Sleet, sleet, and more sleet
Predictions were all over the place for what kind of frozen precipitation I was going to get. Seems to be it will be nothing but sleet.
Those little frozen pellets have been falling for the last 18 or so hours. Looking out across the yard and on the deck, I would say that so far I have about 1.5 inches of sleet with no end in sight.
I'm where the red dot is located on the radar shot. How are the rest of you doing who are in the path of winter storm Landon?
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About 2,000 miles off that map. Around 40° and dry, for now.
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All we're getting in SW Virginia is a cold rain.
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The same starting here. Raining for a couple of days now sleet is accumulating and the rain is freezing. Going to be slick for a couple of days.
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The storm here in Central MO started out that way too......Now there is about 10 of snow on top of it..
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Way up here in N.Y. State on the Vermont border it has been raining for the last twelve hours or so. At least its been above freezing...the last wo weeks its been so cold I had to bust the ice out of the toilet with my squirrel rifle. They are calling for up to a foot or more of snow. Usually around here at this time of year we have had more then thirty inches of snow by now. This year we've had about twelve. At least the cold has helped the ski resorts to make snow.
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ltcdoty: 30500047948059/comments/30500040413595
Way up here in N.Y. State on the Vermont border it has been raining for the last twelve hours or so. At least its been above freezing...the last wo weeks its been so cold I had to bust the ice out of the toilet with my squirrel rifle. They are calling for up to a foot or more of snow. Usually around here at this time of year we have had more then thirty inches of snow by now. This year we've had about twelve. At least the cold has helped the ski resorts to make snow.
do you also make the wife go to the toilet first in the morning to knock the frost off the seat????????
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Heck Hillbillie, They each have their own carpet donut that they keep near the heater.
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Is that sleet or graupel (gropple)? That light "styrofoamy" stuff that's midway between sleet and snow?
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It is 34 and misty here in extreme SW Arkansas, about as far from Susie as possible without going into Texas or Louisiana. They say we will get about .1" of ice on bridges and power lines. Hope for no power failures. Precip should be out of here by 9-10PM.
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Rocky Raab: 30500047948059/comments/30500035143963
Is that sleet or graupel (gropple)? That light "styrofoamy" stuff that's midway between sleet and snow?
Never knew what that stuff was called. We had some last February.
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Here in the Piney Woods of East Texas it is 28 degrees and dropping and we've gotten 2.05 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon with a light mixture of sleet today. I don't see any ice forming on the trees and no icicles at this time. Our County Road doesn't appear to have any ice on the surface, but that will probably change as the temperature continues to drop. I think it is supposed to get down to 20 degrees tonight with a high of 34 degrees tomorrow.
Our main concern is power outages!
Think I might crank up the fireplace before long!
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Old-Colts: 30500047948059/comments/30500065512347
Here in the Piney Woods of East Texas it is 28 degrees and dropping and we've gotten 2.05 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon with a light mixture of sleet today. I don't see any ice forming on the trees and no icicles at this time. Our County Road doesn't appear to have any ice on the surface, but that will probably change as the temperature continues to drop. I think it is supposed to get down to 20 degrees tonight with a high of 34 degrees tomorrow.
Our main concern is power outages!
Think I might crank up the fireplace before long!
Good idea! I love a good fahr.
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Rocky Raab: 30500047948059/comments/30500035143963
Is that sleet or graupel (gropple)? That light "styrofoamy" stuff that's midway between sleet and snow?
Sleet and close to two inches of it now. I can walk on it without sinking. Dogs don't even leave a print. Stings like crazy when it hits my face. Fed and watered the animals so i dug a hole into the covered driveway, and stood next to the hole. I weigh 144 lbs and barely made a dent. I had to enhance the photo to be able to see my track.
Second pic is of my deck step. You can see the little balls of ice. I pinched them, nothing styrofoamy about it. It's still coming down.
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i know where all the energy and moister for your storm is coming from. 25kt winds all day blowing to the north.
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jimdeere: 30500047948059/comments/30500034402203
All we're getting in SW Virginia is a cold rain.
Get that junk out of there.. I am around the Roanoke area soon
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Yup, that's sleet, Susie. Sleet is frozen rain, of course, formed when there's a warm layer of air up high producing rain that then falls through a much colder layer of air underneath it. It happen when a slowly advancing warm front slides up over colder air without pushing much of the cold air away. Or when a slow cold front "tunnels under" warm air, which seems to be the case for you.
Conversely, gropple is snow that falls through warmer, moist air such that water condenses on the snow crystals and partially freezes.
And so ends today's lesson in Meteorology 101.
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Here in SC we have rain coming down. Way to warm for snow or ice. The only thing this weather is doing is driving my Border Collies crazy. They only get out for quick potty breaks, no running as Momma don't allow dirty feet.
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