Sleet in Southern Pickens, South Carolina

Unusually strong arctic high pressure centered over New England ridged south into the western Carolinas during the morning of the 31st, ushering in very cold and dry air. The cold airmass was deep enough this time for the precipitation associated with a low pressure system tracking east across the Gulf Coast States to fall mainly as snow, although sleet was mixed in at times. Snow and sleet accumulations by late evening ranged between 1 and 3 inches.