SnowenOutThere

Does the 18z Euro look better, the same or worse than the 12z

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Is this really happening?  A reverse (good) trend?  

When was the last time this happened?

2 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

An inch of QPF on the Euro for Tuesday.  That plus the ice melt is gonna make for some soggy ground. 

Maybe even flooding.

1 hour ago, Bob Chill said:

Those pixie flakes have to be the drizzle version of sleet. No way a pixie flake is surviving the descent alongside raindrops and pellets. It's backwards logic

I think it is the Hallett-Massop process that caused them.

Just now, Grothar of Herndon said:

I am in Herndon and My bushes and pine trees have lot of ice accretion. Really starting to build up. Beautiful to see but worried there could be some damage later

Weird, not even the pines are sagging where I am plenty of sleet though but almost no ice buildup. 

Seeing everyone say how either they are getting ice or just no ice accretion is weird because for me at least there has been almost no ice on the trees. There is also no glaze of ice except on the deck but the roads are sleet covered and so is the yard. Seems at least for me to be more of a sleet storm.  

Over the past 15 minutes it went from light freezing rain and sleet to heavy sleet no freezing rain and then to a mix of heavy sleet and super tiny snowflakes and now a mist a very tiny snowflakes. I also went on a walk 15 minutes ago.. it turned to snow right after I finished. Well played. 

Here near Reston some pixie dust snowflakes mixing in with heavy sleet. 

Went from freezing rain to sleet and is sleeting heavily hopefully we could get some more cooling in the upper levels to turn it to snow. 

It is now flurrying.  

You know a good ice storm for us on Saturday if it knocks out the power and thus the form would probably be good for all of our mental health. 

3 minutes ago, GATECH said:

Hmmm, might just get clipped...coating is a high bar though

Its so close, it looks good, will it happen? 

It looks decent and will probably be far enough north to have light snow.

Is there any chance that these ice storms could turn into snow storms?

Radar looks good but will probably die to the mountains. 

Just now, Brianonymous said:

Like your car and everything around you was encased in carbonite. Bring a hammer.

Sounds like fun count me in.

Alright we just made a thread how much longer till the storm collapses. On a more serious note it does look pretty likely at least .2 inches of ice should fall and since I have never lived through an actual ice storm what would it be like?  

For Saturday it looks like it is back to everyone V the Nam model. We all know what happens.

I'm starting to think that if we want snow in DC or Fairfax County we need a nuclear winter. 

Just now, Grothar of Herndon said:

We do cloudy really well.

We also do 20s before a storm then right before it comes its in the mid 30s really well, what a great region. 

12 minutes ago, jaydreb said:

What’s the difference between a Trace and a Coating?  Asking for a friend.  

I think that a trace means that there is snow falling but none on the ground while a coating means that there is some on the ground.

Just now, notvirga! said:

After 12z runs probably should start a separate thread for possible Saturday event 

That would kill the event I say we never make separate threads that way it snows because thats how it works.

light pity snow falling

Got .3 before almost all of it washed away and raining 33 degrees Fairfax is the new Snowhole. Though to make a storm more enjoyable I would recommend being in a mind set of this storm does not owe me anything and it is indifferent to me so I should be indifferent to it.  

I think after this storm I am just going to take a break from weather and from here until Friday 12z runs its just not worth it.