gopper

12 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Nams verbatim have freezing rain starting at around 9am - 10 am along the m/d line. 

a bit late to close schools, but I foresee the infamous "Hereford Zone" closing.

1 minute ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Are there any storms on record where that actually worked? Lol

I don't have the memory for storms that others do here.  But I am sure there have been some storms where the strength of the storm has actually lowered the temperatures enough to create snow.  It may be more of a function of the system pulling in colder air from the north?  We'll need someone with more working knowledge to explain the concept of a storm creating its own cold air.

52 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Surface looks workable with overnight early am timing . A amped enough system tracking in a decent spot should help the entire column verbatim correct ?

Eps 

It will create its own cold air

17 minutes ago, stormy said:

Happy that the GFS Icestorm for Friday/Saturday is gone.

There will be a plenty of action later in February and March.

I hope you are correct about later Feb and March.  I for one will take any winter weather Mother Nature wants to give no matter what it looks like.  Love ice events as much as snow for it's unique beauty.  But alas, the Phin curse lives on for this storm.  Hopefully not a long wait for our next system, but there are never promises, only hopes when it comes to winter weather in our parts.

I know models are printing out a good deal of freezing rain for northern MD, but wouldn't this be more of a rain to sleet situation with limited freezing rain mixed in?

Legit snow now.  Almost moderate.  Real flakes...not fairy dust anymore.  wind picking up.  If I get 2 inches in Towson, it will be a WIN.

Hours of light pixie dust in Towson has now become heavier pixie dust.  Almost real dendrites now as we are under a bit of a heavier patch now.  Don't care how much we get.  It is always a beautiful gift to see snow falling.

May the snow gods be nice to all tonight.

Wouldn't a 986 low in that position off NC coast throw more precip to the west than what it is showing?

1 hour ago, mappy said:

You're not a child are you? Otherwise, no need for a timeout. Act like a grown up, Mr. 15-Year Model Watcher

Honestly, give DD some latitude.  He really is not doing such a bad job with PBP.  Nothing is wrong with his posts.  We are all intelligent enough to take what we can from everyone's post.  If you think his posts are out of line, simply fly over them and stick with StormTracker.  Both have been giving good PBP IMO.

white rain finally in Towson

1 minute ago, George BM said:

Sweet Home Alabama!

Just looking at that!  It looks very much like the storm we just had this weekend, with maybe more snow for I95.  Takes a similar wonky path in land then goes over Philli and NE.

13 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Hot off the press! 2nd call

Saw the title and totally thought it was a real map at first!  Too funny!!

43 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

 

His map FROM 8 MINUTES AGO! Ji gets 10 and I get 11-15. Bwahahahaha!

Trust me, he will have 5 more renditions of his map before game time.  His final, last, map will be more in line with model output.

14 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

I agree with both of you. Sunday morning may be nasty

4.5 in Towson.

Woke up a few times to see the progression from NO to WOAH to oh watch it go away.

North Balti Zen might have done better at his old place with this one?

Did Ellenwood post a snow map anywhere?

5 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

So it’s good they were wetter then…

So, we'll take half of the SREFs, and we'll know what our solution is for this storm .  How much do the SREFs give us?

Towson, MD

4:20

32/30

moderate snow now sticking to most surfaces (except for pavement)

3 minutes ago, RockabilyJunior said:

Is there a site that has nice radar, including the dual pol products, other than nws? Since they updated their radar a few years ago it loads so slowly as to be unusable.

 

4:06 am On the Baltimore city / county line

34º with moderate snow / sleet mix.

Grass is mostly covered and It looks like it might start sticking to the paved surfaces soon.

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=LWX-N0Q-0-6

I think the RAP is now my favorite model

33 minutes ago, gopper said:

3:20 Towson

35.4/30.2

snow/sleet mix

starting to whiten cartops, mulch, elevated surfaces

3:55

All snow now. little dendrites. not accumulating very fast.

Ellinwood, Taking another look at your snow map.  I think you are going to be spot on!  Thanks for sharing it here.

3:20 Towson

35.4/30.2

snow/sleet mix

starting to whiten cartops, mulch, elevated surfaces

2 minutes ago, jayyy said:

Woah! Warning upped to 5-10” for eastern Howard county! LFG! So glad I decided to stay here for another night 

tend to agree with this decision based on how juiced that radar is and current snow reports down in TN AL 

Warnings have been extended North and East through Eastern Howard, Southern Baltimore CO., Southern Harford and Cecil County

Don't know anything about the RAP model on Pivotal Weather, but it has increased Baltimore area by 1 inch for each of the past several hour runs. From 4 inches to 8 inches.