WVclimo

Here at work in Frederick, some pictures are now hanging crooked on the walls. At home, wife grabbed up the two-year old and ran outside, as did all the neighbors. She said she thought the ceiling was going to fall in. No cell communication for about 20 minutes, though we were texting each other successfully.

Here's some hourly obs I took during the storm: 10:00 a.m. 32.7 light snow beginning 11:00 a.m. 32.9 light snow, accumulation beginning on mulched surfaces 12:00 p.m. 31.8 light snow, accumulation beginning on grass 1:00 p.m. 32.1 light snow, light accumulation on grass 2:00 p.m. 32.0 moderate snow, light accumulation on grass, accumulation beginning on paved surfaces 3:00 p.m. 31.6 moderate snow, light accumulation on all surfaces 4:00 p.m. 31.6 snow becoming heavy, 1.0" 5:00 p.m. 31.6 heavy snow, 3.0" 6:00 p.m. 31.7 heavy, rimed snow, 4.5" 7:00 p.m. 31.3 heavy snow, 6.0" 8:00 p.m. 31.3 heavy snow, 8.5" 9:00 p.m. 31.2 heavy snow, 9.0" 10:00 p.m. 31.2 heavy snow, 10.0" 11:00 p.m. 30.5 heavy snow 11.9" 12:00 a.m. 30.2 heavy snow, 14.0" 1:00 a.m. 28.6 heavy snow, 15.0" 2:00 a.m. 28.1 heavy snow, 16.8" 3:00 a.m. 27.8 heavy snow, 18.0" 4:00 a.m. 27.7 heavy snow, 19.2" 5:00 a.m. 27.6 heavy snow, 20.5" 6:00 a.m. 27.5 heavy snow, 22.0" 7:00 a.m. 27.0 heavy snow, 23.8" 8:00 a.m. 26.5 heavy snow, 25.0" 9:00 a.m. 26.0 heavy snow, 26.0" 10:00 a.m. 25.8 heavy snow, 27.0" 11:00 a.m. 25.7 heavy snow, 28.0" 12:00 p.m. 25.5 snow tapering to flurries, 28.5"

Kind of jumping ahead of the timeline, but doubt I'll be online much tomorrow. Fozz had asked for more Weathertap, earlier in the thread. I have a few.

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501-502-WVZ050>055-501>504-041345-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 843 PM EST WED FEB 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. . DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS UP FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE 12 OR MORE INCHES WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS ARE LIKELY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. . SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.