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Winter Storm 2010

Freezing rain began falling in OKC Thursday morning. We got almost 1/2 inch of freezing rain before the precipitation switched over to sleet Thursday afternoon (about 2:30pm). We recieved an inch or two of sleet because the switch occured about 4 hours earlier than anticipated, due to very strong surface CAA. Then, another band of fz ra developed Thursday night, which dropped about another 1/4 inch of glaze on top of the sleet. Walking outside was difficult, and the drive home on Thursday night from work was awesome (I'm sure most did not share my sentiment though). There was a break in the action early Friday morning. On Friday afternoon, we had the final piece of energy move through, which dropped 5 inches of snow on top of the ice. Some areas to our SW recieved up to and over 1.5 inches of ice, and numerous power outages. Storm totals at my house in Midwest City (east OKC) were:
0.50 inches of ice (Thursday) followed by
1.5 inches of sleet (Thursday) followed by
0.25 inches of ice (Thursday night) followed by
5 inches of snow (Friday)

Clouds did not clear out like they did with the Christmas Eve Blizzard , and the snow took almost a week to melt off (quite a feat at 35 N lat and lower elevation). Throughout the week fog developed over the snowpack, which also reduced visibilities down to 1/8 of a mile. I checked the snow cover maps during the weekend, and I-40 was snow covered from AZ to NC! Also quite a feat for a southern interstate.

I had a BLAST!!! We went ATV riding at my in-laws on Saturday, went sledding numerous times, got to use my new snow shovel, had countless snowball fights, built a nice snowman (Dylan's first), and I even got to make Dylan an "igloo". We really should have storms like this every winter...ok, a few of them! Oh, if it were only up to me. Anyway, below are pics and links to the storm and aftermath.

At Fuller's after work early Friday morning after the ice (before the snow).	Icicles on Dylan's swingset Friday afternoon.
Icicles on a shrub in the front yard.	Kellie snapped a shot of me shoveling snow (or playing if you will).
Bass Pro store in downtown OKC Friday afternoon.	Bricktown ballpark Friday afternoon in dowtown OKC.
Bricktown canal, across from the ballpark.	Bricktown, also in downtown OKC.
Snow obscured OKC skyline.	Abandoned I-40 just west of downtown OKC.
Phil Conway's backyard, prior to a sled trip at Will Rogers Park.	Ice on powerlines leading to Phil's house.
Winter scene a few houses down my street.	Snow and ice near NE 36th and Midwest Blvd on our way to the Moore's for ATV fun.
Dense fog early Sunday morning at 3:29 am CST.	Icicles on the street light in my backyard early Sunday morning.
Ice and snow cross section of tree branches on Sunday(48 hrs. after precip ended).	Ice and snow cross section of one of Dylan's swings on Sunday.
Numerous icicles hang from my house.	A massive icicle hangs off the corner of the house.
Ice still coated the fence on Monday at MWC Regional.	Near Lake Overholster Monday, as I went to investigate the LES from a power plant.