Ice Storm

[oldfella]

I am about 75 miles South of Nashville, as the crow flies. We didn't get much snow, I'd say about 3 inches early today, the snowball-packing stuff - later we got and still getting sleet. With the promised single-digit temps tonight, it doesn't look good for driving by morning. Like the man says, if you don't absolutely have to go out tonight and tomorrow, just don't. Stay safe.

Pete

 

[Faulkner]

We've got about 5-6 inches of snow on the ground and it's still coming here in the central Ozarks. That's on top of the half inch of ice from last night. One thing about snow in the south, it usually don't last long.

 

[Cyrano]

We had a light dusting of snow last night and it was COLD, about 25 degrees. Today was shirtsleeves weather and the snow was all gone by noon. Typical El Paso blizzard.

 

[nitesite]

I had the pleasure of having a scheduled police pistol qualification today. Before arriving at the range the rain had turned to a heavy driving sleet and icicles began to form on everything metal.

I even had icicles hang off of the bill on my ball cap!

It was just me and and my police chief, and in spite of the really crappy shooting weather we laughed our way thru it and kept saying it was really fun to be shooting in crappy weather. During the practice qual, every time I had a magazine change the empty dropped into icy/slushy water and I would pick it up later hoping that the GLOCK would still operate. As hoped, there were no malfs.

This kind of weather is really unusual for North Alabama but I'm really glad I had the chance to shoot under less-than-ideal conditions. I even managed to shoot a nearly perfect score.

When I moved here I thought I had seen the last of snow and ice!!!!!!

 

[Muley Gil]

It's almost 1 AM and there is a good inch on the ground with a steady snowfall. It is supposed to snow all through the night to late Saturday evening. The prediction now is 8"-13".

The tractor battery has been charged, it is full of gas, and I've got the chains on and the scraper blade attached.

Fixing to go to bed and see what happens in the morning.

 

[george minze]

The crappy weather has moved up the I 44 corridor as usual. Strange thing is the temp is usually warmer in the Joplin, Springfield area but that is negated by the storm tract out of Oklahoma. It tends to travel west to east like it has a free pass on I 44. got far enough north to affect Lake of the Ozarks about 35 miles south west of Jefferson City. JC got about 2" and still and cold....so far....We don't need that stuff here Thank You. All in All we have had about five mild years of winter. i guess it is about time. My sister lives at the Villages in Orlando and it got down in the 20s. They just go into shock and awe...

 

[gunlovingirl]

Well, hopefully the worse is over. Here in the nothern suburbs of Nashville, we have about 3-4 inches. Arizona is looking better every day!

 

[Cobroller]

The I 44 corridor got me. Canceled a trip to Tulsa to a wedding and to see grandkids.

It stopped snowing here and was a very bright night.

 

[Muley Gil]

Just came in from feeding the mule, the donkey, and the barn cats.

The snow has about stopped and we only got 8". One of the predictions was 18". It was a pretty dry snow and shouldn't be too much trouble to clear the driveway. VDOT has been up and down the road several times and I don't live on a main road.

Last time we had much snow (December 18), it was a foot and it was wet. That didn't go away for a while. It got packed down and we didn't have a thaw for almost two weeks.

Temp is 24 degrees. Think I'll wait until tomorrow to fire up the tractor and do my clean-up.

 

[ciwsguy]

Misty - it snows in Arizona too.

Well, hopefully the worse is over. Here in the nothern suburbs of Nashville, we have about 3-4 inches. Arizona is looking better every day!

Northern AZ, that is. When 49 of the 50 states have snow on the ground today, only Hawaii has no snow (today). At high altitudes, it can even snow there.

Maybe you can get ol' Al Gore to come over and help you shovel some of that "Global Warming" off your drive!

 

[Cyrano]

I was out and comfortable in shirtsleeves today.