SnowLuvrDude

Moderate snow en route to Silver Spring. Starting to stick to grassy surfaces now.

Mainly light rain in Takoma Park

My favorite event is the January 12-13 snowstorm. I would have been perfectly contented with the 1-3” or so that was forecasted a couple days prior, but the double digit snowfall that came about was something to behold. Spent my 18th birthday taking a glorious jebwalk as rates picked up in the final hours of the storm. Made for some gorgeous scenery the following day. A top 3 snowstorm for sure. 

Outside of winter though, nothing particularly remarkable as others pointed out. There were some thunderstorms that gave me a jumpscare or two, but other than that it was somewhat tranquil compared to previous years. 

BWI: 17.3
DCA: 13.2
IAD: 21.8
RIC: 9.2

Tiebreaker (SBY): 10.4

B-

Acceptable overall. 

The mid January storm was awesome; one of the biggest reverse bust I can remember and occurring during the weekend of my birthday. Loved every second of it. 

I enjoyed the rare November event even if it got washed away in a matter of hours. A bit lackluster the rest of the way, but there were still some nice events in the mix as well. I love watching snow fall regardless of whether it sticks or not, so this winter didn’t disappoint for me. 

11 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

It just wants to snow in the DC corridor this year. Crazy when you figure we are about the only people on the east coast that are going to hit climo this year.

To think we were in a gnarly snowhole just last winter... just crazy. What a difference a year can make. 

47 minutes ago, Yeoman said:

I don't know about you but with regular snowstorms being something that is far from guaranteed in this area, I'd rather it snow during months that provide for the most staying power, and not during the tail end when it's gone before noon the next day. That said, I'll always take what I can get. 

Absolutely dude. I always prefer snow during our prime snow climo period. Just super annoying to see some people here dismiss it as a snow month... some calling whatever it falls during that month as a "slushy meltathon," useless snow, or what not. But to each their own! Not here to change other's opinions. For me, I'm satisfied enough with this winter; any snow from here on out is bonus for me. Just gonna have fun tracking the upcoming pattern and any threats while reading the good discussions here as always. If we don't score, so be it...Bring on spring!

....and allergy season 

ETA: Sorry if I derailed the thread in anyway. Just had to let it out as a lurker on this board.

2 hours ago, Mdecoy said:

I must admit, having now had these storms in Feb and comparing them to last March; really not much different. Pretty much the same slushy meltathon.

I think the only drawback to March is with every passing day the odds of getting a storm go way down. You are working against the clock. Stuff that would have worked in Jan or Feb, doesn't work. Anyone remember snowquester?

...and then we had like two snowstorms the following year (2014). DCA even had a foot of snow that month...oddly enough, it was the snowiest month that winter even by a small margin.

Not sure what point you're trying to make here. Snow is snow; don't understand why it's such a big deal if it falls in March or in January. 

My predictions this year have been too bullish; gonna play it safe this time 

IAD: 3.9"

DCA. 2.8"

BWI: 3.5"

RIC: 0.1" 

MBY: 3.1"

Moderate sleet here as well. 4.0” 

Finally getting sleet, still some light flakes mixing in 

Picked up once again. Moderate fatties. 

No sleet as of yet in Takoma Park. Still light to moderate snow. ~3.5 here as of 10 mins ago. 

6” in DC per Pivotal. Nice run.

Final call

BWI: 5.2”

DCA: 3.9”

IAD: 6.1”

RIC: 1.0”

Tiebreaker: 1.24” 

Oh yes... At that point, the mix line is just south of DC. 

Just switched over to sleet / freezing rain. Managed to eek just over an inch out of this (~1.1” my total)

Still snowing pretty steadily. Starting to stick on the asphalt on my parking lot. 

Light / mod snow in Takoma Park. Already seeing a dusting on cars. 

The January 12-13th event this year hands down. Snowed almost nonstop for 30 or so hours, DC metro bullseye... plus it was my birthday weekend!!  

Can confirm some huge flakes mixing in now in Takoma Park

2 minutes ago, Roger Smith said:

The table is how much more snow you need, so it's consistent with your forecast as you quoted it. 

Oh, didn’t know. My bad.

Wow... snow pretty heavily now. Great stuff!!

Flurries in Takoma Park now