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Hank Scorpio

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  1. Flurrying again in Ashburn. Best rates of wave one were yesterday when it was 40 degrees before eventually flipping to rain after the temperature dropped to 33, lol.
  2. Time sensitive, but this radar loop does a great job of showing how persistent banding has been in the region since yesterday evening: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?parms=LWX-N0Q-0-200-100-usa-rad
  3. 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.
  4. Agreed. Once the splotches moved overhead here in Ashburn rates finally picked up. Still light, but it's accumulating again.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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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