Here at CASI HQ we have the temperature continuing to rise at 15, but still not an inch of snow on the ground. Freezing rain is supposed to start before midnight and continue, sometimes heavy, overnight. The following image shows nicely the "bending" of the temperature field between 1.) The warm surge ahead of the front, 2.) The appalachians trapping cold air east of them, and 3.) A coastal front over Eastern NC. These factors result in 1.) the temperatures to be in the mid 30's in SW PA but be 10's in Central PA and 2.) The temperatures on the NC coast to be 60 while the mountains are in the 20's to lower 30's. http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/netemp.gif -Jesse Other reports: ================================================== Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:48:54 We're getting ready for a major ice storm event tonight.....Temp was 13.6 at 7 am and climbed all the way up to 22.3.....Currently moderate sleet (1 inch since 4 pm) on top of 4 inches of snow that has been on the ground since Wednesday with current temperature of 19.8 Prediction is for heavy precipitation until around midnight with temperatures below freezing.... Just tried the generator.....looks like we might need it...Sure am glad it started!!!! Good luck to all...Jess Parks...Todd NC --------------------------- scott wrote: > FROM SCOTT GILBREATH UTICA, OHIO IT IS 7:10 PM. EST HERE IN UTICA, > OHIO AND IT IS 38.2 DEGREES. THE LOW THIS MORNING HERE WAS 13 DEGREES AT > 08:20. IT HAS REALLY RISEN. WE HAVE FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME, BUT NO > REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. MY WEATHER INSTRUMENTS ARE DOWN DUE TO > CONSTRUCTION ON OUR HOUSE, SO I AM USING MY BACK UPS. I DON'T HAVE MY > DIGITAL PRINTOUT FOR THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BUT MY BACK UP ICON DISPLAY > IS FLASHING LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH MEAN THE BAROMETER TOOK A TREMENDOUS > TUMBLE. IN THE SUMMER TIME IT WOULD MEAN A TORNADO WAS IN THE AREA. > FORECAST IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER STORM TO FORM FARTHER EAST WHICH IS > FORECAST TO TAKE WHAT MOISTURE IS LEFT FROM THIS STORM AND ABSORB IT. > FORECAST IS FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO RETURN LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ALONG > WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE SNOW MONDAY AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER IS > POISED FOR THIS AREA. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Beware of the women who promise blue skies; There's tornado warnings in the backs of their eyes." --Boiled In Lead || ICQ No. 136832 ||