Snow In Raleigh.. winter storm NC/VA area

Sort of late in the winter for Mother Nature to remember but we finally saw snow in the Raleigh area tonight. About an inch on the ground where I am and more coming down. An inch of snow after an hour or so of sleet so the bottom later is icy and the snow was very wet. I'm not sure what that means as I'm a Miami girl, but everyone seems to feel it's important to say so ...am throwing it in.

It wasn't in the forecast. Been watching the 7 day and 10 day and even looking longingly for the 15 day but nothing. Then suddenly Friday afternoon they began to whisper about a possibility of rain with some "wintry mix" and then Saturday they suddenly put it in the forecast. Nice. Strange. I'm happy...

Will melt fast tomorrow, but the morning should make for some beautiful pictures and lots of smiles round the Triangle, before it melts fast as the sun comes out.

Windy tonight too. Very heavy rain, then sleet, then magically snow swirling about under the street lights. Would have preferred daytime snow, but any snow this winter is an extra bonus it seems.

I've been watching the forecast. Actually OCDing on the forecast because am leaving back to Miami in a few days and I figure this was my last chance to see snow falling this year.

Sweet.

Drive safe, enjoy.

Heard DC didn't get as much as they thought, as the system danced around NC and Virginia got slammed. A bit strange that Richmond's getting snow and it's 33 degrees while it's in the 40s in Fairfax and DC. But, what do I know?

Besos Bobbi

Sweet snowy dreams...

All's Quiet on the Tropical Front . . but....

Though all is quiet on the tropical front for now and the NHC issued an announcment today that basically says "at ease" and they are going back to their regularly scheduled hibernation.

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
02/09/2012 06:46 AM EST


000
ABNT20 KNHC 091146
TWOAT

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
645 AM EST THU FEB 9 2012

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NEXT REGULAR TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ON JUNE 1
2012. SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED IF
A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM FORMS DURING THE OFF SEASON.

$$

The only thing I find strange though is the strong "looking" wave in the middle of the Atlantic. Not something you usually see this time of year.

Strange year, keep watching... and keep following me at www.electionweather.blogspot.com

Very Sweet Tropical Dreams,

Bobbi

NHC Shouts Out to Subtropical Disturbance

They basically are shouting out it's a no go.... giving it only a Zero percent chance of development.

So, why are we bothering to talk on it?

Well... because it's a "shout out" of sorts and a "heads up" to the fact that it IS there. And, the fact that it IS there ...is something to talk about.



It's not normal for us to be even looking at the NHC site in February without, let alone to be talking on the name of the first named tropical system of 2012.

Usually we get to April or May or even June before we remind people that the first named storm of the 2012 season will be Alberto. Not this year.

2012...the year of extreme weather in random places. A year when people in one place get sunburns sunbathing on ground that is usually covered with a frost or snow and people in other places are freezing to death.

300 people have died in Europe from the cold weather this winter, while people in the Carolinas mourn the loss of snow this winter and people in South Florida are dealing with tropical rain from a system sliding through the Florida Straits into the Bahamas.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/140433/death-toll-from-europe-cold-snap-passes-300

February is the month of the year that people in Miami rarely ever see rain. It's the dry season, the beautiful season, the season when people plan outdoor weddings on the bay expecting blue skies and fair weather. Hmnnnnn... well let's hope this little system moves on out and doesn't get replaced by another one as we are having a wedding down on Old Culter Road out by the bay later this month and no one was thinking for a minute to even worry on the tropics........

Keep watching... it's been a strange year weather wise...for now, it's just something to talk about....

Besos Bobbi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ58TVYNFro <--- song ;)

NHC Hoists an Orange Circle

"THE LOW IS CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA...AND A
SURFACE CIRCULATION CENTER IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER DEFINED.
SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING AND HAS BECOME BETTER
ORGANIZED TODAY...AND IF THIS DEVELOPMENT TREND CONTINUES...THEN A
SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A SUBTROPICAL STORM COULD FORM DURING THE
NEXT DAY "

Salient point here is that it would be a short term system that merges with a frontal boundary.



Either way the weather forecast is for dark, stormy weather throughout the area. Ironically, if it develops into a more coherent system than the stronger weather would be over a smaller area. Then again, the stronger weather would be...stronger.

This is not, by the way, a test. It is the real thing, though a weak thing but real none the less.

Freezing weather in Europe and Alaska, while the Mid Atlantic is so mild that trees are budding and daffodils are punctuating the ground a month or so early. We are dealing with spring like tornadoes in the South with a tropical spin off of Key West aiming at tropical mischief in the Florida Keys. And, now a possible subtropiocal it's gonna Zipline itself NE across South Florida?



Maybe there is something to all of this 2012 nonsense ;)

Sweet Tropical Super Bowl Dreams,

Bobbi

Illusions in the Caribbean? Florida Pay Attention . . Subtropical Possibilities Coming Your Way

Track:



A funky sort of illusion down in the Caribbean today. A swirl that is spinning south of Florida off the NW coast of Cuba.

Isn't it nice to know that while you are watching the Super Bowl specials the people at the NHC are watching the tropics... even in February...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/flash-rgb.html

The area in question is already been given the status of an Invest and is known as 90L which may or may not become a Sub-Tropical Storm before it hits South Florida.



Or it may come in as heavy rain and strong winds, but amazingly it has a neat, small circulation right now and a 30% chance of getting named storm status..or in this case subtropical storm status..

I'm not making this up..

A similar system came up from the Caribbean in February of 1952.



Stay tuned... and never say never if you live in South Florida!

Besos Bobbi