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Weather

How much did you get?

Here in Bolin Forest, we got this much:

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How much did you get in your neighborhood?

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Miscellany

Storm warning canceled

The National Weather Service has canceled the Winter Storm Warning for Orange County.

That means the snow that was expected to continue through mid-day won’t. But that doesn’t mean it won’t stay cold, so stay careful out there.

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Miscellany

Sheriff urges caution

Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass told listeners of WCHL that even though primary roads are in decent shape, “There’s no reason to get out and start runinng round.” He suggested that anyone who could stay home should.

And if you have to go out, don’t forget to scrape your head and tail lights in addition to your windshields. And, of course, drive slowly.

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Miscellany

Concentric circle update

I dunno. Seems appropriate after watching weather all day.

Breaking News: Series Of Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot

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Community The Eater

Waste transfer station meeting postponed

Via an email from Preserve Rural Orange:

TONIGHT’S WASTE TRANSFER STATION MEETING POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
The meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 15th at 7:00 pm
WASTE TRANSFER STATION COMMUNITY MEETING
Sunday March 15th, 2009 7:00 p.m. White Cross Recreation Center
1800 White Cross Road, Chapel Hill, NC
Discussion of Orange County’s proposed site on NC 54 West for a transfer station
Updates on recent developments in UNC airport and county waste transfer station issues,
and Preserve Rural Orange committees
Speakers including Orange County Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson
For more information please contact us at: info@preserveruralorange.org
or call (919) 801-7294
Preserve Rural Orange (PRO): http://preserveruralorange.org/

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Weather

Chapel Hill preps for storm

Here’s the winter weather release from CHPD:

Chapel Hill Winter Weather Preparations

The Town of Chapel Hill is making for a winter weather event that is expected to start Sunday night and last into Monday morning. Roads and bridges could become treacherous as temperatures drop below freezing Sunday night and the police department urges residents to avoid traveling on roadways unless absolutely necessary.

As the rain turns to snow, the Town of Chapel Hill Public Works Department and NCDOT will begin applying salt and sand to primary routes, bridges, hills and Town of Chapel Hill facilities. Snow plowing will occur as conditions permit. The Town’s snow removal plan gives first priority to major thoroughfares, bus routes and hospital areas. Secondary roads are the next priority as well as hills and dangerous intersections. Once those streets are passable, Town staff will focus on neighborhood streets. Residents and property owners are responsible for snow and ice removal in their driveways, apartment access roads, parking lots and sidewalks. The clearing of private streets is the responsibility of the homeowners within that subdivision.

All Town of Chapel Hill services and facilities will operate on normal schedules tomorrow. Chapel Hill Transit routes will run as scheduled but riders should expect delays due to weather and traffic conditions. All Town of Chapel Hill employees are expected to report to work at their regularly scheduled times. Employees who are unable to report to work are advised to contact their respective departments as early as possible.

For more information during inclement weather, residents should monitor local media, the official Town website at www.townofchapelhill.org or call (919) 968-2861.

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Weather

Wintry mix

Update (4:33 p.m.) : A slight warm up makes all the difference. Holding steady at 36 degrees this afternoon. Most of the ice to our west. This evening is likely to be another story.

Be careful if you go out today. Already, ice is forming on the branches here south of town. We’re at 32 degrees and falling and light rain and mist — that is a nasty combo in the piney woods.
Here’s the official forecast from the NWS. And the winter weather warning.
Here’s the hourly breakdown by wunderground.
Here’s the big radar from intellicast.

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Weather

In like a lion

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Community

Waste transfer station community meeting

Re: The Waste Transfer Station community meeting in White Cross scheduled for tonight. Here’s a note sent out this morning by Laura Streitfeld at Preserve Rural Orange:

We are planning on holding the waste transfer station meeting tonight as scheduled, and hope to see you there unless there is ice or snow. We’re hoping for the best, but because there is a winter storm forecast, we’ll make a decision by 3:00 pm and post a notice on the Preserve Rural Orange website at preserveruralorange.org
(PLEASE NOTE: If there is ice or snow and we need to reschedule, the meeting will take place in two weeks on Sunday, March 15th at 7:00 pm, at the White Cross Rec. Center)

Here are the specifics on the meeting:

WASTE TRANSFER STATION
COMMUNITY MEETING
Sunday March 1st, 2009
7:00 p.m.
White Cross Recreation Center
1800 White Cross Road, Chapel Hill, NC
Discussion of Orange County’s proposed site on NC 54 West for a transfer station
Updates on recent developments in UNC airport and county waste transfer station issues, and Preserve Rural Orange committees
Speakers including Orange County Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson
For more information please contact us at: info@preserveruralorange.org
or call (919) 801-7294

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Miscellany

March 2009 Issue of MILL

Here’s the link to the pdf file of MILL.
We’re testing out how to present MILL, a very image-heavy publication on our site.

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Weather

Snow, sleet for Sunday

What is perhaps the last gasp of winter is headed our way. It’s the same old story — two fronts are colliding, one cold, one wet. Where they smack into each other determines who gets the snow and sleet and who gets the cold rain. Anyway, Sunday looks messy.
Now this from our friendly forecasters at the Raleigh NWS:

THIS SINGLE-LOW SURFACE PATTERN COUPLED WITH STILL-MILD AIR ALOFT IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE CORRIDORS OF PREDOMINATE PRECIP TYPE ACROSS CENTRAL NC… AND SEVERAL HOURS OF SLEET OR A SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIX/TRANSITION IS LIKELY LONG/WEST OF HIGHWAY 1 SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON… BEFORE THE APPROACHING VORTEX ALOFT AND STRONG LIFT COOL THE MID LEVELS ENOUGH TO CHANGE IT ALL OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE GFS SHOWS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SNOW BANDING SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH CROSS SECTIONS SHOWING ZERO TO NEGATIVE SATURATED EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY SLOPING ABOVE LOWER LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS.

That’s right, he said frontogenesis.