WVclimo

SN+ with 1/4 mile visibility. 5.3" on the ground. 7:00 -- 0.5" 8:00 -- 1.3" 9:00 -- 3.2" 10:00 - 4.3" 11:00 - 5.3"

Just had a flash of lightning followed by a loud crash of thunder. eta: more flashes and loud thunder ongoing

Snow began here just before 6:00 a.m. Almost 2" accumulated in the past hour. 7:00 -- 0.5" 8:00 -- 1.3" 9:00 -- 3.2"

Best rates/ lowest visibility of this winter right now. Temp still dropping, down to 27. ETA: house across the street is about 350' from my front door and is barely visible at the moment.

0.5" for the 7:00 a.m. Cocorahs report. Heavy snow now with 1/4 mile visibility. Back down to 28 degrees.

Spotter in Petersburg, WV already reporting 2" on the ground.

Light snow and a freshening breeze. Temp up to 30.6 from 28 earlier. Should dip back as precip becomes steadier.

29/9 with high clouds covering the full moon. LWX mentioning 2" per hour rates here tomorrow morning.

32/8. Baro 30.58” with a light northerly breeze at 3 mph.

Finished with 6.8" on 0.54" of liquid. Big totals weren't far from me. From the PNS: Martinsburg 2 E 11.7 1000 PM 1/13 NWS Employee Martinsburg Arpt 1 N 10.6 1144 PM 1/13 Trained Spotter

2" of new snow this afternoon/ evening. 6.1" storm total. Over 50% of the way to climo for the season !

4.1" from 0.35" of liquid.

2.6" for the day, which puts me right at 10" for the season. Big flakes falling in this band but visibility is still 1.0 mi +

About a half-inch on the ground. Flake size has increased the past few minutes.

Light snow just started. 32 degrees at onset.

25/12 with a rising barometer at 30.39". Winds that have been gusting for 72 hours finally died down with sunset. 48 hours below freezing has frozen the ground pretty nicely.

Sure did ! As your Boom thread notes, its been a great stretch for March snows. Hopefully next year will bring a better distribution of snow throughout the winter season.

I edited my original post, but through Saturday's event there are now 6 winters in the past 93 years in this area with a lower total than what I have measured this season. Still a pretty rough year, but hoping for at least one more snowfall in March.

As the rain falls on this February evening it seemed like the right time to bump this. Here is the mountain to climb to avoid one of the worst snowfall seasons ever in my area (currently 3rd lowest since 1925) #80: 1987-88 9.9" #81: 1991-92 9.5" #82: 1975-76 9.4" #83: 2011-12 8.4" #84: 1994-95 8.0 #85: 1949-50 8.0 #86: 1937-38 7.7" #87: 2017-18: 7.3" #88: 1954-55 6.7" #89: 1930-31 5.7" #90: 2008-09 5.1" #91: 2001-02 4.9" #92: 1972-73 3.0" #93: 1931-32 1.4" Edited through 2/17

Hagerstown finished 2017 over 6" below normal for precip for the year. That was after 12" below normal in 2016. Ever since the blizzard in January 2016 we haven't only been lacking in WSW events. In general, we have been lacking in consistent precip. Really hoping we can break the cycle early in 2018. Otherwise, issues are going to present this spring and summer.

I had 8.4" for the season, but 4" of that was in the October storm.

92 seasons in the period of record here, and only these seasons had less than 6" 1930-31 (5.7") 2008-09 (5.1") 2001-02 (4.9") 2016-17 (3.1") so far 1972-73 (3.0") 1931-32 (1.4")

I was 16 for the Feb '79 storm, but living in western Md. where we had around a foot. No insane winds since we didn't get into the wraparound like DC and east. Just another run of the mill storm after the three 18"+ storms of the previous winter. Think I was Boston strong by that point, lol. 1996 was a great storm regionally, with over 30" here, but I was in College Park at <300' elev and sleet cut accumulations in my yard to 19". PD2 was 20"+ for me in Bethesda, but never got crazy rates and when the meat of the storm came at dusk on Sunday it was heavy sleet. The first Feb storm in 2010 was the heaviest I have personally measured at 28.5" and a great storm here. But the one that will always stand out for me was the 2/83 storm. Living in the Jessup area I measured 26" of pure powder; true whiteout conditions in thundersnow and 3-4" an hour. I worked night shift then, and the storm started with wind whipped snow as I was beginning my shift. Temperatures were frigid leading in. By the time I left work in the a.m. there were several inches banked up against the wheels and doors of the car, but the top of the car was dry. Then the daylight hours raged. True Zero visibility at times. Deep drifts on my northeast facing yard. Another 30+ storm in this area that I hope to get to experience again here in WV.

Yeah, I posted about it earlier today in this thread. We had "rusty" water last night. Changed the inline filter this morning, but we're gonna wait a few days and probably change the filter again before we use the water for drinking/ cooking.

The shaking of our well was bad enough to dredge up a lot of sediment and it fed it into our plumbing. Water is rusty. Changed the filter this morning, and already its nasty again. Will have to change the filter again in a few days. Probably won't be able to drink the water for the rest of this week.