catoctin wx

15 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

last night trended pretty wet

TMI

I always suspect that my station runs about 1 degree too cold (vs the surrounding PWS's), but -4 for my low this morning

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMDFREDE168

This might be the dumbest question I have ever asked, but I promised my kids a trip to Ski Liberty on Sunday.  Does anyone know of they stay open during a snowstorm?  Yes I know how ridiculous this sounds...

4 minutes ago, 87storms said:

We might live too far north for snow anymore.

I was just thinking the same thing

7 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

Light snow at Frederick house 

I think we are done already 

School announcements going up.  FCPS Maryland just announced 2 hour early dismissal

@Mrs.J Sign us up for some of this!

9 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Spot on as usual. You can also see the Monocacy Valley snow hole illustrated. It seems to rear it's ugly head when there isn't sustained cold air draining into Frederick City. I know that's been the perennial bane of @catoctin wx and @Mrs.J

Bane is exactly the right word for setups where cold air is marginal.  I can often see the snow a few miles from my house on top of Braddock Mtn but it's rain in the valley. Pretty cool to see it showing up in the models now.

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

Dude, been there (as a coach). Best part is when people still ignore your prediction because “my app says…” and so you still have to drive 30+ minutes to personally attend the rainout.

For sure!  Even worse is when the app is correct 

25 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Catoctin: “for godsake, I am NOT Saruman I have no control over any of this”

Unfortunately being the league president AND the meteorologist means all eyes on me.  Would be nice to just pass along the forecast and let someone else make the decision 

Meteorologist rant / complaint moment.  I'm the president of a local baseball little league with 107 players and we have our big opening day ceremony at 9:00 on Saturday.  It looks guaranteed that we will have to delay by at least a couple of hours which is a bummer but not the end of the world.  The GFS shows the rain ending in Frederick between 10 and 11 which would be fine, we will deal.  The NAM-HIRES shows the line coming through around 10 but with a blob of rain after it ending closer to 1, which would suck.  The Euro doesn't have the hourly timestep yet.

When you are the president of a baseball league planning an event and the success of the day hinges on the difference of a couple of hours, it's really not a great time for people to know you are a meteorologist.  The feeling of helplessness is real.

/complaint

16 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

I am suspecting yes. I am in SW Frederick Co and even if we get a lighter effect down here the N and NW parts of the county will be why. 

Just now, catoctin wx said:

I suspect Frederick County will close tomorrow due to the expected icing along the Catoctins.  Myersville, Emmitsburg, Sabilasville are usually the areas of concern that drive the whole county decision.

I hope I'm wrong though

Great minds think alike @MrsJ 

53 minutes ago, Imgoinhungry said:

Are we thinking 2 hour delays for school systems tomorrow?


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I suspect Frederick County will close tomorrow due to the expected icing along the Catoctins.  Myersville, Emmitsburg, Sabilasville are usually the areas of concern that drive the whole county decision.

I hope I'm wrong though

I hate days like this. I have a baseball practice to run from 5:30 - 7:00 in Frederick.  The HRRR shows the line coming through at like 6:30, but the 3km NAM doesn't have it until later 

Can we just all hold off for a second and wait to see what the damn groundhog says first?

3 minutes ago, Solution Man said:

Gotta be worried about wind

I literally cannot tell anymore what is sarcasm and what isn't 

Just now, mappy said:

They may be worried about refreezing since temps are dropping

That may be. Makes as much sense as anything at this point

So there are community colleges and other places closing early today around 3pm. Am I missing something here? Is more expected?

I know that I don't pay as close attention as many in this subforum but I feel like I would be aware of imminent danger later today.

Lies detected


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Frederick County schools closed due to "worsening conditions."  Apparently rain and then not rain is considered a worsening condition now

37.6 / 37.2 and light rain in Frederick.  Wind (meager as it is) just picked up and switched to coming from the north.  Gonna be too little too late though around here

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

There's that northern crew spirit. I knew you had it in you.

I've heard it's ok to be irrational about snow and am acting accordingly

I was gracious and happy for the southern folks with the January 3rd storm.  Now I'm just bitter that they are stealing our northern birthright to snow superiority

6 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

You gotta get a house in Sabillasville my friend.

I prefer civilization lol.  Middletown / Myersville is the place to be around here

2 minutes ago, 87storms said:

That’s clutch. I gained latitude from Bethesda but probably still in the delayed but not denied mix zone lol.

Depending on what part of Frederick you are in.  I sit at 300 ft and generally do very poorly on storms that are elevation dependent