Silver Meteor

I've been keeping an eye on radar throughout the night. Was amazing to see Delaware getting dumped on non-stop. Storm has been slowly and steadily pulling away for a while now. Probably just flurries by daybreak. https://radar.weather.gov/station/kdox/standard

Laurel Delaware: Lady friend of mine in Laurel is a total snow freak. Not a weather geek but a snow freak. Anyway, she just told me the wind made snowballs in her backyard. I said that sounds pretty weird ... so she sent me this pic:

Speaking of "incredible," I actually once lived in the tiny town of Fenwick, Delaware! Was in a small mobile home park called "Cape Windsor" on the left hand side just over the Rt. 54 bridge with canals along our few streets that opened to the bay giving a fantastic view of Ocean City. Long ago, I think early '90s? We had a bona-fide blizzard with heavy snow and storm force winds on the coast. Went to full white-out conditions. Small street in front was blown free of snow while a drift reached to my roof. Beach blizzards are at the top of the charts!

Hello. Would appreciate it if you would comment on this website. It shows the swirling wind vortex near the coast yet at the same time shows a "Low" noticeably farther offshore. How are these dynamic graphics created? Accuracy? https://www.ventusky.com/wind-speed-map/10m-above-ground#p=37.74;-76.31;6&w=0xIAb9A9A

Seems to me the EURO was correct in not "tucking in" the surface low like so many other models did. It's well offshore and has been since leaving the Carolina coast. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=17#

The Low is forming now on the Carolina Coast:

What happened to all the heavy snow on the Delmarva? Did it all melt?

I imagine DT is utterly apoplectic.

It struck on a Sunday night. I was supposed to report for my first day of work at DTNSRDC in Carderock, Md (Potomac River near Bethesda) Monday morning but of course that never happened. In fact, it wasn't until the next Monday that work opened. Expecting a tolerable 4" of overnight snow I woke up to what I thought was fog outside. With the onset of daylight I about fainted when I realized that "fog" was torrential snow. Cars were completely buried and drifts were to the top of storefronts. Tractors were used to clear Georgia Avenue (Georgian Towers in Silver Spring.) https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/unpredictable-the-president-s-day-storm-of-1979

Classic DC area winter storm. Seen it countless times.

The most snowfall ever recorded in a single winter in Maryland was during the winter of 2009–10, when 262.5 inches of snow fell at Keysers Ridge.

Storm chaser in Greenville, NC:

Here in Greenville, NC I suspect we're going to beat the all-time record of 13" set in 1896.

Greenville, NC blizzard-like conditions here at 11pm. Snow & blowing snow with at least a foot on the ground. Couldn't open the front door of my apartment building because it was blocked by a drift. Quite insane over here.

YouTube storm chaser in Greenville, NC

OMG such a nightmare! I feel so sorry for you folks, truly I do.

For Eastern NC that looks great. Problem is ... I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

Greenville, NC was consistently a "jackpot" area with even the NWS forecasting 8-12" ... now what, 2 or 3 inches? Total fail by the coastal Low (unless it tracks WEST all day.) Good grief.

I've seen 50 years of nor'easters on the Mid-Atlantic coast ... this thing is a f'kn joke. Low is not coming up from the south (Miller A) it's just forming offshore the Carolina coast (near 200 miles out initially and is only now reforming closer but not close enough) with a miserable QPF shield. Watched it all on the Ventusky website and knew those of us relying on the coastal were going to underperform. NWS has already reduced the snow totals for Greenville, NC by 3" and may not be done yet. UGH. https://www.ventusky.com/wind-speed-map/10m-above-ground#p=33.81;-76.82;6&w=0xIAb9A9A

Would have much preferred a Miller A storm moving up along the coast. For a coastal Low hitting Arctic air this is a joke.

THAT'S OLD. Use the time settings at the bottom of the screen. (Low is well offshore. Too far for my liking.) https://www.ventusky.com/wind-gusts-map/1-hour#p=33.20;-79.78;6&w=0xIAb9A9A

The weak Low moving near the S.C. you refer to has since stretched out and is now in the process of reforming notably farther offshore, probably where it was supposed to form. Notice the tropical feed here at 2:30am. https://www.ventusky.com/wind-speed-map/10m-above-ground#p=31.8;-76.5;5&w=0xIAb9A9A

Yep... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=30.61;-80.05;6&l=gust&w=0xIAb9A9A

Here you can see the vortex forming east of Savannah. Doesn't look all that far out to sea. https://www.ventusky.com/wind-gusts-map/1-hour#p=32.38;-78.00;6&w=0xIAb9A9A

GFS for Thursday, Feb 5th.