Cliff Notes version: buckle down for freezing rain, albeit light amounts, here in ACA. UPDATE @ 6pm: Temp down to 30 degrees, steady rain, asphalt drive is now icy here at the end of Staymon, extremely slick and difficult to walk even slowly.
I've held off updating as a lot has been changing, lots of nuances and small shifts, but shifts that make a big difference in the forecast. Here's the lowdown:
Haywood County (ACA) is now under a Winter Weather Advisory until 7pm Sunday, mainly for freezing rain. Go a tad bit east to Buncombe County, and they are under a Winter Storm Warning for the snow/sleet/ice up to 2" we might have gotten (but more than likely won't).
Outside of a burst of sleet and snow early this morning, it has been dry until late this afternoon. The freezing rain is more like freezing drizzle, but my deck and stairs iced up almost immediately as my temp here at the end of Staymon Road had dropped to 32 degrees. The major precipitation field has yet to arrive, and I don't see the freezing rain scenario changing much as the thickness of the freezing air above us is too thin to support sustained sleet or snow.
Sadly, ice is what nobody wants. If there is a silver lining, it's that we're slated to stay at or under 0.10" of accumulated ice, which is not 'dangerous' per se....start talking 0.25" and you get into large power outages, downed trees, etc., but that appears to be for locations south and especially east of us, all the way through the Triad.
I'll probably update in the morning, but just know it's already slippery out there...while the roads may be fine now, there is no guarantee they'll stay fine. Take it easy...more than easy.
Bob
I don't know whether it is related but power is now out as of 4:40am and Duke Power estimates power will be back on by 8:45am
ReplyDeleteFor what it is worth the power truck went up Apple Creek Rd a bit after 6 shining big lights on power poles and lines but they were doing it again on their way down so I am not sure they found anything yet.
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