Miss Pixee

Heavy sleety rain in SE DC. Looks wet but icy on grass, unpaved surfaces. Streets are a combo of wet and suspicious black ice patches. Don't envy anyone who has to go on these roads later. Power lines looking shiny too. Current temp is 32.

Fortunately got a couple of inches from the last storm. I'm more curious about the temp layers. What's the deal with all the frz rain/sleet/ice instead of snow? Its like the air patterns are all funky. Don't get me started on the maps people keep posting. BTW it isn't as if DC is its own entity...I heard these same arguments about Richmond. Mother nature trumps, no matter what we think/say.

Wait, what? I had put this storm on ignore...and its snowing now in SE DC! Accumulating quickly, too. No wind...its falling straight down. Temp at 33. The light coating from last night never melted.

Steady sleet in SE, leaves and bushes getting a glaze. Cars have crackle frost on top. Streets getting shiny. Temp down to 33.

That gives me some idea of what's going on where with the temps. I couldn't tell what was what by the reports.

I never get emotional over snow. I love it, but its only a big deal here because we have a dramatic climate.

Color me underwhelmed. Something is falling but not doing much. Darted outside and noticed its really raw. Still stuck at 34 degrees. But, I'll post these foggy pics for the geeks:

The bulk of SE is east of the anacostia river (not capitol hill SE) is pretty much elevation and hills. You can actually see it from I295 or if you look across Sousa bridge. The whole horizon going from say, Northeast to the naval base area. I'm actually at 143 feet. Neighbors behind me are over 180-200ish, and down the block 75. Its like that everywhere here. Since all the news coverage is based in NW they tend to not pay too much attention. Navy yard proper is a concrete jungle now since the retrofit, hot as blazes in the summer. Now 34 degrees. Cars and non paved surfaces have a light snow coating. Streets seem just wet right now.

Yeah, I'm not near the downtown core. Stuffs wet and slippery at the same time, like it's caught between ice and rain.

Icy rain, tree branches lightly coated. Ice crystal skim on top of cars. 35 degrees in SE DC feels a lot colder. No whining here.

For the hip MD crowd, locator acroynms. Cut, paste and save for future reference. Some of these you know, some are new. Just killing time until the next storm. MoCo montgomery county HoCo howard county SomCo somerset county CarCo carroll county WaCo washington county CeCo cecil county AaCo anne arundel county QuaCo queen anne county KenCo kent county HaCo harford county CharCo charles county DoCo dorchester county BalCo baltimore county AlCo allegany county GaCo garrett county TaCo talbot county WiCo wicomico county FreCo frederick county CalCo calvert county WoCo worchester county CaCo caroline county MarCo st marys PgCo prince georges county I may do one for VA, too. This doesn't work for DC, for obvious reasons.

Me too I was in school...people were tying towels to their shoes and wearing football cleats to walk on ice. One old man had strapped broom poles that were jagged to the sides of his legs. Crazy stuff.

The bulk of southeast washington which lies across the river says hold my beer.

Temps bouncing all over the place now, 33 to 37, then 35. Now/34/35. Still snowing strong but some melting in spots as the lakes fall. This is one weird storm.

LOL that's messed up.

Things looking good now for SE DC...huge difference since the rain onset 3 hours ago. Temp currently holding at 33 degrees. Streets covered in thick slush. Slippery, wet snow.

SE DC at 35 degrees. Just sayin'. This was earlier at 9am.

Everything is getting covered rapidly here in SE DC...still hovering at 35/36 degrees. Streets white, car toppers, grass...I have no idea why its sticking now at these temps and it wasn't awhile ago. Looks great!

Thick, pretty snow falling like crazy now. No stickage to anything, may as well be salt. Temp now down to 35. This is one funky system.

Heavy, large icy flakes falling straight down in SE DC...temps crashing quickly, now down to 36 from 39 half an hour ago. Streets wet for now.

43 in SE DC down from 46 forty minutes ago.

This. I have no idea how the heck they measure. I did a video of that storm, had just a shade under 24" in SE.

Urban heat island could apply to any city I would think...Baltimore is just about concrete. Being slightly northward helps them it seems. But Downtown DC isn't the same as the entire city. Elevations are on the borders and the low point is downtown. That 'heat island' is downtown were there are lots of cars and heavy traffic most of the time. Neighborhoods aren't similar.

Looks like a picture postcard outside. Everything is white and fluffy...chunky fine flakes falling in a cloud. Would be the coolest if this ran till the next storm system. They say snow brings snow...

The only people who say DC 'can't' accumulate on roads live smack downtown at the lowest point and talk as if a microdot is the whole city. I'm in far SE (about a 1/4 mile from the line) and I can guarantee stuff accumulates here. Had too much ice/sleet yesterday and it put a nice crust over the snow. The local meteorologists are guilty of this nonsense too...all the reporting is in NW as are the stations and even the SE measuring station is around the Navy yard I believe with tons of concrete there.