RUC at 0000z locks the wintry mix/mess in Western NC ...

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RUC at 0000z locks the wintry mix/mess in Western NC ...

#1 Postby Stormsfury » Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:14 pm

Temperatures continue to hold steady or drop slowly as the wedge and the moisture have met up in a little unorthodox setup ... Usually with cold air damming events, the cold air is already locked into place well in advance of moisture overrunning ... not so this time, as the moisture arrived just after the wedge was beginning to take shape ... significant icing could occur (as much as ½" overnight ... )

As the SFC low takes shape (IMHO, offshore of the Carolina coast by about 50 miles), CAA takes over and breaks the wedge as the temperature inversion breaks...

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/d ... typ&loop=1
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#2 Postby Stormsfury » Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:20 pm

Furthermore, the deeper moisture departs as a dry slot begins to punch in and the best (and very impressive UVV's) move north and east of the region ...

http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/loop.rucus700vv.html

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