WVclimo

Warm air staying away from here so far.  55 in Elkins, 50 in Front Royal, 45 in Winchester.  39 and foggy in my yard.  Forecast high is 57.

Picked up 0.2" of snow overnight on 0.24" of precip.  Skies brightening now.

My point forecast for Wednesday says “Mostly sunny with a chance of snow.  Highs in the lower 50’s.”

Light snow now.  34/31. Winds still up S 12 G20.

Temperature just crashed here as the wind came up.  Lost 6 degrees in about 30 minutes, down to 39.  Wind is SW 18 G28 and rain has started.

4 minutes ago, T. August said:

Does the political forum not work? Is it a different site now?

I haven't been able to access that site for years.  Have tried several times to register, but never get the confirmation.

Stormtracker has done well for himself.  Are his snow measurements from the South Lawn ?

16 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Next time, go yourself, and get the 120.

Where I live is a desert for beer choices.  If you aren’t after the 30 pack of Bud or Miller, you are going to have to search far and wide to hit on something worth investing in.  
But lately I have seen the Dogfish 60 min IPA showing up in various places, likely the result of an ambitious sales rep.  I am doing my best to support his/her efforts, hoping at some point that they see the potential market for the 120.

Hit 60 here today after a morning low of 23.

My 6th grader returned to school yesterday with the plan to begin going 5 days a week for the first time this year.  Today we got a message from the principal that he was potentially exposed to a COVID case at his school.

Got down to 23 this morning.  Snow pack is frozen so hard, I had to slice at the top of it with a metal ruler to be able to penetrate it to get a measurement.  3.5" depth.

5 minutes ago, George BM said:

How many would you guessitmate were on the ground per square meter in the 1970 outbreak?

I was a 7-year old kid so I probably wouldn't be able to give a very scientific measurement.  But I do remember piles of shells on the ground everywhere, not just under or around the trees.  We tried tent camping in my cousin's backyard and gave up pretty quickly when it was apparent it would be impossible to sleep with the noise.

We were overrun with cicadas  in western MD in 1970.  I've seen them twice since then and neither time has compared to that year.

When I arrived home from work this afternoon the snow cover was still "shining" from the glaze on top.  Wife just came inside from being out and said excitedly that she saw a patch of grass.  Still 46 degrees at this hour with massive melting going on.

Barometric pressure fell here in the past 48 hours from 30.62" on Sunday morning to 29.69" this morning.  Winds should start ripping this afternoon when it recovers.

Did some after-dark hiking on nearby trails through the woods.  I was only sinking into the snow a couple of inches with each step.  Been a long time since I could walk "on top" of a snow pack like that.  It's composed of five snowfalls and some glazes along with numerous freezes.  Really cool conditions.  Sad to see it melt.

I've been wondering how many members of the forum were north of me.  I knew about @Chris78, @Bubbler86, and @paxpatriot.  Looks like @HighStakes edges me out by a tick.  And @BrendaM, @blizzardmeiser and @Albedoman are also further north, but well east.  Interested to see where the rest of the northern Frederick/Carroll/Baltimore Co peeps fall.

Lat:  39.587521

Lon: -77.918289

Snow has ended.  2.6" total

DEC - 8.7"

Up to 2.2" this morning.  23.5" since 1/31 which is almost an entire winter's average (26.5") in the past 3 weeks.  Snow depth back to 7"

0.50 mi visibility and still all snow.  Sleet line not far away though.  1.3" new snow so far.  29 degrees

A few flakes falling here at 29 degrees.

Low of 9.8 here.  Coldest morning since Feb 2, 2019

Interesting night at MRB.  Temp at 3 a.m. was 19.  Fell to 14 at 4 a.m.  Then went back up to 19 at 5, and now down to 12 degrees at 6:00.