Tuesday, February 6, 2018

UPDATE: Don't Forget The Ice

I've focused all of my attention on where this heavier snow will setup, but something extremely important to watch will be where the heaviest of the freezing rain falls. With this slow progression north with the latest model runs, I believe this could eventually put Central Ohio under the gun for some significant icing.

The latest HRRR shows the potential for almost half an inch of ice in Souther Ohio!

This model already puts Pickaway and Fairfield Counties in to the moderate icing scenario, but just a slight bump northward and they could be in for serious icing. The kind of ice event that brings down power lines and leaves roads impassible. For areas like southern Fairfield County and in to rural Hocking County, this is a worst case scenario for areas with poor power grids and hills that get hard to drive on with just a dusting of snow.

This, along with the heavier snow, is something I'll be keeping an eye on.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 7, 2018 at 12:45 AM

    Idk if you have seen but the 4 z hrr run has shifted things back south again !

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2018 at 9:29 AM

    We have about 0.35" to 0.4" of ice covering everything down here. No snow at all, though. Fortunately the power was only out for a little over an hour this morning. Hopefully it won't go off again.

    --TheHermit43130

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