George BM

@losetoa6 You seem to be the eternal optimist. I vote that you weenie-in and amp up the Tuesday wave for us.  

1 minute ago, JakkelWx said:

What's that yellow shiny object in the sky?

The 2020 Meteor coming in a week late. 

2 hours ago, chris21 said:

Did you mean April 9, 2006? In Ridge, MD (a couple miles north of point lookout) there was 4-5 slushy inches in a short time period with crazy heavy snow. It was unbelievably cold for April  also so piles and patches of it could be seen for 4 more days making it a real unusual landscape for far Southern Maryland in mid April.

I don't remember an April snow event in 2006. Do you mean 2007? It snowed during the early morning hours on April 7, 2007 and IIRC areas to the south got more snow than DC proper. I'm not entirely sure if anyone saw rates like that though.

Meanwhile, I am getting some light rain/graupel now.

29 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Unfortunately you’ll never experience a Jan 25, 1985 east of the mountains. 
 

But I can testify it was something else. We were below zero for about 60 hours ... bottom at -26

The Jan 1985 event actually did drop several inches of snow in some areas of northern/central Maryland east of the mountains. With @Stormfly getting 6-7" in 40-45mins and @CAPE getting 4" in ~45mins. CAPE was living west of the bay at the time though IIRC. But your point still stands about how uncommon something like that is.

9 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Mid Atlantic snow showers are snow flurries anywhere else. If you’ve never experienced convective snow showers you’re missing out. Not sure you can get those on the east side of the mountains.

Yeah. Our standards are pretty low here in general.  

Once in a while we luck into more legit convective snow showers like on February 9, 2017, ... April 9, 2016 from NVA into SMD, ...and, of course, the favorite recent convective snow event in these parts... February 14, 2015. 

I'd love more than anything to experience a January 25, 1985 event here. 

There's an interesting vorticity-max showing up on LWX radar centered near the eastern tip of the WVA Panhandle. Perhaps it enhanced any showers/snow showers this afternoon?

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?parms=LWX-N0Q-1-48-50-usa-rad

1 hour ago, Round Hill WX said:

The roads are icy. Saw a bunch of crashes on my way into work. 

Yeah. I wasn't anticipating skies being clear the whole night (I expected temps between 32-36F for my pre-dawn run (Actual Low: 28F)).So during my run this morning I was anxiously awaiting some rogue black ice on the damp looking pavement and roads to cause me to wipe out. I, however, survived unscathed.

Clear skies + calm winds + lots of low-level moisture + wet grounds + below freezing temperatures = The heaviest "frost" I've seen

29F at IAD.

5 minutes ago, poolz1 said:

Got up to 33 yesterday and stayed there all day.  Minor ice on the underbrush and pines.  Def over an inch but havent measured the spillover from the 1" mark yet.  Creek almost came out of its banks after the heavy burst yesterday eve.  Soggy, muddy mess...

We should each go into our records for this winter and see how much rain we get while the temperature is 33F. 

Not that I will tonight but if you're someone (like me) who has never drank alcohol once in your life before, what is a good way to start without killing yourself? 

... SHOULD I start?

57 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

That could have been it because I know it was chilly which is why I was watching the clouds. Was that Election Day? Coulda been

Yeap. It was Election Day.

2 hours ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

For me it was the cloud that developed right overhead that day back in the summer. I can’t remember the day that was. Someone I think said it was due to a jet streak whatever that means. But I was in the golf course and it was chilly. With the sun it was quite pleasant. A cloud moved in front of the sun and it was much less pleasant. I remember thinking once that cloud moves in it will be nice. But it just kept growing, never moving. Looking at it later on satellite was fascinating. It looked like it was about 20 miles wide and extended sw to ne across part of our region. I was right under it. Very cool weather event and further testament to just how boring the year was weather wise.

Reminds me of the weather in this region on November 3rd this past year w/ a deck of clouds extending from wsw/sw to ene/ne... But you said it was during the summer so I don't know for sure whether you are talking about the event I mentioned or a different one as those "standing cloud-deck features" actually occur at least occasionally every year, though usually not as frequently in the summer.

Another year is over and, like always, I'm a curious and noisy young man. 

What weather event(s) stood out for you personally in the past year?

For me despite a very boring year in general I lucked into two decent (by MBYs standards) thunderstorms on June 4th and June 22nd. Both storms featured sheets of rain w/ 40-45mph wind gusts. 

The June 4th storm dropped the visibility to below 400 feet at one point.

I know I know a lot of you will happy about that but MBY usually gets missed way more often than not. 

Welp, how about you guys? What event(s) stood out to you this past year (2020)?

FYI: Para-gfs is updating on tropicaltidbits again.

Lol.

22 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Yessir! GFSv16 is doing the same thing and NAM nest was about to do the same thing as the NAM. RGEM laid it down too. This trend is undeniable. Whoever gets this deformation axis will likely hit 8-12"+. The lift is off the charts. Triple closed ULL over the Big Bend is textbook for historic snowfalls down here. 

What snowfall rates are you anticipating in your region should this band develop? Any chance at thundersnow? 

Mega front classification (though I may have to double check this):

20F/hr

30F/6hr

40F/12hr

50F/24hr

On 12/17/2020 at 9:05 AM, George BM said:

Dec 7,9,14: T

Dec 16-17: 2.1" 

Dec 7,9,14,25: T

Dec 16-17: 2.1" 

Dec 18: 0.2"

Stats:

Trace on Christmas! Most snow received on Christmas day since 2010.

7 days with flakes through Dec 25th.

Merry Christmas to my fellow weather weenies!

May we all be blessed with a surprise 6"/hr snowfall today that buries our worries away. 

42 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Well it doesn’t snow on June 25th either so...

Yeah. I've given up tryin to figure out 2021. Summer weather in the winter then it gets colder until it starts snowing once we get into meteorological summer. 

In all seriousness though, Merry Christmas to you. 

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Merry Christmas, everyone. May you find a measure of comfort and hope on this day.

You celebrate Christmas on June 25th?... Cool. 

29 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

I'm not sure. Unfortunately my rain gauge froze and cracked. I'd estimate probably 2"+. That never fails here.

17 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Looks like 3.25" is the total. Forecast was for 1-2". Another over-performer. 

12 minutes ago, SnowtoRain said:

3.14", just topped 70" for the year

Congrats to you all as always! 

2.25" at IAD 

1.48" at DCA

1.04" at BWI

4 minutes ago, SnowDreamer said:

Heavy line just hit me east of IAD. Absolutely POURING rain... weather station says .28” in the last 10 minutes. 

You must be close to me. I'm in Herndon and measured about 0.3" give or take in 5 minutes.