MN Transplant
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You did a lot better than me, just to your west (0.50" total). And DCA got 0.49" to your east. Good banding.
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1.5" - 12/16 0.1" - 12/18 0.1" - 1/25 4.7" - 1/31 to 2/2 1.7" - 2/7 Total: 8.1"
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Simply put, it the snow doesn't have the time or opportunity to melt on the way to the surface. It is generally going to be a shallow (and relatively dry) warm layer when it snows at 40.
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Right on 0.50” total precip. 0.19” fell as rain 0.31” and 1.7” snow equals a nice 5.5:1 ratio when it was snowing. The HRRR/NAM Kuchera ratios weren’t far off. HRRR was too dry from a distance, but it nailed the front end rain and the temps.
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Calling it at 1.7”. I’ll grab the liquid after everything stops falling. The ratios are going to be...subpar.
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But it sure is pretty
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Parachutes
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The clumped dendrites in this last band are nuts
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You know it has been a wet snow when your yard looks like this post-snowman. 1.5”
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Feels like I have to go measure every half hour to make sure that I am able to report the max new snow depth. Both the HRRR and NAM take us to 40 this afternoon.
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Both March 2013 events probably qualify.
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Fun fact - it is snowing here, and it is 51 degrees colder at my brother’s place in Minneapolis. (33 vs -18).
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Beautiful to watch fall and stick to everything, but the ratios must be awful. 1.5 hrs of solid snow and a touch less than an inch. 33.3
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33.4 and snow. Unfortunately wasted about 0.2” of precip on rain.
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41.7/29.3. Not great. 43/29 DCA 43/25 IAD
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You new here?
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DCA 43 My house 42 IAD 41
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Best case might be a 3/25/13 situation. 4” paste bomb on .5-.6” precip in the western DC beltway. Never dropped below 32.8. Started during the late overnight hours which helped.
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HRRR is pretty consistent. DPs through the whole event are 34/35 in the DC area.
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3k has a broad swath of ~0.6” qpf. Temps in DC are 40 around the onset.
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The HRRR continues to absolutely hate this storm.
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I’m all for an energetic quick hitter.
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Might as well couple it with the vertical velocity
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GFS is a 3-5” storm. Seems right.
