George BM

Looked outside and it almost looks like a coating of snow fell overnight. Heavy frost here. 28F at IAD.

Average start. May be get buried under feet of snow by month's end.

Forecast Discussion Friday, February 16, 2024 3:28PM EST Winter Storm Warning in effect for the Greater Washington DC metro region from 5PM EST Friday afternoon until 6AM EST Saturday morning. Blizzard Warning in effect for the Greater Washington DC metro region from 6AM EST Saturday morning until 9AM EST Sunday morning. Wind Chill Advisory in effect for the Greater Washington DC metro region from 2AM EST Sunday morning until 9AM EST Sunday morning. High to Extreme Impact Winter Weather Event will commence across the region this evening. Clouds have overspread the forecast area with the first reports of light snow/snow flakes coming in around Charlottesville. Temps currently hover around 28-32F across the region w/ dewpts in the low 10s. The snow will spread northeastwards over the area over the next several hours probably reaching the District of Columbia between 22-23z (5-6pm) and Baltimore as well as the MD/PA line by 1z (8pm) or so. Temps will fall into the mid/upper 20s areawide as the atmosphere wetbulbs. Snow will become heavier and northeasterly surface winds will increase throughout the night as the strong southern shortwave and associated surface low move east out of the NC mountains and towards the coast by dawn. Temperatures will remain fairly steady in the mid to upper 20sF throughout the night. However, with NE winds gusting up to 35 mph as dawn approaches, wind chills will drop into the lower teens. As the surface low approaches the VA/NC coast a powerful northern stream shortwave dropping in from the northwest will phase with the southern system leading to 1.) The surface low slowing down and veering NNE over the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and 2.) Explosive deepening of said surface low. As this occurs snowfall rates will become very heavy (potentially exceeding 3”/hr) owing to strong lift and upper-level divergence. Winds, which will have northerly component by then, will become strong to perhaps damaging at times, gusting 50 to 60 mph (perhaps to around 70 mph at times over the Bay) particularly by the late afternoon and evening hours. This will lead to near-whiteout conditions over the region throughout the day and into Saturday night. With the strong dynamics in place occasional lightning/thunder is possible. Temps will slowly fall from the mid/upper 20s during the morning into the lower 20s by late in the afternoon dropping windchills well into the single digits. The surface low will most likely bottom out in the upper 960smb range around 03z-06z Sunday as it stalls or possibly does a small loop around Ocean City, Maryland before moving slowly off to the east as a strong, large north Atlantic low coupled with a strong Greenland high (strongly -NAO pattern) keeps the storm from quickly heading NE. Near-whiteout blizzard conditions will continue through the night and into Sunday morning until snow starts tapering off from west to east later Sunday morning. Temps during this time will fall from the lower 20s/near 20F into the mid-teens as colder air wraps in behind the low-pressure center. With winds remaining very strong through the night. Windchills values will drop to around 5F or so below zero across the Greater DC/Baltimore metropolitan regions. Wind Chill Advisories will likely be needed across the majority of the forecast area Sunday morning. By the end of it all snowfall totals will generally be in the 32”-48” range across the region w/ localized areas that end up under the heaviest banding the longest getting 4+ feet. Snow totals will be most likely end up around 20”-30”+ in eastern MD near the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The higher elevations far north and west may end up with 36 to 52 inches w/ localized amounts of 5+ feet possible. Snow drifts may end up as high as 20 feet in some spots. This will make travel impossible for most for a period of time after the snow has ended, especially with temperatures remain below freezing for the entire upcoming workweek. Forecaster Wannabe: George BM

Big sad.

Speaking of which, what is everyone in this thread drinking right now?

Got about 1.65" or so in my gauge from last night through this morning.

IAD at 79F.

78F at IAD (78/60)... yeah.

77F now.

76F at IAD breaking the all-time January high.

IAD at 75F casually tying the all-time monthly record.

IAD has boosted up to 73F. lol

With clearing skies and solar noon yet to come it makes you wonder just how high temps manage to get today. ETA: IAD has crept up to 71F breaking the daily record.

IAD has hit 70F tying the daily record.

IAD's min for today so far is 64F. It was 67F there at 5:30am. IAD currently at 65/62.

I haven't quite gotten there yet telekinetically but I could give it a try.

IAD at 66/61.

IAD currently at 57F. Damp.

It's scary how fast time flies these days. Think about how far apart 1st grade and 9th grade felt compared to these last 8 years. Anyway, as many have said countless times already, that was a fun storm and a fun limited production week leading up to it. The skating rink that past Wednesday evening was fun as well.

Just took the trash out to the curb. It's reached that point where 29F w/ a light breeze feels comfortable. IAD got down to 7F this morning.

12/06/2023: T (brief light graupel (~2:25pm)) 12/11/2023: 0.9" ( Fairly heavy wet snow overnight... heaviest between 2:45 and 3:35am) 1/01/2024: T (Flurries w/ some graupel from late morning into the afternoon before changing to very light rain/drizzle) 1/06/2024: T (Morning sleet w/ few flakes before changing into a cold soaking afternoon rain) 1/14/2024: T (Moderate snow squall around 11am. Some ground whitening at the bottom of fences) 1/15-16/2024: 4.5" (Light snow started in the 2am hour (15th) continued mostly uninterrupted as flurries/light snow rimmed flakes through the day. Picked up to moderate at times between 7-11pm. Some light snow/freezing drizzle continued into the wee hours of the 16th. Freezing drizzle continues as of this morning.) 1/19/2024: 4.1" (Snow started in the 2am hour<-- (sound familiar?) and was moderate to maybe even modestly heavy at times (heaviest rates in the 5am hour (~1"/hr)). Flurries to light snow between 6am and 9am followed by light to occasionally moderate snow between 9am and 11am. Snow slowly tapered down to flurries through the early/mid afternoon before briefly mostly ceasing in the 3pm hour. Moderate snow squalls moved through during the 4pm hour.) 2023-2024 winter total as of Jan 19, 2024: 9.5"

3.7" here in Herndon. I abscond.

CAMs are hinting at some convective snow showers in that timeframe. So steeper LLLRs and a moist low-level environment would help in that regard.

Just measured 2.8" in Herndon, VA.