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  1. Kmlwx
    I haven't looked enough to weigh in. Probably won't have time to until later tonight or tomorrow AM. But if EJ is in for now... I'm intrigued
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    I was kind of surprised it wasn't earlier for most of the area. I think it's the dates between the average first and last frost or freeze (not sure which one). Probably on the growing trend for the growing season. har har
  3. Kmlwx
    April 11th for most around here. April 1st on parts of the Delmarva
  4. Kmlwx
    STEM continues to be ridiculously underfunded. Sad to compare NOAA's budget to other agencies.
  5. Kmlwx
    Actually the models don't look bad for Sat. Wow.
  6. Kmlwx
    That sounds like a spectacular idea. Worst case scenario it turns out to be a dud and you have the same holes you already had. Best case, you prove that it works and can move forward with the rest of the radars. Though you'd think they'd have a decent baseline from the phased array radar that was (is?) in place at NSSL in OK.
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    Gust to 43kts in Martinsburg. Have had some decent gusts here the past 30 or 40 minutes.
  8. Kmlwx
    Very wintry scene indeed. I'll take this on March 12th.
  9. Kmlwx
    45kts at Tangier Island now. That may be the strongest gust in the region so far this morning. Not surprising given that it's on the water.
  10. Kmlwx
    It also tends to look brighter given the high albedo of snow cover - even if it's only on the grass.
  11. Kmlwx
    I think he was poking a little fun at your sun comment. Clouds that produce snow are pretty thin - and the sun is up - and it's March. It's going to be light unless you've got a nice thick cumulonimbus overhead.
  12. Kmlwx
    Gust of 42kts at Tangier Island.
  13. Kmlwx
    The weather gods must have heard me. Big time gust just now with a ton of snow getting whipped around. Probably best gust since it changed to snow.
  14. Kmlwx
    Wind gust obs haven't been terribly high around the entire area. I think that Quantico gust earlier was the highest I've seen and it wasn't super high. One thing I noticed leading up to the event is the wind gust products on many of the models were pretty underwhelming compared to some of our other big wind events. Many didn't even have widespread gusts above 45mph. ETA: Not saying it's not gusty - but the 55mph forecasts always seemed a bit high.
  15. Kmlwx
    Snow squalls later would be fun - but the more recent NAM nest and HRRR runs have been kind of meh anywhere east of the mountains.
  16. Kmlwx
    With the "lull" in place - the temps are actually coming back up just a touch. Oscillating around a few tenths of a degree above 32 now. Assuming we can drop below freezing in a heavier band.
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    Radar presentation is improving behind the little splotchy lull that people are reporting. Filling in decently in NoVA and Western MoCo.
  18. Kmlwx
    32.4 now - snow lightened up a bit compared to a little while ago. It's been going diagonal with stronger winds as well!
  19. Kmlwx
    He's too busy writing up a report about how "NBC4 forecasted it first" or some BS.
  20. Kmlwx
    Quantico reported a gust to 41kts
  21. Kmlwx
    33.1 in Colesville and snow is coming down pretty nicely. Not much wind here so far with the snow - had some good gusts earlier during the rain, though.
  22. Kmlwx
    46.9 in Colesville on my potentially cheapo thermometer - but it did well all winter and has fresh batteries.
  23. Kmlwx
    Absolute snoozer here. The wind earlier was more impressive.
  24. Kmlwx
    So it sounds like the plan of doing a 2nd SLEP will probably have to happen to push things into that timeframe. That sucks - but not surprised as that's usually how gov't stuff and advanced tech works.
  25. Kmlwx
    This is pretty off topic at least in terms of what we have going on today - But what's the updates on MPAR or Phased Array radar systems? I know back in like 2015 and 2016 there's a lot of documentation about what the path forward was after the SLEP program for the WSR-88D radars. The current series of GOES has been awesome from the satellite side of things. What about radar? I saw a Powerpoint from back in 2015 suggesting that phased array might be rolling out to FAA sites by 2025 and NWS ones starting in 2030. Guessing that is a pipe dream? I just remember hearing A LOT about it and then mostly nothing the past 5+ years. @high risk, @WxUSAF @MillvilleWx ? Dual-pol was a wonderful step up - but what's our next awesome new toy to play with as weather nerds in the radar field?
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