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Hank Scorpio

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  1. Hank Scorpio
    I happened to check radar back at like 4:45 just before that big band moved into Loudoun, in time for my 3 year old and me to get our snow gear on and head out with the sled. Ended up sledding in mod/heavy snow for 1.5 hours and had a blast. Certainly a surprise and puts this storm in a much more positive light. Using the NWS accepted and highly accurate eyeball it method, looks like we picked up a quick 1.5 - 2 inches.
  2. Hank Scorpio
    Agreed. Once the splotches moved overhead here in Ashburn rates finally picked up. Still light, but it's accumulating again.
  3. Hank Scorpio
    I always think it's fun to view things from a non-weenie perspective. If I had paid zero attention to this storm all week, and then I woke up tomorrow morning to mod snow with a forecast for 10" would I be bummed? Hell no! If I can pick up 6" tomorrow and get outside all day to sled with my 3 year old, does it really matter that some patch of PA ended up with two feet? Nah, and we'll have fun regardless
  4. Hank Scorpio
    Even within Eastern Loudoun, there are little micro climates. Very consistently, going from 400ft on belmont Ridge to the airport at 300ft, there's a difference. Not so much noticeable right after the snow stops, but definitely noticeable after a few days once the snow starts to melt. Very common for snow to hang on in the shadows at 400ft while it's about gone at 300ft, 5 miles away, a week after the storm.
  5. Hank Scorpio
    I got you, friend
  6. Hank Scorpio
    This stuff moving into Ashburn now is sleet instead of freezing rain which is nice, since the trees were starting to get pretty heavy. Hoping the changeover doesn't stall out just to the west... I see it creeping past upperville toward philomont now. That terrain is up in the 500-600 foot range though
  7. Hank Scorpio
    Ended up with something like 3 inches of snow in Ashburn, then a bunch of sleet, and now the freezing rain is doing a pretty decent job of glazing trees.
  8. Hank Scorpio
    Officially considered ripping fatties in Ashburn. I checked the weenie handbook to confirm
  9. Hank Scorpio
    This whole storm was unbelievable during the week leading up, during the storm, and even after. It's a lot of fun reading through this tread though - good memories for sure. About an hour after the snow started It wouldn't be a storm without people raiding the grocery stores During one of the heavier bands on the 19th - the farthest building in the distance is 600 - 700 feet away My car didn't go anywhere for a while
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