SnowenOutThere

Also the GFS Para brought back snow.

Even though it is almost at the end of its run I find it cool to just look at the made up storms. It looks like a nice late March nor-easter. The best part though, is that it falls apart and becomes suppressed before reaching us now we can't even get virtual snow.

2 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

WB 12Z GEFS, 

Number 19 please 

32 minutes ago, JakkelWx said:

What's @CAPE drinking right now on this lovely friday evening?

I think the better question is what the GFS was smoking for the 18z runs. 

1 hour ago, George BM said:

That really sucks that you didn't get to enjoy any of our big HECSs this past decade.

Just curious, I assume you're still in high school?

Yep

Looking back at how truly insane February 2010 was it makes me so sad that I was just a bit to young to remember it. Then for 2016 I had pneumonia and don't really even remember the storm itself. Then once I started to slightly understand how snow storms happen we stopped getting them.  

17 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I went out back today and saw that some bird took a huge dump on my snowboard. Perfect end to this winter. 

Its a sign

Wow, that latest GFS run is a doozy. Three days of rain with a total amount around 6-9 inches, that would be some flooding rain.

Sure is nice out there 68 degrees as for the wind I like it's not a cold wind.

10 minutes ago, DanTheMan said:

I run out of the room/area like a crazy person

Yep, that seems to be my strategy too though don't know how effective it is.

6 minutes ago, MDstorm said:

In case anyone is hungry...

My dog wants three of them to hold her over until they emerge. 

Hey @psuhoffman when are you going to open a ski resort?

6 hours ago, mattie g said:

I'll say this...the end-of-season map is going to lay bare how utterly frustrating this season has been for those within 10 miles NW of 95 - at least those of us in VA.

I don't think the grass on my front lawn has been fully covered once, and I actually cut it down pretty low for the last cut of the season.

Yeah, I feel your pain. Everyone far outside the beltway (to the north and west) has had snow cover for almost the whole month meanwhile here near the snow hole known as DC there were 1-3 days when the grass was covered. We still got March and then we have next year(s). 

Imagine how funny it would be if this was the largest snow event so far (we still got March) of the winter. Fail after fail and then the storm no one payed attention to is the largest event. Would be so funny and at the very least some snow looks possible. 

I want the next week storm to go well and as someone else pointed out the is that if there is one thing DC can do snow wise it is to have 60s a day or two before a snowstorm. I want to say lets do this but it is a week away so if this holds together through the weekend I'm in. 

You know I just looked out the window and it's flurrying tiny flakes lightly falling. I think this counts as cruel and unusual punishment. Though why can we get flurries now when I got a half inch of sleet earlier? What caused the atmosphere to cool down? 

Just now, Grothar of Herndon said:

It was cool event for 2 hours, but definitely not near what the models were forecasting and NAM 3k was closest to be right for Herndon as well.

Yep in the same boat as both of you though was interesting to walk in sleet good for sledding too.  

This storm reminds me of the last where everyone was saying well there is no way both the first wave goes north and the second misses to our south and then it happened. Same thing with this event it was it might mix earlier but QDF should be fine. They both failed again.

Well never being in an actual sleet event it was sort of cool but uh it was a bust only around an inch of sleet. My forecast issued to some friends during the 12z runs of yesterday said 3-6 inches of snow and sleet maybe even mostly sleet and almost no snow but unlikely. Total we got 1 inch of sleet that sort of stinks not to mention my forecast was horribly off all because of 1 degree. Did any model do well at the 12z suit with the temp issues and the QDF? Oh well we still got March. 

This sleet is not only super heavy it is also falling with force, there are impact craters. 

All sleet for this might be in the top five worse storm misses so far but if we get some heavier bands and the sleet piles up I would still hate the storm but less. 

Went to super heavy sleet with some snow mixing then light sleet/frz rain. Maybe if we get deathbanded we could switch. 

Super heavy sleet and falling forcefully feels more like hail than sleet. 

10 minutes ago, Grothar of Herndon said:

Got me beat by 10ish so far. LOL!

Well it's all sleet again maybe we can both get in on that band that gives us both snow.

heavy band of sleet flipping to the first time in the whole event some scattered snowflakes. I think my snowflake count so far is 10ish.