snowmagnet

Ice storms will be the new snow days in a virtual world. Can't do work/school virtually without power.

Better than the rest of us with our 3-6. Still not much for 3 days of snow, but it was probably record-breaking pages of Storm Obs!

The 12K gave me 15.5" last night.

I can believe that. I had about 2" of snow (plus sleet/rain) from our December storm and then was up in your area the following weekend. Your neck of the woods was beautiful with at least 6-8" of snow still on the ground!

I grew up in Charles County- it happens. We got hit hard during the Veterans Day storm. My parents often had more snow than me (FFX Co), but this sounds like temps are too marginal for SoMD to get this.

Thank you for that - good to temper expectations. Since temps are an issue, do you see this having a big impact on roads Sunday? It sounds like it will be coming down pretty fast, but I’m wondering about accumulation on surfaces.

I would like my 15.5” back! What is the difference between the 12k and the 3k, other than the 12k always seems to have more snow?

The coldest temperatures I ever experienced was in the winter of 1994. I know that people up north and the Midwest have been through much worse, but being from the East coast, I was not used to it. I was living in Louisville in ‘94 and we had air temps around between 0 to - 10 for about a week. That was after we had a surprise 13” snow storm that ended up shutting down the city for close to a week. No one was prepared for it because it was only supposed to be 1 inch! The highways were closed around Louisville and they literally sent in the National Guard to plow out the city. It was like lake effect snow along the Ohio River. It was so cold in Louisville that we couldn’t even enjoy the snow. I don’t look forward to that kind of cold again. My parents were in MD, so I know that the DC area was hit with a terrible ice storm a that same week.

I’m actually in the 15” range here. It can’t stay exactly as shown.

Dr No originally was the 1st to say yes, but then maybe just took a couple of sick days. Seeing the others come around, I bet it will come back. And if my memory serves me, I am pretty sure it has happened several times.

I was just thinking that the Eastern and southeastern areas did well in a couple of storms a few years back while most of us had nothing.

Still coming down fairly steady in Fairfax. Coating the ground again!

Had some sleet earlier, but Fairfax County seems to have a forcefield around it on radar, keeping snow away until around 5 pm.

I'm enjoying the snow day, but don't like hearing rain/sleet outside my window while it's showing blue on radar. I did take the new Australian Shepherd pup out for a Jebwalk in the snow and he is loving it. It seems like we have been stuck at around 2" for the past several hours. The roads are cleared pretty well in my neighborhood, so it is definitely less than expected. I agree with Bob Chill about the Miller B PTSD. I really hoped models were onto something, but I 'm not holding my breath for part 2 of the storm in my neck of the woods (Fairfax). But I am optimistic for the rest of February.

That’s a great map. I love the details! Thank you!

Looks a little like the Euro 5 days ago.

This must be the most stressful part for meteorologists. People will always complain when they get it wrong. Everyone wants an accurate forecast, but with these kinds of storms, you really can't know until it sets up off the coast. I've always liked these kinds of storms for this reason...the storm will do what it wants. Then we just sit and watch the NWS continue to increase totals throughout the storm!

I think it added that .5" to my totals! Northern VA here!

The Euro set the bar a few days ago...

I’m happy to hear you say that because I don’t remember many Miller B’s that have worked out well IMBY. And so glad to hear from you! The last good storm we had was the Bob Chill storm - 2 long years ago.

Fairfax Co and Loudoun Co tend to do well with the deform bands, but I guess it just depends on the placement of the Low. I remember several storms in the past decade where we we got pounded with much higher numbers than forecasted.

Same as yesterday afternoon - 13" for DC metro area.

Was that the Bob Chill storm? That's the last time we had anything good around here.

I thought it was starting Sunday evening through Monday (or Tuesday morning if we’re lucky). That was what I saw on the Euro. Regardless, it’s only about 5 days away!

Remember when there was 12 hours in between the Euro runs? I know the 0Z and 18 z are not as good, but it helps to have a little something in between.