Category: sleet

Tuesday night update on Wednesday night’s winter storm [video blog]

March 3, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, sleet, snow, video, winter storm

15 minute video blog embedded below with details on the Wednesday night winter storm as we see them as of 7pm Tuesday night. Details continue to come together, though some model solutions still seem to be a little questionable. Despite that, impacts are expected to be significant Wednesday night and Thursday. The main change from…
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Monday night details on Wednesday’s winter storm [video blog]

March 2, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, sleet, snow, video, winter storm

15 minute video blog embedded below with details as we see them as of 9pm Monday night. TIMING, PRECIPITATION TYPES, AND AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The general pattern seems to be coming together though. And for those that want the bottom line, first a graphic from the NWS and then our call on this storm…
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Winter Weather Advisory: light icing expected Thursday AM

January 8, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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forecast discussion, freezing rain, sleet, winter weather

It seems we can’t catch a break from wintry weather, and yet no good snowfall! Before we ended our 67-hour streak of below-freezing temperatures this morning at 10am, the National Weather Service had issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the metro, in effect tonight until noon Thursday. An upper-level disturbance will move across the area…
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Winter Weather Advisory issued – MWN’s forecast for possible wintry precip Monday

January 14, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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freezing rain, sleet, winter weather

Winter Weather Advisory area in purple – see text for details A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the metro from 10am today until noon Tuesday. For more details on the atmospheric setup regarding this event, please refer to last evening’s blog post. Our general thought process has changed little since then. I’ve pasted…
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Winter Storm Warning updated again, mixed precip likely

February 8, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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sleet, snow, winter storm

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN1211 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 …WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH THISAFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.. .HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE MID SOUTH THISAFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP NORTH OF A WYNNE ARKANSAS TOJACKSON TENNESSEE LINE. A MIXTURE OF SNOW…
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Special Weather Statement: winter weather potential on Wednesday

December 29, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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sleet, snow, winter weather

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN / MEMPHISWEATHER.NET720 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009 …LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MID-SOUTH… LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS… THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL… AND…
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Winter Weather Awareness Week 2009 – part 4 (Precip Types)

November 19, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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freezing rain, sleet, snow, winter weather

…WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS IN THE MID-SOUTH… NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH 20TH IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN THE MID-SOUTH. PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO TAKE SOME TIME AND PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER SEASON. TODAY’S TOPIC IS WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES. SNOW — SNOW FORMS IN THE CLOUDS AND REMAINS AS SNOW ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND.…
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Precipitation types 101

January 27, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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freezing rain, precipitation types, sleet, snow, winter weather

With the impending winter storm that includes a forecast of several different precipitation types, I thought it would be an appropriate time to discuss the various precipitation types and how each occurs, with the help of some graphics from USA Today. We’ll start with the easy ones. In the wintertime (and any other time for…
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