Snow Covers the Ground in Raleigh. What Did We Learn From This Storm? I'm Happy.... Snowy & Beautiful in Raleigh Tonight!

 

So where do I start to tell this story of this amazing January that was filled with Winter Weather Warnings and snow that actually fell onto the ground in Raleigh in 2026? 

I'm took the day off today and just enjoyed staring at the snow that finally fell around 7 PM Saturday Night as it shows up above on my screenshot from my phone......that did verify! I'm offline on Saturdays for the Sabbath and the first thing I did after the sunset here was grab my phone, check on my kids (really) and looked at the radar. I knew a dry slot would come like the Grinch and steal much of our snow that was earlier forecast to be as high as the sky or so it seemed and we'd be lucky if we'd get 3 inches. I stared at my dry back yard with a bit of ice still from the sleet storm the weekend before....and it did kind of "smell like snow" on the balcony looking out wondering when this much ballyhooed snow would actually...........really fall. And, it did as the APP promised and as many had said that the Dry Slot would steal snow early on but eventually snow would move in from the Coastal Low and it did. I'm in a long, run on sentence mood......

Am I upset? Not really. Been here when there's been more than 8 inches of snow and it took weeks to get back to normal. But that part of me that loves weather and weather history would like to have seen it again. Been here 16 years though I'll admit the first half of that I was in Miami as much as I was here as I had family commitments there. Still ........we go for sometimes 2 or 3 years without even a fricking flake falling. I mean nothing. Promises of maybe flurries and nada, nothing.......not even a stray snow flake. For someone like me that loves a Carolina Winter you feel cheated, deprived and frustrated. 

This year we had snow falling a few times before the promised huge totals of snow and so really I'm kind of happy and smiling and typing this from my bed, under 2 very warm covers and the sound of the little fake fireplace nearby and staring out at a touch of a pink, coral sunset illuminating the tops of the Carolina Pines. My husband is making dinner. I'm just chilling, but trying to stay warm as I don't like the heat on too high as honestly it messes with my sinuses and yes I have a humidifier quietly humming as well.

What actually annoys me... if there's one thing .......is that people don't really listen to what we say nor all the ways we try to remind people it's a difficult forecast, it'll change often and there will be a wide range of snow possibilities. And people don't check back as we ask them to and don't remember to check if something changed and so "no I was not surprised the two storms did not phase and I was prepared not to get snow as high as the sky in Raleigh" but I thought we'd definitely get a solid dusting or 2 or 3 inches. 

People need to understand a forecast is predicting with scientific knowledge as good as we can what might happen. And, in real time we get more data or as we say Down South "more better" data and modeling comes into better agreement and lastly we see how the two storms rotating separately but close together are actually behaving before we are sure some areas will get more, some areas less.

I talked a blue streak on how some cities in NC in the general Raleigh Durham area will get lots of snow and some barely any.  Someone here in Raleigh read my blog and comments and when there was no snow yesterday he went over to the Temple for services and refreshments after and told my husband that he read what I said and told him his wife is "good and in the future he's just gonna listen to what she says" and I chuckled. In Miami many people say that who have been through decades of hurricane seasons with me, but here in Raleigh I'm not as well known and never thought I'd be good at explaining winter storms as they were totally a mystery to me when I moved here. No one ever could seem to get the forecast right and weren't sure what we would get until the snow began falling.  Like that famous Weather Rock that tells you it's raining if it's wet. That's North Carolina, unless you're living out West in the mountains.

Link below if you want to buy it on Etsy

A bit bugged doesn't say Hurricane.

But I guess if it's windy and rainy...

...and the stone is gone prob Hurricane!

Seriously how much snow do we really NEED to say we got a snow storm? In my neck of the woods we did have 3 inches. I measured all over the yard on different surfaces with a ruler. I was so cold after that little scientific experiment. I'm in the part of the Raleigh area that's further North and further West where some higher totals were recorded. I'm gonna be upset because we did not get 7 inches?  Come on, if you think that you don't know me. IF we got nothing but the dry slot and I woke up to not even a dusting I'd be really upset. Very upset. 

So what did we learn?

Never listen to the first forecast and believe it's carved in stone. 

Never expect you will get the highest total because it showed that 4 days out. 

            Same way just because you are in the Cone 7 to 10 days out doesn't mean you're getting the eye.

                      Cones change during hurricane season.

                                Models change a lot before a winter storm.

I'm good. And oh by the way there are more "chances" for more winter weather later this week in the area. As always follow your local experts, check back for updates and changes to the forecast. Do not expect to get a blizzard but don't pretend you might not get a little more snow or sleet or rain..

Cause it's North Carolina, we get a little bit of everything often in one week :) Cause Mother Nature and the Polar Vortex is not done with us yet........

Maybe.......time will tell.

It's Raleigh!

Video from the awesome Reed Timmer.

He's really a sweet guy... 

Fun to follow on his chases...

cause he never stops chasing.

Good video instead of a song

BobbiStorm

Never Stop Chasing

https://www.etsy.com/listing/542025470/personalized-weather-forecasting-stone

5 PM Update. Winter Storm Warnings. Blizzard Conditions Could Happen on the Coast for OBX. TS Force Winds, Gusts Flirt With Hurricane Force. Beach Erosion. Snow Covers Carolina. Virginia. Georgia. Savannah, Charleston, Myrtle Beach All In it. Parts of Alabama and TN Still Recovering From an Ice Storm. Up I-95 Nearby Beach Erosion. Hunker Down Stay Safe in Frigid Single Digit Temps and Wicked Winchill!!

WRAL is very good during storms.
All the news you need often live.
Watch them more now than before...
Good team.

Again Spectrum Weather here is awesome!

Updated info from Allan Huffman.
He is on X and he has a Patreon account.
Only person I follow there that should say much.
He is good with snow and hurricanes.
https://www.patreon.com/c/raleighwx/posts

Down the road in Fay'ville

Love Chick... he's awesome.

And current radar shows snow nearby

But other than early stray flurries...

...supposed to start late tonight*

On Earthnull you can see the storm forming.

The Coastal Low.

The pieces of the puzzle coming together.

How and where and when they interact...

... is what makes this forecast difficult.

Last frame of a loop....

...the Coastal Low shows up.

Forming....

..coming together.

*Bottom line here is we really do not know what will be until we see what will be and once all is said and done and it's deep into Sunday afternoon and the sun tries to show it's face again. We like to think we are getting perfect with forecasting, but y'all know that ain't so. There's literally a model somewhere that will show you what you want to see. That's why the snow totals are so wide and again in one area you the snow can be stolen by a "snow hole" and in another area you feel as if you had a historic storm. 

Stay safe. Hunker down. Don't assume you aren't getting snow because some snow hole is temporarily over you and you decide you need to get out for some reason and then the snow hole closes and your area ends up with 7 inches of snow or more and you may have been stuck on a highway where crashes happened because that happens in NC way too often.  Enjoy the beauty of a storm, time to do all those things you have been meaning to do around the house and hope and pray you don't lose electric!

Keep reading as the blog is still current and explains the many problems of forecasting this storm. 

Mitch did a LIVE broadcast this afternoon answering so many questions. First time he has done one, it was awesome. Your city most likely is mentioned as everyone asked on their city. Again, no forecast is exact it's just an estimate.

Thank you for reading and following along:

Noon on Friday...

An updated map with info for Raleigh area. 

Storm doesn't show up yet here...

..can see where it's about to show up.

Visible shows the elements.

The Southern part.

The Northern part.

Once they connect!

Game on!

Maybe will update images around 4 PM

See what we will see.

You can see the cold air pressing down.

The moisture flow that will feed...

...the coastal low that hasn't formed yet.

1st part of the blog is Carolinas, VA, GA

Further down are other areas that'll be impacted.

"Raleigh is in the Risky Zone.

"will depend on the Interaction

between the upper level low

and developing coastal low

5 - 10 inches"

The above is in quotes as that is what Allan Huffman says and I lean heavy on what he says as I live in Raleigh and have gotten to see first hand how incredibly accurate his maps are and well I take him seriously. Not sure if he will update later today or leave it as it is and either way we are getting closer to game on time. Sure he can be off a bit, but it's usually in shades of gray in that there's always a few details with a Carolina Snow Storm that can't be nailed down until the storm shows it's face.

Note he has parts of Virginia and Georgia in this map and that's because we really are one region broken up into separate states, but we are under the same blanket of snow falling to the ground. How strong and how steady and how much falls will tell the actual story. Will this be "wow what a real snow storm for Raleigh" or "historic" or will that tag go to places further East such as New Bern that's closer to the coast.

See this storm has many moving parts. There's a coastal low that is developing in real time and an upper level low inland. As readers of this blog know, I do so low tracking upper level lows as they can be real game changers. In this case you have two parts of a storm that will have dance moves similar to a Fujiwhara effect yet not really. And somewhere the forecast will be busted and someone may get near blizzard like conditions and someone else ends up in the dreaded dry spot deprived of the heavier snow totals the forecast showed on the colorful maps on Wednesday. It happens. It's hard enough to predict a snow storm in detail with one low, let alone two lows swirling around the same dance floor. 

Yes, I did say "blizzard" conditions as the possibility is there that in some places a Blizzard Warning could be put out and again I said could as it all depends on what plays out in real time. The NWS has already mentioned blizzard conditions being possible. You don't hear that often around these parts.

Going beyond the Carolinas...

This is such a sad hit for Tennessee that is trying to recover from last week's Ice Storm and now will have areas hit by snow on top of what is dangling from the ice. 

This is a screenshot from my friend Mitch...

Honestly did not listen to it all.

I don't like my mind to be muddied...

...hearing others speak too much.

So that what I put out is my own.

But I wanted the map...

..knew he'd have it.

I live in the Carolinas. This is my blog, my personal weather diary and if you read it a long time then you know sometimes I would rant or be silly or annoyed and vent in my weather diary. These days I try and stay on weather and in the off season I talk more on what I want to vs when a Cat 3 Hurricane is about to do Rapid Intensification and go Cat 5 just before before landfall. Yes this is the off season for me, a time when I lose myself in the beauty of winter, praying for winter storms and following them online. So, excuse me, if I talk too long on the Carolinas currently in my off season. Well, we do get hurricanes too in the Carolinas. Another reason I love living in NC is that we have seasons of all kinds. Miami has football season, mango season, tourist season and Hurricane Season. And, yes I do go down to Miami often to see family and friends and Biscayne Bay but the Carolinas have finally come to feel like home after 16 years here!

Back to our snow storm. Tennessee is still without power in many places. The whole infrastructure was torn apart by the last storm that was more ice than snow. Now some places will have snow as well. A very hard hit in the realm of misery loves company. 

Above this general region will have impacts.

Even more so there's a coastal component.

Below the attention is on the coast.

This part of the storm is big.

This area is under the gun.

I use that phrase rarely.

Snow totals can be high.

Beach impacts will be high.

Ice hopefully not.

Maybe a drop of sleet.

Wind so strong it'll feel like...

..a Blizzard.

This storm is bigger than the Carolinas.

Bigger than Virginia.

Bigger than Georgia.

Florida has it's own impacts.

Sliver of a chance for Gulf Snow...

And our mountains get snow...

...ya know how that goes.

Elevation always matters.

Freezing cold temps in other places.

In the Super Storm of 1993...

FL was lashed with wicked, gale force winds.

Wild surf, beach erosion.

Yes Baltimore was buried in snow...

...but dangerous weather is dangerous.

With or without snow

Watching the beaches here for blizzard conditions.

NWS INFO for OBX

Yes out on the Outer Banks...

..they will have Tropical Storm winds Saturday.

Gusts near hurricane force.

Moving on down I-95 South..

Savannah could get snow.

That's really rare.

Almost moved there a while back...

...didn't work out but lack of snow ate at me.

But I do love that city.

My family has a very old history there ....

I worry on the hanging moss freezing...

...falling down again.

I love hanging moss........

As for "Up North" 

Well it does snow in NY

It snows up the way.

But this is a coastal low...

...so beaches especially in it.

Lakewood NJ below

Not what we think of as beach wxr!

Stay informed.

Stay aware.

Stay prepared.

That really is all I can say now.

The time for debating a forecast is done.

Winter Storm Warnings in place!

Lastly, many had problems finding winter storm supplies for this storm as all the supplies were bought out for the Ice Storm scenario last week and even their suppliers do not have the supplies. The huge geographic area impacted means that the local hardware stores can't get "Ice Melt" because their own suppliers are out as this is the second storm in the pattern. DaBuh always says the second storm in a set is the worst one, let's see if he's right when it comes to winter weather not just surf and hurricane weather.

As for me I'm nibbling on one of the last cookies we bought at Trader Joes for last week's storm and we bought new stuff last night for this weekend's storm. Eggs were gone, I could not find any though I have left from last week. Bread was mostly out. You know how the story goes .

Winter finally showed up in the Carolinas  this year and I am not complaining. Well not yet. Let's see what we get on Saturday and hopefully the electric is on and we have way deep powdery snow. The reason I mention power problems is there are a lot of trees that had a light coating up to .33 inches of ice that did not fall down, but they have damaged limbs and are in a weakened state. The back yard still has some frozen sleet in icy patchwork patterns like a quilt and it's decorated with some young, healthy green pine "candles" lying on the ground as they snapped in the ice storm that did not take the tree but did bring down healthy but young, green needles. 

Stay safe. Stay inside.

Wind Chills of Zero are nothing to laugh about.

With prayers for everyone to stay safe. And for those who love snow I really hope you get so much snow. For those who hate snow... well sorry....you're reading the wrong blog.

Besos BobbiStorm

Enjoy the songs. I put in an old school and newer song. Can't find the song I wanted to put in here so will add it in later.... Lyrics were "two part harmony" and that reminded me of this two part winter storm.  Some people do so love piano so going with this song that's good for our upcoming Valentines Day (will there be a Valentine's Day Blizzard this year I wonder???)  but I did enjoy the second one as well...

Loved Nat King Cole forever.

My mother used to listen to his music.

..she was an opera singer when young.

She knew music........

....the one below is fun, cute.

My mother and I were very different...

she was a singer I'm a dancer.

Both loved music :)

What did you expect 
Stuck in Colder Weather??

Maybe Sunday...

Stay safe and respect the power of the storm!

SNOW STORM On the Way Carolinas & Virginia. Real Story Today is NOT How Many Inches BUT the Near ZERO Degree Wind Chills Sunday AM.

 

You know how I always say:

"NWS always opens with a low bid"

Not this time....

....according to this I could get 10 inches.

Could is the operative word here 2 days out.

This time this IS a "low opening bid" on inches as some models are crazy high and others much more realistic with what happens when a Winter Storm Warning in the RDU area busts. But a bust can go either way as those who were here in 2000 and had over 20 inches after a forecast of your typical nice dusting busted high. That was 26 years ago and we are better at nailing down the multiple factors that make nailing down a forecast for snow in the Raleigh area of NC. And, when I say "Raleigh area" know the extension of "that area" known as Central North Carolina borders Virginia on the North and South Carolina on our South as seen in the graphic below. 

Yes Mitch does wake up early.

Tries to get this out early for people to read ...

...with their coffee!

This set up is about cold air diving down into our region squeezed between tight isobars that could make the winds stronger and the wind chill Sunday AM an even ZERO degrees. This is from the NWS in Raleigh and based on their forecast discussion not some kid on Tic Toc screaming at you or someone designing a cute AI map and adding in ZERO to get your attention.

So let's focus on the abnormally dangerous Wind Chills more and less on the exact expected inches of snow as no one knows even if they think they have a finely tuned crystal ball it's a prediction not a forecast. 

In NC we have had dry cold air for days. We have had very little rain this Winter and little rain this Fall. Virga falls gracefully from the sky and though we know it's there, we can't see it as it evaporates on it's way down through the dry layers up in the atmosphere. When you get an extremely WET moist system that sucked in moisture from the Gulf (as we saw recently) it amps up the moisture across the once parched atmosphere, however that is not really this particular type of system.

Snow Holes ... Dry Slots....are transitory features that set up in real time somewhere in the coverage area and while your sister who lives to neighborhood over is getting buried in snow higher than she has ever seen it's possible you are wondering what happened to the snow. They move around, set up in real time, sometimes anchor themselves over an area like North Hills in Raleigh but up the road closer to Strickland where Goodberry's Ice Cream is located they have barely anything falling from the sky. Their flavor today is "Pistachio" I checked in case any of you feel the need for Ice Cream before the storm.

When we had the Clipper a few weeks back and we were all expecting snow, a friend near Crabtree asked me if I got any, as she didn't really. I told her it snowed for about an hour, very pretty. That's Raleigh. Durham gets more consistent snow they have a bit higher elevation and latitude, tho nearby it snows there and misses Raleigh. Zebulon out in the country gets heavy snow. The heat island of Raleigh and sometimes RDU from all that exhaust makes for higher temperatures in the summer and dry slots in the winter. There's some logic, but they are very hard to predict so don't blame the weather people.

And that is this area in North Carolina. Hard to know for sure what you will see in your yard and on your rooftop. But, what we do know is it could be six inches and it could be ten and IF you are in a "dry slot" you may get 3 or 4 inches.  Some models flirt with the inches up in the teens I am not going there this morning. I am not being difficult nor refusing to give my opinion. This is my opinion based on living here now for over 16 years and finally having understood why it is so difficult to nail down a forecast this far out.

So your bottom line here is to do what you gotta do.

Make a list. 

Check last week's list for the last snow/sleet/ice storm.

This will be SNOW so that we know.

         (maybe a little sleet or freezing rain somewhere for a hot minute in this wide area)

Stock up on basics. 

Make sure you have your medications filled.

Water, drinks, snacks, canned food and a good hand operated can opener. Peanut Butter ....

Flashlights, batteries, candles (used very safely)

First Aid kit obviously.

Take out your warmest blankets (in my case I didn't put them away, under the covers as I type here)

This is not a drill (as Dabuh says) and know that my husband walked into the house just now and said "it feels way colder than 25 degrees out there!!" and he was raised in upstate NY where he took his skis with him to school to go skiing after school and usually says "nippy out there" he is not a Miami boy. 

But there are many Miami boys and girls who have moved up here the last few years, driving around with their Gator license plates on their cars parked at Publix and I'm guessing Publix will fill out really soon. They have not seen a REAL Raleigh Snow Storm. Many of those newbie Gators are clueless that  it really, really snows in a cold Carolina Winter and so this really is a cold NORTH Carolina Winter. That goes for those from NY, NJ and Maine who moved here to get "away from the snow" they will soon find out it really does snow in the Carolinas.

For every extra inch of snow on the ground you can extrapolate the time it will take for us to get back to "normal" especially with the cold wind chills after the storm and cold temperatures in general with it only warming up above zero for a hot minute or two in the late afternoon, before diving back down as the sun begins to set!

More later as forecasts and models begin to align with a realistic forecast.

Again don't obsess on inches. Raleigh has crashed to a total halt from one inch on an icy road and made headlines nation wide. I've heard what it does when they got 20 inches and I was here for close to ten when I first moved here and thought that was normal. Learned the next few snowless years it was not normal, so at least I know. School was closed all week that first wild snow storm of about 8 to 10 inches.

It's not about size today.

It's about how cold it will be after the storm once the Polar Express zooms into town.

We could have power outages for multiple reasons so keep that in mind even though it's not as scary a forecast as the ICE STORM that turned into a sleet storm and most of us kept our power on.

More to come...

I did not listen but will soon. It's a good video as I know Mitch and have seen what he's posted on X. 

I will talk on the rest of the area later today, maybe tonight. This will move up the coast and the jury is still out how close it comes to a major mess or an offshore mess. For now this region of the country is in the bulls eye for what would be an epic, possibly historic Snow Storm for some part of this area.

Thanks for reading. Follow me on X @Bobbistorm 

Snow Storm Possible For Carolinas, Virginia, Parts of Georgia....... Coastal Storm Could be Impactful Up the East Coast. Will This Shut Down I 95? Maybe... Stay Prepared & Aware.

 

This is a NOAA map not your phone App!

This is the EURO not the GFS.

This begins 3 days from tonight.

Low forms off the coast.

Low strengthens.

Moves up the coast.

Lots of snow.

(not ice not sleet but snow)

Note it intensifies in 2nd picture.

Some say tropical storm winds off the coast.

Some say near hurricane force low.

Next picture is further UP the coast.

Check out the wind profile...

Again the EURO

GFS below.

Gonna be a lot of coastal erosion.

Wild coastal storm either way...

There are so many models, but for some clarity here, I don't want to muddy the waters too much or the snow totals by throwing too much information about a storm that is set to start snowing on Friday evening not the 10th day of the GFS. 

We still have sleet on the ground in places all over Raleigh, some has melted, some has not and the ground is cold and the cold air is in place so I can't laugh off talk on a snow storm. I'm not even ready to laugh off a historic one though we just had a Winter Storm that while strong did not produce catastrophic damage and the power was on still (God Bless) and the ICE wasn't thick because the sleet overproduced. Still for Raleigh it's been a lot. So add on 8 inches or 10 or even the historic 20 inch range from 2000 that no one who lived here will ever forget! So let's look at some videos.

 8mm how fun ... a look at several days in 2000.

The models were not as good or as many.

The 200 storm was not forecast very well.

So it was a surprise for most.

Good post from a great Met in Myrtle Beach

For all of the Carolinas below.

And Mike enjoying making graphics...

My bottom line at Noon is if you live in the Carolinas you should expect to see snow, and Virginia as well. I'm talking the Tidewater, the Piedmont and "Down East" by the coast they may have an Ice problem or snow by the beach. So expect beautiful videos on that beach snow if indeed it falls....

Sure more models will be running and we will be officially 3 days away soon and there are official "things" that must be done, decisions made by local governments have to begin preparations. Tomorrow is kind of D Day when it comes to a higher level of "this is happening" and early advisories. When they prepare you should and IF you prepared for a historic Ice Storm in Raleigh you should have most the supplies in place. Personally I left the box where I put all the Emergency supplies in the same place as I knew we were far from over from the threat of more snow in this pattern that seems for a while locked in place. When the Polar Vortex sends a "lobe" of energy down this way everything changes and it should begin late Friday evening if the models verify.

Pay attention to local weather experts, NWS ...whoever you prefer and stay aware of updates and prepared for whatever we get be it a nice coating which makes Carolinians freak out to an OMG historic event.

As for Florida..........as for Miami and Tampa. There is so much hype about Gulf Snow and yet it "could" happen, it has happened a few times but it's rare. Either way COLD AIR will be zooming down into the Florida area all week. And when the Arctic Air blows into Miami it can be damn cold, a bone chilling cold as the winds that brought it down are strong and literally go through you even if you still have the Winter Clothes you brought back when you moved to Miami in the closet somewhere. You may need it. As I told my daughter, Wind Chill will feel that bad IF you are outside running around. Stay home. (She won't... ) 

Wind chills lower

Stay layered up....

Will update when there are definitive updates.

Definitive snow possibilities.

For now prepare, stay aware

Check back here and elsewhere.

February promises Winter 2026 keeps on raging!

Besos BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

I have a few friends who left town recently...

...the ICE Storm concerns were high.

A few people have asked me...

"how far do I need to go to get away from snow"

others.....coming to Raleigh to chase snow.

IF models verify!!

Others taking a Holiday...

So much to say and not sure where to start. Remember we are still outside the "for sure 100%" that this snow storm dumps huge amounts of snow on the Carolinas, Virginia and then moves it up along the coast to cloak New York again in snow. We are easily past 90% sure and it's time to have a real conversation about this January 2026 continuing on into February 2026 as there is another chance of a snow storm for the same area a week from tomorrow should that verify.

ICE and SNOW and SLEET Across the USA Power Outages Only Going UP and Airports Closed. Stay Warm, Stay Safe and IF You Have Power Give Thanks! Use It While U Got It!!

So far by state color coded.

Power outages on the rise...

From far away the state of the Winter  Storm.

Close up ...

This is current EURO 

Always good to get some thunder in the mix.

Personally, I woke up this morning to power being on and I said a prayer of thanks and got out of bed fast, took a hot shower and made fresh coffee and then used my frother :) and said a prayer of thanks! Use it while you got it so I'm here trying to get news and check what's going on and making a short post.

I have sleet on the ground.

Old pic, more sleet now.

I used to feel cheated by sleet.

I mean you know I want snow.

It's like fake snow ....

...looks like snow.

From nearby friend's house

But very okay with sleet this morning.

I'll just pretend it's snow ;)

ya know...

January 30th GFS

shows snow in Raleigh

(maybe)

EURO keeps it bit closer to the coast.

EURO a week from today....

Note the energy of the LOW

offshore low

Meanwhile I'm going back to the balcony and watch the wintry mix and enjoy my hot Nespresso with whipped cream ...

For now .... tho those outages moving East.

With prayers for everyone in the path of this storm to get through it with as minimal problems as possible and know Winter is just starting. February 2026 is forecast to be interesting.

Later...

BobbiStorm

Ps watching the radar with all the colors made me think of this song..

Sleet Stopped ... Freezing Rain.... Cars Glazed. What Will We See in the Morning?? 140 MIllion Under Storm Warnings in USA? Wild Winter 2026

 

The current State of the Nation

via www.windy.com

Texas covered in pink ice.....

Snow to the North...

Current image of the Carolinas.

North Georgia 

There's really not much to say. I've done all that I could, in theory, do to prepare for the storm and whatever the aftermath is.... with or without power. Hopefully with ...as you all know how much I love to play on Weather X or watch videos of friends storm chasing or doing live videos of weather. No, I don't really chase Ice Storms. I have never actually been in a "real" Ice Storm vs periods of icing on trees here that melted fast in warm temperatures that showed up the next day. Nothing will be melting for a while. And, no joke it's a solid cold week of frozen temperatures in the Raleigh area.

Reed, of course, chases Ice Storms.

I had a good day. My neighbor's relatives were in town as they had a baby earlier this week so they escaped the storm in New York to be with their daughter here in Raleigh. Hung out inside talking and then decided I needed to go take a walk. You know a sort of "pre storm chase" to check out how things looked. The streets are brined and traffic was not heavy. Very cold and a damp feeling in the air. Foreboding sense of something wicked coming. I am not exaggerating. 

Sleet began, light but steady and then mixed with freezing rain.

The Freezing Rain showing up earlier vs later is a problem.

Sleet is our friend here to cut down on Ice accumulation on the trees and power lines.

There may be some periods of calm where we get our usual "snow donut" around Raleigh but I guess it'll be called an Ice Donut? 

Never seen a real storm so if this is it........I'll be cold but curious and it'll be something to remember. If I keep electric I'll be much happier and probably type endlessly long posts on everything I'm seeing.

But.........I do feel badly for so many people across the Nation under this storm. I have friends in Georgia who are dealing with an official Ice Storm, some just got their home repaired and rebuilt after Helene and the thought of any damage to their new home is gnawing at me and the rest of our friends. At least there's not as many trees to damage the house as Helene took many of the trees.

That's one heck of a huge storm.

I have a friend in Oklahoma that is getting snow and I'm really happy on that as he truly loves snow. I prayed really hard they get snow as they, like Texas, have had a summery Winter this year. Okay I may have prayed too hard it's 6 degrees as in "six" degrees. Winter has returned and brought the Iceman with him it seems.

Kids and friends in New York that are also under the gun weather wise.

We are all in the same boat tonight, waiting to see what we get tomorrow and what the next few days may be like. 

You can talk models all you want, endlessly, but in the end it's just living it out in real time, watching the radar, listening to local news live and typing words to remember what may be a very historic Winter Storm for Raleigh and as I am in North Raleigh... I'm close to the over a half an inch of Ice so we will see what we see by daylight!

I'm in D2

That verified tho mostly sleet.

There's an inch or two of sleet.

Looks like melted marshmallow.

Cars covered in Ice.

Too late to get out of town safely, as it seems many have across NC as you can see in this post.

Or maybe they are running from the ...

...after the storm temperatures.

Wind chill of 2 degrees Tuesday AM.

Wind chill as in there will be wind...

...on the ice laden trees.

Really a worst case scenario.

Night.

Thanks for reading my thoughts.

In my weather diary...

...online.

Stay Safe, 

Keep smiling.

Besos BobbiStorm

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