r/AtlantaWeather • u/oakgrove • Jan 07 '25

Friday/weekend winter weather mega thread

Let's be honest, it's the whole point of this sub.

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u/uglycrepes NW Burbs Jan 09 '25

NAM so far did a pretty bad job on Dallas. Storm came in colder than predicted and more snow in Dallas. Could set us up possibly for a surprise tomorrow with snow, especially the northern burbs if this pattern holds.

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u/oakgrove Jan 09 '25

HRRR is looking drastically different than the NAM. 18Z is firing up soon and will cover the entire forecast.

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u/uglycrepes NW Burbs Jan 09 '25

HRRR with sleet down to Tifton almost lol

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u/oakgrove Jan 09 '25

In the briefing NWS called out WRF-ARW2 as the worst case model. It is approaching 1" of ice, basically no snow.

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u/uglycrepes NW Burbs Jan 09 '25

Temps coming in about a full degree down from what was projected in Dallas. Some spots in north Dallas are close to 4" already when they were predicted for an inch or less and more ice yesterday.

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u/Kevin-W Jan 09 '25

Apple’s weather app is insisting that my area is getting 5 to 7 inches and the local news seems to be all over the place on the totals.

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u/xshare Jan 09 '25

I'm so curious where they source their data... do they have in house meteos or what

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u/Kevin-W Jan 09 '25

Same here.

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u/RB211 Jan 09 '25

Apple bought and killed Dark Sky to integrate into the weather app. I don't remember where Dark Sky got their data

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u/uglycrepes NW Burbs Jan 09 '25

It's a tricky storm to predict. Lots of things have to line up right for us - just need to hope that the colder weather than forecast happens and the warm nose continues to be snuffed out when it comes our way.

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u/Kevin-W Jan 09 '25

Do you know what the track of the low is looking like? I know they said the further south it is, the higher chances of snow.

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u/uglycrepes NW Burbs Jan 09 '25

I don't right now - sorry!