Stormfly

Just now, peribonca said:

Are they going to switch to an ice storm warning? If we get an inch of fzrn things are going to get bad.

I think winter storm warning has it covered.  Pun not intended.

Spoke too soon!

Definitely hear pingers now on outside cameras.  Still mostly SN.

Wind seems to be higher than forecast too.

Roads, walkways all caved quickly here as expected.

We have security cams with mics which make great sleet detectors LOL.  So far so good but it's not encouraging from what I'm seeing on this board.

The SN rates now are the best since the Dec 16 storm.  But if we get 3-4" and it turns to sleet or ZR I'm not going to be happy about it.  At that point I'd wish it would just blow over and the sun come out!  FFS!

Holy Cow, I just came back from a short break and thought it's awfully foggy outside for being so dry.  Should've known better, right?  Flipped on the lights and oh my!  In 10 minutes we've gone from a dusting to probably 1/2" or more fluffy stuff.  Nice rates now.  No silver dollar fatties, just nice dimes and a LOT of 'em.  Hope it stays all SN here.

25/16, radar deep blue, light snow AGL.

Cars just showing a sprinkling of white.

10 minutes ago, KAOS said:

I'm thinking a little later... like July. Which is approximately the time of the proposed weather board picnic?

 

July is a good month, summer is in full swing and crabs are OK.

42 minutes ago, KAOS said:

Disappointing because I am still waiting for the Kielbasa and Weenies to fall from the the sky during the last storm. 

A few more months, perhaps in May.  There may be torrents of tree frogs and minnows from nearby creeks pulled out of their domicile by ominous waterspouts.  Imagine the mess that would make!

Oh and in time for the Memorial Day weekend, +/- a week depending on how cold it is, those members of the infamous brood X will arrive in great numbers irritating many with their loud calls and leaving a mess behind.

There's a winter storm warning due to the amount of frozen cottage cheese that will be falling out of the sky tomorrow.

24/10

Sooo crisp out there.
Finally a day comes to close where it feels like a proper start to a snowstorm.  Did not see the temp in the car go above 30F all day.  Of course the colder the better.  PDII was 13F Sunday AM.  Thunder woke me up at the crack of dawn.  I love thundersnow at night.

7 hours ago, mdhokie said:

Do you have a portable saw mill by any chance? A couple years ago I had a guy from up your way mill a couple oaks that I had taken down. Made some good furniture with them!

My neighbor does.  I would love to get some wood out of these oaks but they all suffer from rot and it's hard to get anything decent.  Lots of pine, elm, hickory and maple.  I'm getting too old to split with an axe, may have to cobble up some parts and build a 40 ton splitting machine!

And ditto on the wood heat.  I have a pellet insert but its on the wrong floor and winds up putting heat in the wrong places.

I'm going to put a big Osburn in the basement and let 'er rip!  It's funny how 85F feels like hell in the summer but so cozy in the winter.

I haven't looked at the recent run but did something happen?  Looks like we went from 7-8" down to 5.5".  If this turns into a sleet bomb I'm gonna lose it!

14 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

You definitely need to have that tree removed. Pines are notoriously shallow rooted and can come down at any moment.

I'd say!  Around there they snap off at just the perfect height to be a PIA!

We have a simple rule here.  My wife loves trees but if they threaten the house they get taken down.
Felling is like a party.  Everyone loves to do it but no one wants to clean up the mess afterward.  Such is life.

If oil goes back to the stratosphere, my woodpile is going to be growing again.

2 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Geese might get a concussion

They would honk HAIL NO!

It's quite chilly and there's a nice NW breeze gusting to 20 here.  Supposed to bottom out in upper teens.

5 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

I'm way behind on 12/18z runs so nothing important to add. I did poke around with 18z 3k soundings... oh man, there are some SICK periods of snow. Even the sleet is raking everything in its path. Looks like a little instability is showing up around the snow/sleet line when it's rippin. Hopefully a met drops by and explains it better. I see the possibility of thunder in the heavy bands riding the mix line. Who doesnt like thundersleet?

Thundersleet, the geese probably don't like that at all!

May have to get out the spikes here!

25 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

Its all good. I will pass climo with this one regardless. Cant really complain about that. 

I'm good too!

I'd be fine with mid 60s and clearing out the snowpack so I can work the lines before the mosquitos and brush get out of control!

Because I feel this way, mark my words, it will snow like hell, turn to sleet, rain, then drop to single digits sealing it in so it hangs around past Easter.  Piles on the lots lasting to Mother's Day!

Moderate rain shower @32F

13 minutes ago, Interstate said:

Pretty much a non event up here in 21057 even at 25 degrees. 

Same here, we're about 10 miles north of your QTH.

Boring weather day for us!

I have a few thousand board feet of trees to cut, need this snowpack GONE!  But I don't like mud either.  Can't win I guess.

38 minutes ago, chris21 said:

That 99’ storm was really brutal in Bethesda. Power out for a week and extensive tree damage even though the temp warmed up to 50 the next day. Not sure anyone has been forecasting that (3/4 inch of ice)... but an RGEM/euro combo would be a warning level Ice storm in the district with temps in the 20s.

Those are the worst!

The rapid warmups cause BIG pieces to fall and can severely injure or kill people!

Fortunately all our towers are free standing.  The storm in 2014 started shedding ice quickly off our stacked 2 meter and 6 meter beams (boom about 60') and it sounded like horses galloping on the roof at times.  There's a lexan canopy skylight over the laundry (thank goodness for that dome which is like a fighter jet canopy) as the glass ones surely would have exploded.  It sounded like gunshots coming from the laundry room when those came raining down.

This shows it well.  1600' TV tower guy wires shedding ice.  This is extremely dangerous!

23 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Yup. Icing is an uneven distribution, and frankly 0.2" zr at 27 degrees is worse than a driving rain at 31 degrees. 

Imagine wind driven rain (35kn sustained, 55dBz) at FIFTEEN degrees F!

25 minutes ago, mappy said:

Ugh that storm was bad up my way, over a quarter inch, lost power for a day, tons of tree damage. You guys can have it, lol

Here too, we STILL have leftovers from that one.  Some trees just couldn't be saved.  Hate when that happens.  Unless it's oak that can be milled of course.

Perhaps everyone should root for ICE, then we'll get snow.  Couldn't hurt, right?

Last time we had a verified ice storm warning was Feb 04, 2014.

Accretion on various objects can be beautiful for sure.

They can keep it.  If it can't snow then it needs to be above freezing for rain!

A bit of glazing is fine, looks pretty and all.  But when limbs and entire trees come down and some folks are without power for days and even weeks, that is horrible!

16/08 this AM!

Definitely nippy out!

6 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

For anyone hoping for an ice storm just realize you’ve got at least one pulling hard against one. No way no how do I want to see one.

Anyone hoping for an ice storm has never been in one.

And I mean a real one...no power for weeks, and the feeling that you may freeze to death really sets in.

Fortunately those are extremely rare even for areas that get less severe events much more often than the MA does.

7 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

I'm kind of excited for the next 10 - 14 days. We could have a sneaky big event in here that catches everyone off guard.

Those are the best and most memorable!

21 minutes ago, Baltimorewx said:

Did anybody verify winter storm warning criteria? Maybe a few north and west I guess but I feel like almost nobody did 

Marginally, yes but this was a solid WWA event IMHO.

The brine mixers will be busy this week!