A light layer of sleet covers Raleigh at this hour. There will be a lull in the precipitation for a bit as the areal coverage increases overnight. The question becomes… how much more sleet can we sneak in before it turns to all freezing rain?
Trends this evening indicate that the freezing rain will win out sooner than hoped. Unfortunately, this means that a majority of the remaining precipitation will fall in the form of freezing rain. The good news is that short-term modeling also suggests lower QPF (quantitative precipitation forecast) than we had earlier feared.
Net, net… Raleigh looks to be in line for 1/2–3/4″ of sleet/snow and 0.5–0.7″ of ice accrual. Numerous downed trees and power lines will make power outages widespread.
10:55 AM, January 25, 2026Rick Pate /
Any new indicators for snow later in the week?