Snow in CHS

[NCgreenhead]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
711 AM EST TUE NOV 21 2006

...THUNDERSNOW REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND ACROSS CHARLESTON
COUNTY...

.UPDATE...
SNOW/SLEET HAS BEEN MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS CHARLESTON COUNTY...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. THUNDERSNOW HAS EVEN BEEN OBSERVED...INCLUDING HERE AT THE OFFICE IN NORTH CHARLESTON. THIS IS A REMARKABLE EVENT...CONSIDERING THIS IS TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL EVER IN CHARLESTON!

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE FREEZING...GENERALLY IN THE MID 30S...VERY COLD AIR ALOFT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CHARLESTON AND COASTAL COLLETON COUNTIES...AND WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST SHORTLY. THE KCHS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THUNDERSNOW.


Gotta love it Charleston,SC see snow before most of the NE and Mid ATL

[Regit]

Very significant snow also falling in the Myrtle Beach area.

[SCMedic]

Still snowing here in Charleston...

Earliest ever recorded event.... I love it. Reminds me of Lake Tahoe back home...

Even seen it sticking to a few cars in the heavier showers. According to local Mets, the initial storm scenerio is changing. They didn't expect this cold shot to drop temps to the mid 30's, as they've been steadily falling since midnight. They're talking about the wintery mix lasting till noon and maybe taking over again tonight... Crazy.

[Pi Master]

Just cold rain in Shallotte, right now, which is where I'm headed for Thanksgiving.

[Regit]

Temps up here are steady at 37 all morning despite assurances that temps will climb to 45 today and fall only to 40 tonight. I've noticed that with winter systems in the South, temps are almost always overestimated. Most snow events here are not forecast.

[Portastorm]

Wow, what a weather day for you folks along the South Carolina coast!

Enjoy it ...

[krisj]

My kids are loving it! The snow has stopped now. Things actually look pretty calm out.

[Regit]

It has stopped here, but it was interesting to watch. I like to watch the snowflakes float toward the service, but this snow fell to the ground like rocks. It made a lot of noise hitting the windows and the impact on the ground could be heard. Some of the flakes were over two inches long and very thick.

[Stormsfury]

THere's been rain, snow, sleet and some groupel mixed here this morning.... ABSOLUTELY amazing for this time of year!

SF

[Wannabewxman79]

So why is it not snowing up here in SE NC? Just not the right dynamics? My guess it is just not rainning hard enough right now.

[Stormsfury]

Continues to sleet here with rain ... in the last 30 minutes, we've had a heavier burst of banding producing a good amount of sleet (moreso than rain mixed) ...

As for the question of SE NC, the dynamics aren't quite as strong there, and the ULL is move over Coastal South Carolina where FRZ levels are all the way down to the 950mb level... heavier bands are drawing and tapping that cold air straight down to the SFC, although no ground accumulations are occurring...

SF

[Lowpressure]

Quick burst of snow followed by waves of sleet mixing with rain here on the south side of Charlotte. Temp 39 and holding.

[Weatherfreak14]

I think we might see some more tonite temps here are 32 in my backyard and rain is falling.