MN Transplant

1 minute ago, wxmeddler said:

Fun...

We are so lucky to have 4 radars

Outage numbers aren’t huge, but they are climbing.  Dominion VA is up to 95k, with Stafford county as the hardest hit in northern-ish VA.

1 minute ago, zwyts said:

This was always the main event right?  why were people so focused on this afternoon.

There was too much play on the tornado aspect and not enough on the forced line this evening.

To nobody’s surprise, there are no flights coming into DCA or BWI right now.  One sad flight from Houston is making circles south of Dulles.

DCA to 54 so far

I think there are transformers blowing in Tysons

Severe warning everything from central MD on south

6 hours ago, aldie 22 said:

Man Green Bay has received a ton of snow...I hate that fucking town

Bunch of 30”+ reports in that region.  Blockbuster storm for them.

It is pouring in waves.  Instant rain rate of >6"/hr.

It is snowing in Birmingham, AL.  This is quite the system.

Those cells passing just east of CHO need to be watched

Would not surprise me at all if there was a brief touchdown just after it crossed the Potomac.  TIAD had a great view of that one.

2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Sun out in Rockville. Visible satellite showing some legit breaks in the clouds.

DCA and IAD have officially gone over to Broken from Overcast.  I'm up over 200 w/m2 solar like some of the mesonet sites.

2 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

Radar down in southern VA seems meh to me. A little better in western NC. We fail at all weather other than drought. But we fail the most at severe imo.

It is 9:45am.

That's a heck of a radar in LaCrosse, WI right now.  Thundersnow and thundersleet.

1 hour ago, Jebman said:

I tried. I REALLY tried not to post this, but this storm is SO intriguing.

 

.CLIMATE...
Issued at 320 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

To provide some historical context to the snowfall forecast for this
weekend, here are the 10 largest observed single storm snowfalls in
the Twin Cities recorded history (1884-present) as collected by the
MN State Climatology office.

1.  28.4 inches: 1991 October 31 - November 3 (Halloween Blizzard)
2.  21.1 inches: 1985 November 29 - December 1 (Thanksgiving Weekend)
3.  20.0 inches: 1982 January 22 - 23
4.  17.4 inches: 1982 January 20 - 21
5.  17.1 inches: 2010 December 10 - 11 (Domebuster)
6.  16.8 inches: 1940 November 11 - 13 (Armistice Day)
7.  16.7 inches: 1985 March 3 - 4 (Largest March snowstorm)
7.  16.7 inches: 1940 March 10 - 14
9.  16.5 inches: 1982 December 27 - 28
10. 16.0 inches: 1917 January 20 - 21
10. 16.0 inches: 1999 March 8 - 9

&&

The '91 Halloween Blizzard is my favorite storm of all-time.  It is legendary in Minnesota and there is no debate about its ranking.  Also of note on that list, the 1982 storms (#3 and #4) are back-to-back just like our 2010, and 5 of the top 9 storms were in the 1982-1985 period.

For this upcoming storm, I'd love to be just north of Green Bay.  Looks like they'll get hit with both components of the storm.

We rarely get good sustained southerly winds.  It usually doesn’t mix down, but it has today.  53mph gust at DCA

• 12/5 - 1.9"
• 12/14 - 1.3"
• 1/26 - 8.5"
• 2/6 - 0.2"
• 2/22 - 3.6"
• 3/2 - 1.0"
• 3/12 - 1.5"

Total - 18.0"

9 minutes ago, bncho said:

Taking @MN Transplant's latest measurement of 1.5", I am officially right at climo with 19.9". No more, no less. 

Now if he records 1.6" or more...

Sorry, it was non-accumulating after that and we’ve already gone backwards.  My CoCoRahs report will be 1.5”.

Just now, bncho said:

I AM DEFINITELY USING YOU FOR MY MEASURMENT

The trees are caked and the irises are taking the day off.

Just now, yoda said:

 

Record obliterated 

Historic!  That’s awesome.

3 minutes ago, yoda said:

*gives side eye*

I’m still waiting for the other 4.5” that I was promised 

1.5”

32.0!!

Rooftops are completely covered.  

Elevated surface starting to cave.  32.9