Possible Mid-Week Ice, Sleet, and Snow (high school, weather, drive)

[Tarheelhombre]

Winter Weather Advisory for entire CLT region, except Anson County.

[Barkingowl]

There's ice coming down right now in 28226.

[Sundaydrive00]

Originally Posted by Barkingowl

There's ice coming down right now in 28226.

Its snowing in 28269... According to the radar it should be turning to ice within the next hour.

[here at last]

sleeting in 28213 and it looks like it's sticking. No school closings here yet, lol. You all be careful if you have to go anywhere tomorrow

[Barkingowl]

I just stepped out on the deck. The ice is still coming down just in tiny pellets.

[here at last]

my bad..it's ice and snow, not sleet

[Barkingowl]

Oh Joy...

Winter Weather Advisory Until 12/16/2010 12:00:00 PM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1024 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010

...A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY WEATHER TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.MOISTURE WILL RETURN NORTHWARD OVER A WARM FRONT ACROSS
GEORGIA...PRODUCING MAINLY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE COLD
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS SLEET AND SNOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY
TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN THROUGH MIDDAY
THURSDAY.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>508-SCZ008-009-014-
161100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0030.101216T0500Z-101216T1700Z/
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE-
YORK-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARL OTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...L AKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...CHESTER
1024 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL
AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS A
MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BEFORE SLOWLY TURNING TO ALL RAIN THROUGH THE LATE MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...
TOPPED BY A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR COULD SEE SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH BEFORE THE
CHANGEOVER.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY ACROSS THE
REGION. SOME UNTREATED SECTIONS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S
OVERNIGHT BEFORE WARMING ABOVE FREEZING LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

[NCgirl]

Originally Posted by here at last

my bad..it's ice and snow, not sleet

You were right. Ice = freezing rain. It looks like regular rain as it falls.

[here at last]

Originally Posted by NCgirl

You were right. Ice = freezing rain. It looks like regular rain as it falls.

gotta stop posting while I am tired, lol

[Barkingowl]

All I'm getting here is rain. No accumulation of ice.