Classic winter weather
We’ll be straddling the line between rain and ice again, so it’s hard to say how rotten it’ll get, but either way the forecast cuts get ready for cold, snow and ice on Thursday.
From the NWS:
Thursday: A chance of snow and sleet before 10am, then periods of freezing rain and sleet between 10am and 1pm, then periods of snow and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then periods of freezing rain after 4pm. High near 34. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Night: Periods of freezing rain before 9pm, then periods of rain. Low around 33. North wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Here’s the weather geek description:
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…
CLASSIC IN SITU COLD AIR DAMMING EVENT WILL UNFOLD DURING THIS TIME… WHERE DIABATIC COOLING VIA EVAPORATION WILL BE THE IMPETUS
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAMMING WEDGE. TYPICALLY IN SITU DAMMING CASES CANNOT SUSTAIN THEMSELVES FOR LONG DURATIONS… SINCE THEY
LACK A CONTINUAL SUPPLY OF COLD DRY AIR ADVECTION IN THE LOW LEVELS… COURTESY OF A PARENT SURFACE HIGH TO OUR NORTH. THE LATENT HEAT OF FUSION AND RESULTING WARMING DURING FREEZING RAIN ULTIMATELY MAKES IT SELF LIMITING. AS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED BY PREVIOUS SHIFTS…
THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BE WEAK… TRANSIENT… AND LOCATED TOO FAR SOUTH TO SUPPORT A *CLASSIC* WINTER WEATHER EVENT ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER… VERY COLD… DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY SETTLING OVERHEAD. THIS AIRMASS… AT 06Z 31 JANUARY… WAS CHARACTERIZED BY SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS UPSTREAM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND BELOW ZERO WESTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS EVENT MAY BE ONE OF THOSE RARE CASES THAT BECAUSE THE AIR IS SO COLD AND DRY TO START THE EVENT… POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD RESULT BEFORE A GRADUAL WARMING AND CHANGEOVER TO LIQUID.
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Items of interest
Alderman Dan Coleman has opened up a discussion on economic development in Carrboro over at Orange Politics.
The Board of Aldermen retreat in the papers:
• H-S: Carrboro wants to keep its money local
• CHN: Town loan fund needs borrowers
Also, the DTH says the Orange County Board of Commissioners are being cautioned on lottery money.
Moser ain’t whistling past nothing
In The Nation, former Indy editor Bob Moser gets his licks in on the trendy idea of Dems running against the South:
As a species of Democratic defeatism, this approach can hardly be topped. And for all the charts and graphs that accompany such strategic chess games, calls for a non-Southern strategy are rooted in cultural […]
Headlines of interest
H-S: Culbreth fire investigated as arson;
N&O: Not guilty plea in East Chapel Hill High hostage case
DTH from the Board of Aldermen planning retreat: Town depends on local economy;
EJS: Check of SSN records at UNC Hospital (full audit report in pdf);
EJS: State cuts deal for Chimney Rock Park;
More buzz from the Zippers show
New Carrboro Commons
The students running the E-Paper called the Carrboro Commons have another edition out.
The RSS feed is to your right—always—on The Mill. Please pay them a visit. Lots of good stories including:
• a look at ArtWalk
• a talk with El Centro’s Ben Balderas
• roots of the ArtsCenter
Executions halted–for now
AP:
Citing a law from 1909 that requires the governor and the council of state to approve any change in the execution process, Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ordered Thursday the executions of Marcus Reymond Robinson and James Edward Thomas be halted until they do so.
“I believe this is a significant change in the […]
Windy
Gonna be a windy and will feel quite chilly. From the NWS:
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 20S WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 10 DEGREES MAINLY ACROSS THE […]
Hackney elected speaker
Via Ex:
With 68 votes, Joe Hackney of Orange County has been elected Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Once new members were all sworn in, by usage, custom and precedent, they voted in the Speaker.
Nominated by Verla Insko. “A true and loyal son of North Carolina.”
Seconded by Mickey Michaux. Spoke of “Joe’s compassion for […]
Slow Food Hot Chocolate
Can’t think of anything that could help body and soul shake off a day like today than the above mentioned subjects.
And if you got time this afternoon to drop by the Century Center that’s exactly what you’ll get. The Slow Food Triangle folks, including a good number of local chefs and farmers, are reviewing their […]
Big weather
Words of the day are windy, icy, rainy, sleet. Already getting some off and on precip south of town.
From the National Weather Service
WRAL doppler 1 hr loop for the OC
Intellicast’s regional radar
Slick, foggy
Sounds like a lot of people I know. Drive carefully, now. WRAL closings page.
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