Looks to be. HM posted on twitter how some NVA on the northern edge of the MO/MS moisture plume was robbing a lot of the precip in N. MD...maybe we pick stuff back up later? This lull is sort of a let down.
Per the SPC meso analysis, the -4° degree line at 925 mbruns from roughly I-66 in VA to US 50 in Maryland. The -3° line at 850 mb runs roughly along the same line.
Pre-treatment is only to prevent the snow from bonding with the road, which aides melt off post event. It's not to keep the roads clear during the storm.
Yea weird...it's been updated at least half a dozen times since 4am. Wonder if it's a computer error?
Went from nothing to a steady snow in ~10 min in Gaithersburg.