Ka60

Clarksburg - Switched from heavy rain to heavy sleet now  6:07am

Just now, ErinInTheSky said:

I'm going to hope to stay under precip for as long as possible now. If this just goes dry fast, then the sleet bomb ice storm will have been for naught. 3+" of sleet will be really fun. Roads are already caved here. It'll look like snow but it'll stay around forever, esp after the freezing rain gets to it.

I am not making this up, it looks like heavy rain and mixed with sleet!!  the ground is covered but i am not sure if it is all sleet though! 

Just now, ErinInTheSky said:

Just got woken up from the sleet. The sleet bomb is on. Y'all ready for a 3+" sleet bomb ice storm? 

It is mostly rain further up!!!!  Crazy stuff!!

Clarksburg,  at 5:45AM  mix HEAVY sleet/rain and few flakes!

Clarksburg, 5:30am  I woke up to a Heavy sleet!!  shocking!

Clarksburg, 12:50PM  Moderate Sleet 

Clarksburg, 12:00 noon  moderate FZR/Sleet

Clarksburg has 4" of snow on the ground

18 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

From the looks of it, 2-3” on the ground here in Germantown. I’ll measure when I find my way outside. Not bad. Everything is white.

I have 4" on the ground with light snow falling.  but Checked the LWX table, a trained spotter in Clarksburg reported 1" lol

Clarksburg,  woke up to 4" of snow.  Temp 30  SN- 

Just now, EHoffman said:

I can't believe that band is all snow up by you, that's awesome.  You must be dumping.

It is so amazing.  perhaps 2"/hr    This is incredible.  

Clarksburg,  Heavy Snow  @10:45PM  not actual measurement but eyeballing over 1.5" 

Clarksburg, Heavy Snow @10:00PM  Temp 29  

Clarksburg,  9:30PM  moderate  Snow   all surfaces covered 0.3"  

Clarksburg MD  11:30AM  SN  over 4.5" approaching 5"

Clarksburg, 10:50am  SN    4"

Clarksburg, 10:15am SN+  3.5”

Clarksburg, 9:00am  SN+   2.6"  

3 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Erin, I've lived in Germantown before and the difference between certain areas of town and others is stark. At Milestone off 355 and 29, roads can be wet, but my in-laws off Brink and into the local hills can have fully caved roads and treacherous driving conditions. It's weird. Don't fret though. Enjoy the snow!

When I measure the snowfall in every storm, my measurement only 3 miles from Milestone off 355 is higher than others in Germantown!  to others, it seems like I am fudging my numbers! All my career I have dealt with numbers and mathematical modeling/algorithms and I always double checking my numbers to make sure it is accurate but still it goes higher.  

Clarksburg,  8:10am SN+  1.8"  32

Clarksburg,  7:30am  SN+  32  1"   

Clarksburg, 7:00am SN+  0.5"

6 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

Full on snowing again

I have lived in Upper Montgomery County for more than 30 years, this storm "the never-ending snowfall" is better than the one we had in 2003 and for than matter the 80's and the 1994(Sleet-fest).  

Clarksburg, 12:55PM  SN-  based on the radar the current very narrow bands over Clarksburg and Germantown is backfilling all the way in central PA!!   

14 minutes ago, BlizzardNole said:

@Ka60:  do you mean approaching 9" using the standard 6-hour measurements, or 9" on the ground?  Despite being so close, Clarksburg can get significantly more than me down here at the intersection of 355 and 27.  One time in an elevation dependent event, I saw 3-4" on the ground a few miles up 27 when I had a coating of slush.

Cute picture there @wxtrix!  Likes to chase bugs huh -- just wait 'til the 17-year cicadas come this May!

Yes I am approaching 9" but your absolutely correct, elevation here is over 650' and that might be the reason in most storms Clarksburg gets bigger totals than Germantown.  Although today you and I are both under the non-ending bands.