Time to get the bread and milk. The S word is coming. (Piedmont: store, moving to)

[g-man430]

NWS is currently calling for us to get 2 inches of snow Sunday night/Monday morning but the canadian model has us getting over a foot. Right now, the model has NE Georgia/Upstate South Carolina getting absolutely hammered. I'll keep you updated as this potential historic weather situation unfolds.

[PhotogGal]

I sure hope the Canadian model is wrong!

[g-man430]

Originally Posted by PhotogGal

I sure hope the Canadian model is wrong!

The model is calling for us to get over one inch of rain that night. One inch of rain equals one foot of snow.

[jroyals]

Originally Posted by g-man430

The model is calling for us to get over one inch of rain that night. One inch of rain equals one foot of snow.

Are you possibly in the grocery store business. Please provide link to these forecasts. I can't find them.


Thanks.

[SCSKier]

From NWS: "THE LATEST ECMWF RUN WOULD
HAS A BETTER DEFINED DEFORMATION ZONE RIGHT OVER INTERSTATE 85. HPC
QPF AND A 10 TO 1 RATIO WOULD PUT DOWN UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN
OUR EASTERN ZONES...3 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 85...AND 1 TO 3 IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SOME MODEL INDICATIONS SUPPORT EVEN MORE PRECIPITATION.
ALTHOUGH MODEL UNCERTAINTY REMAINS

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...ield2=-82.4619

COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY...CHANGING RAIN OVER
TO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY...AND CHANGING RAIN OVER
TO SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ON SUNDAY EVENING. BY
MONDAY MORNING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.


Let it Snow!!! Stupid rain is keeping me off the slopes today and tom.

[SCSKier]

[g-man430]

GSP forecast discussion from NOAA:

As of 225 pm friday...looks like there will be a general lull in
the precip action sat night between frontal wave moving to the e and
approaching upper low. However...expect that some areas of light
rain/drizzle will remain. Temps will support some pockets of
freezing rain/drizzle in the mountains sat night...but not much in
the way of an accumulating glaze is expected...if any.

Main focus for this period is the potential for heavy snow in the
forecast area on sunday into sunday night. At this point...certainly
confidence is increasing that there is the potential for a major
winter wx event...but trying to nail down where is the big issue.
Numerical guidance is in agreement that a strong upper low will
traverse the region sun and sun night. However...the model tracks
still differ in regard to where the deformation zone and best
frontogenetical forcing will set up. 12z gfs farther s than the nam.
The 00z ecm similar to the nam...but had significantly more qpf.
Nevertheless...it looks at this time like the deformation zone/best
frontognetical forcing will be somewhere over sc...curving ne by
late sunday. Therefore...expecting the highest qpf over sc and the
nc piedmont areas. The thermodynamic fields/model soundings support
rain...changing to snow in generally a west to east direction on
sun. May not get cold enough soon enough over the western upstate
for much snow accumulation. The mountains of ne ga and far west nc
could see several inches early sunday. Looks at this time like the
best combination of upper forcing qpf in our area will be over the
eastern upstate and nc piedmont. However...confidence too low for a
4th period watch. With banding and convective effects could see some
heavy wet snow in sc and/or nc piedmont. Used mos blend for temps sat
night...but expect a non-diurnall trend for sun with falling temps
through the day. Used adjsusted nam data for sun temps. Snow most
likely will continue into sunday night...especially over the
east...but 12z guidnace suggests it will end overnight

[g-man430]

Get your sled out of that closet: Raleigh Weather Examiner: Winter storm afternoon update 2/27/09

[The Drizzle]

Nice. Now I can watch people panic and slip and slide all over the road as they attempt to drive through the "snow".

I wonder if the whole state will shut down???

[PawleysDude]

I wonder if the whole state will shut down???

Nope, not the whole state. The yankees will get out the Town Cars to prove they can, and the rednecks will get out the 4-wheel drives to play a little chicken with the Town Cars.