They are now forecasting up to 5" for the area, and it has already sleeted enough here in the past 15 minutes to make road surfaces slick.
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They are now forecasting up to 5" for the area, and it has already sleeted enough here in the past 15 minutes to make road surfaces slick.
Here too... my lawn is white.
::Rain:: It's just raining in Euless.... for now.
Can someone explain to me the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow? Out it California, we just had rain and snow.
I can't BELIEVE I chose this time to drop my Miata with Rogue to get the new finish panel painted and installed. This is going to be the best driving weather of the year, and I'll have to use a FWD Integra ::Bawl::
It's a got a handbrake, doesn't it? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Titus
DUde... just stop at McD's and get some serving trays... Insert them under the rear wheels... and... well... you'll figure it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
Prick.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
Rain: falling water (you really needed that one?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Freezing rain: starts as snow, falls through a warmer layer of air and melts, then refreezes as it approaches the ground.
Sleet: sorta like baby hail
Hail: big enough to tear stuff up
Snow: frozen water with crystalline structure
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
It's just not the same :(Quote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
LOL, one of the ricer douchecanoes where I used to live did that in his CRX, but on regular pavement :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
Rain = waterQuote:
Originally Posted by Titus
freezing rain = water all the way to the ground, freezes on contact with ground
sleet = water to lower atmosphere, freezes in lower atmosphere before ground
hail = freezes and is lifted by updrafts (getting bigger all the while) - requires thunderstorms for the updrafts
snow = freezes in upper atmosphere
Thanks.. that helps. I assume freezing rain is pretty rare?Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
Not really... I've seen it once a year or so in Texas... It's all just a matter of where the cold air is... If the rain is coming from a warm air mass, then the ground can be below freezing, but the lower atmosphere is not...Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
::Rain:: Yep, had some sleet here in Bedford. I thought I'd be able to get out today, but I'll stay in.
:reindeer: I will be driving tomorrow morning about 5:30 to get to work. I'm leaving early and driving slow!
Wow that map is amazing... didnt think DFW would be in the 3" - 5" band!
Probably 3" at Propwash already!
Snow, or sleet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
OK... seriously... if that wasn't a free TWSS waiting for you to knock it out of the park, I don't know what was... but you said "Snow, or sleet?" Sigh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Rain - Liquid Water when it hits the ground, and stays so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Freezing Rain - Cold liquid water that about to freeze, that hits when the ground (or whatever object is around) and the air near the ground is below freezing, so the water freezes on contact.
Sleet - Snow that has melted on the way down (due to a warm layer aloft) that refreezes as it passes down through another cold layer, and hits the ground as small grains of ice.
Hail - A large chunk of ice that forms like sleet, but in a thunderstorm, so it gets lots of melting/re-freezing opportunities, so gets bigger than sleet.
Snow - Co-joined ice crystals that form in the upper regions of a cloud and do not melt on the way down.
Snow Pellets - Snowflakes that partially melt and freeze together due to a shallow warm layer above the surface.
Hope this helps.
Real Snow, I can't believe it! :clap:
Snow Pellets? You just had to add another one to the mix, didn't you. :punchout:Quote:
Originally Posted by Walsted
You should post a pic of Madmonkey's car out there with the top down. Or better yet, you driving it around on the runway having a good time, since he can't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
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Originally Posted by Titus
Nobody mentioned hoarfrost either! Similar to freezing rain with buildup but, like snow, it is water vapor turned straight to ice crystal skipping the liquid stage.
today i have seen....
heavy sleet
Heavy snow
and now a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain at the same time.
Rain = wetQuote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Freezing rain = cold and wet (hits and sticks because it is near solid)
Hail = cold, hard, and wet (little and big dents. fun to hit with a 9 iron)
Snow = cold, soft, and wet (fun to ski on)
TWSS.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
(Happy TC?)
Well, looks like it is snowing hard here now.
We have had only rain here on the south west side of the metroplex.
As long as it's not "fun to hit with a 9 iron"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
That makes your car look like an Aston Martin for some reason ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
:(Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
I'm depressed enough as it is, don't make it worse.
VIDEO!!! VIDEO of you doing donuts in his car with the top down! Still photos won't make him cry hard enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
:nutkick:Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
The Inuit have 4 different words for snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
::Censor:: You guys are horrible. At least I can still get out there in the Teg... it just won't be the same though. Rogue, you done with that thing yet?? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
Sad part is, I could have just dropped off the finish panel for him to paint but I elected to have him install it, too :banghead:
Update: It's coming down hard here. The snowflakes are about 3" in diameter ::EvilBana
Now it is snowing pretty hard here too.