I know this had been a mild winter and all (I'd really just call it an extended autumn) but I was looking at my power bill the other day and it blew my mind. The average daily temperature in January 2011 for my pay period was 35°F. The same period this year: 48°F

A whooping 13°F difference! Damn this La Nina. Damn her to hell!

2/15/2012 10:17:45 AM

So you enjoy paying more for the power bill.

2/15/2012 10:34:17 AM

I don't mind paying a little more on my power bill for some wintery goodness like we've grown accustomed to the past few years.

[Edited on February 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM. Reason : ]

2/15/2012 10:39:31 AM

haha, i wouldn't mind the slight increase in heating bills for the chance to wake up to a snowy blizzard and a chance to play hooky from work and stay in bed a couple days.

2/15/2012 11:42:44 AM

^&^^exactly

^^^actually my power bill is unaffected as my central air relies on gas heat, not electricity. I mentioned my power bill because I can look up the historical monthly average temperatures. And yes my gas bill was considerably higher last winter, but only $20-30/per person per month since I have roommates.

2/15/2012 12:11:11 PM

If you yankees don't like La Niña winters here in NC you are perfectly welcome to take your carbetbagging butts back up north!

2/15/2012 2:49:09 PM

winter bypassed us this year...we are going from fall straight to spring

2/15/2012 3:07:20 PM

As long as we don't shift from Autumn 2.0 into Summer then we'll be set!

2/15/2012 3:21:35 PM

^^^man this winter has sucked so bad I wouldn't have been happy even if I was still in NYC. Also, Ffffffffffffffffffffff Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

2/15/2012 3:53:33 PM

The current NWS forecast discussion says a period of winter weather seems "increasingly likely" for central NC sunday evening/night.

It even says that some models are showing up to 3 inches!

2/17/2012 5:46:20 PM

for those who like to read more in depth about models and so forth: http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/32679-feb-18-19-2012-discoanalysis/page__st__1050

2/17/2012 6:43:09 PM

If we get 3 inches worth of snow, a half inch might stick.

2/17/2012 7:02:20 PM

I think it's going to be way too warm on the ground. But a cold rain earlier in the day would drop temps down significantly. I honestly am not holding out hope that anything is going to stick, but would absolutely love it.

Mountains have a great chance of getting some accumulation, I'm hoping it will make it as far east as Mebane.

Quote :

"A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE COASTAL CAROLINAS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ARE EXPECTED. GIVEN THE RECENT DRY WEATHER...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND RISES ON AREA CREEKS. ADDITIONALLY...CHANCES ARE INCREASING THAT A PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64. HOWEVER...A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY PERSISTS WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. CITIZENS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES. "

And I always like to link Alan Huffman's blog: http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-raleigh/some-snow-likely-to-fall-north-carolina-sunday-sunday-evening

And chart:

[Edited on February 17, 2012 at 10:34 PM. Reason : ]

2/17/2012 10:28:22 PM

Remember weather?

Me neither.

2/17/2012 10:49:15 PM

looking better with each run

2/18/2012 5:39:10 PM

^Can you post more info? Everything I'm *reading* is saying cold rain now . But I don't interpret models, so I don't know what you've seen!

2/18/2012 5:40:42 PM

For models and interpretation:
http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/32679-feb-18-19-2012-discoanalysis/page__st__1470

for fun:
http://www.wral.com/weather/page/9748768/

2/18/2012 5:45:08 PM

Holy Cow! That's significantly changed since I checked that this morning. It was dusting to 1" in my area. Now it's 6-9". Thanks!

2/18/2012 5:50:13 PM

So what kind of snow totals are we looking at around the triangle in these new models? I can't view any of the models, etc on my iPad. Last I saw was up to 3" with little to no accumulation

2/18/2012 9:05:20 PM

That model^^ is putting the triangle in 1-3" to 3"-6" accumulation, depending on how far west you are.

And this one puts me in 1"-3" and Wake County in the 1" section:

[Edited on February 18, 2012 at 9:13 PM. Reason : ]

2/18/2012 9:07:36 PM

Shit, I don't have milk or bread for milk sammiches if it snows tomorrow

2/18/2012 9:50:47 PM

That looks like a wishcast to me.

2/18/2012 10:02:40 PM

Quote :

"* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES."

Loving the predictions... but laughing at the huge disparity in forecast. 1" and 4" is a huge swing!

2/19/2012 10:35:07 AM

i'm betting it'll be accumulations of 0-nothing.

2/19/2012 10:47:29 AM

Yeah, this is looking doubtful.

2/19/2012 2:47:28 PM

Snowing hard in Mebane. All dirt areas are white. Grass and rooftops are slowly turning white. Nothing sticking to the roads yet.

2/19/2012 4:49:58 PM

34.5 outside right now and sleeting like crazy here in Cary.

2/19/2012 8:01:39 PM

Sleeting hard off Blue Ridge Rd.

2/19/2012 8:09:10 PM

Raining hard off Ridge Road.

2/19/2012 8:15:47 PM

I would like to know how Wake/Durham/Orange County schools are already delayed, and Guilford County isn't even discussing it.

2/19/2012 8:31:16 PM

Sleet finally changing over to snow at Six Forks/Beltline

2/19/2012 8:40:42 PM

Down to freezing now with snow falling... Finally.

2/19/2012 8:50:49 PM

We have a nice dusting of snow so far in south Durham.

2/19/2012 9:00:02 PM

S harrison ave covered in cary

2/19/2012 9:01:30 PM

Now that the precip has changed to snow things are getting covered pretty quickly

2/19/2012 9:04:46 PM

Big wreck off 40 in Cary apparently. Heard Greensboro has switched to ice after 3 inches of snow.

2/19/2012 9:07:02 PM

How are the roads out there. I'm supposed to go to work in an hour.

2/19/2012 9:13:27 PM

slushy off athens drive.

snow is def sticking and accumulating on the roads

if the temp drops below freezing, the roads are gonna get nasty

2/19/2012 9:17:27 PM

looks like we're about to run out of of precipitation based on the radar...hopefully more is on the way

2/19/2012 9:31:15 PM

Just enough snow to cover the roads here off of Falls of Neuse.

2/19/2012 9:32:35 PM

Ground is covered in SW Raleigh. Emergency services are flying by nonstop right now.

2/19/2012 9:58:23 PM

It's almost all down to slush now.

2/19/2012 10:28:57 PM

nothing here in RM. there was some sleet collecting in the planters on the front porch last night, but there's nothing on the ground or the roads.

2/20/2012 7:35:55 AM

Got about 2.5-3" here last night. Everything already melted off the driveway and roads. Greensboro apparently got more ice, but work is on anyways.

2/20/2012 7:46:14 AM

lol somebody reported to wral that we got .5" out here. wtf

2/20/2012 7:59:22 AM

Despite how little snow there was, the black ice was evidently serious business this morning. I passed two multi-vehicle wrecks on the way to work (one with fire that had closed the ramp from I-40 E to I-540 E, and one that had Wade Ave. westbound closed with traffic detoured onto the Edwards Mill exit) and there are quite a few more reported in the paper. I spotted a few slightly slick spots but didn't have any trouble with it personally.

2/20/2012 9:36:31 AM

Interesting. I had NO trouble getting to work from Mebane to Greensboro. The roads were practically bone dry. I did see the WRAL report about the huge fiery wreck this morning though. Crazy.

2/20/2012 9:38:08 AM

Wow. If I had nothing to go off of other than facebook status updates I would have thought it snowed a foot in the triangle. It was completely melted off the roads and more than halfway melted in all the grassy areas when I left the house at 6 this morning.

^^Yeah, almost every bridge I drove on had black ice this morning. There was a head on collision on Capital where someone lost control after crossing a bridge, went through the median, then hit someone in the oncoming lane.

[Edited on February 20, 2012 at 10:17 AM. Reason : -]

2/20/2012 10:14:51 AM

I was on 440 at 5:30am, didn't notice anything. I suppose it's a good thing I didn't have to make any sudden maneuvers though

2/20/2012 10:18:17 AM

I saw about a dozen cars in ditches on the beltline around 9p last night. Holy fuck people, just don't slam the brakes or punch the gas and you'll be fine.

2/20/2012 10:24:05 AM