Wednesday, February 19, 2014

February 11-13, 2014 Event

Here are the NWS Raleigh office's latest maps concerning the winter storm that impacted North Carolina last week. Central NC was very fortunate to have been spared a major icestorm. Much colder air than was forecast poured in before the storm allowing the changeover from snow to be primarily sleet while precipitation was heaviest. While there were power outages, the potential for major icing never came to fruition. GA and SC sustained the brunt of the icing.

I am still waiting for an event summary for this storm. Given the difficulty with forecasting this storm, I find it hard to imagine that there will not be an extended summary of what happened.


2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing the maps. What are your thoughts on the upcoming arctic blast next week? Coastal precip is in question yea or nay? I am personally ready for Spring! Oh, and as far as the line of storms coming through in the morning do you have any comments on those? Not a fan of tornadoes here after the April one a few years back.

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  2. Hey Kat. Thanks for the comment. It is still to early to know for sure about any kind of arctic air coming in next week. A lot of people float maps around on social media making outlandish calls for far off events. It is simply too early to tell right now. All I know is there are a lot of questions involving how far south the arctic air mass will move next week. Time will tell.

    As far as the threat of severe weather tomorrow, dont expect anything remotely close to what happened in the April a few years ago.

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