

Light snow 27.5/27.2 about 1/2" new snow OTG.

30* with light snow falling. Presently a coating on most surfaces.

Yeah, just looked out the window by chance and I'm like "HEY!" Nice surprise.