Swiscaster

2 minutes ago, Z-Cast said:

Bealeton VA- Pingers have begun, full changeover. Had fattiest for about 20 mins.

Crap.   That is getting close quick.  :/

Snowflakes slowly starting to fall here in western Fairfax County (Centreville). 22.8 degrees, dewpoint 10 degrees.   Baro 29.95

42 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Only in Virginia lol

Lol, I actually stop in Tightsqueeze for gas sometimes when I drive down 29 to Atlanta.  And I stop mainly because of the name!  Interesting history, actually.  That town basically invented the drive thru back in 1870!  

“The community of Tightsqueeze got its name due to the construction of two buildings close to a road that connected Chatham and Danville during the 19th century. In 1870, W. H. Colbert built his general store close enough to the road that women could go straight from their carriages to the store without getting muddy or dusty.

Soon, another merchant, Isaiah Giles, built a blacksmith-wheelwright shop directly across the road from the general store. It, too, was on the road's edge. Due to the closeness of the two buildings, buggies and wagons had to slow down as they passed between the two buildings. Thus, individuals were told to slow down for the "tight squeeze" where the two stores were located.”

(from Wikipedia)

1 hour ago, Snowchaser said:

HRRR

That map shows 28” less than what the Euro shows for Erie, lol

13 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

DT's last call map. He is heading to an epic bust IMO.

He is gonna bust big time on the west side of the storm.  He’s got Erie in 3-6”, but the models say 15” (NAM)- 32” (Euro), lol.

27 minutes ago, dsnowman said:

Forecast high for western Fairfax County today = 30. Actual high temperature = 26. A great battle between the surface and atmosphere is about to ensue.

Well, technically, the highs were probably recorded at midnight .  My home weather station here in Centreville recorded a high of 34 degrees at midnight.  But yeah, I’ve been between 25.0 and 26.5 most of the day today as well.  Such wasted cold  

16 minutes ago, Jebman said:

GB 16 what a storm. We KNEW we were gonna get demolished. 27 inches of snow in Dale City on a level. Plows were having such a hard time! Some of them kind of bounced off the pack lol. I was digging and digging and digging! First I made a path for my Dad's car to the street, which was in fact a wall of snow. What little the plows did, made it worse! Then my neighbor wanted me to chop thru a 7 foot drift in front of her front door and windows! My phone was going off over and over and over again! I was getting slightly tired then the other neighbors started up: You love snow, Jeb! Dig ME out! The other neighbor: All you ever do is go on and on and on about that weather forum! When are you gonna dig me out? Yeah I had talked myself right into having to dig everyone out. People joked about the so-called Jebman Standard (Dig at least 8 feet around all cars lol). I was in over my head, lol - I never realized people read American Weather Forums in my neighborhood lmao

And so it went. Yeah I dug so much snow, I was digging it in my exhausted dreams, for days.

Legen…..dary!

3 minutes ago, WhiteoutMD said:

annapolis just got up beautiful out measured 2.5 at 4:17 am


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Punctuation much?

Only 5.0” here in Centreville, VA.

Just now, losetoa6 said:

Dude ...your freaking rollin . Good job!

4 Yuengling's so far for me 

Haha, thanks.  Step it up, bro!  It’s my birthday, so I decided to drink.

41 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Best friend found a place that sells bottles of Old Weller Antique for a relatively good price, so I grabbed a bottle.

Goddamn if that ain’t a smooth-ass bourbon...

2 Kirin Ichibans at dinner 

6 TRULYs at home

2 Miller lites at the bar

back to TRULYs on the couch

1 minute ago, ravensrule said:

I can't believe they got a 2nd and a 3rd for him. 

Right.  Was thinking more along the lines of a half-eaten ham sandwich.

Anyone know if Wentzadelphia changed his name to Wentzianapolis?

Been tooling around town and was impressed with the roads for the most part.  Lee Highway is just wet, Lee Rd and Old Lee Rd are a little dicey, Lee-Jackson Hwy is just wet, and Lees Corner Rd was clear for the most part but had some slush on it.  28 and light freezing drizzle.

12 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Really sleeting hard. Impressed at the poor conditions of secondary roads. This is Guinea Road on the way to Target:

A new brewery is opening over near there soon (“early summer”).  “Bunnyman Brewery.”  
 

27 and sleet.  Sidewalks and edges of the road have caved.  

Moderate sleet and heavy salt here in the Taco Bell parking lot at the Dulles Expo Center...27 degrees.

20 minutes ago, Wentzadelphia said:

Dude you and I are soul mates, sorry haha. I’d take 2 feet of ice, let’s do it. No power for a month and National guard

Samesies.

Wow, just checked this thread before bed expecting to see 1000 reports of cold rain like me, but it seems very strange (and frustrating) for places so close to DC getting crushed with snow.  It’s colder NE than it is NW.  weird.  

1 minute ago, DanTheMan said:

Snow Tv in Centreville

I must have missed it.  Dry here on the north side of town.

13 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

NWS new radar is utterly awful. Took a fully functioning entity and made it a muddy mess that won’t load and the national map is a useless mess cluttered with individual radar site buttons that don’t load and delete the previously selected site and blot out the National 

See this is who is in charge of models also. Trying to be too precise and making a potential previously functioning tool almost useless. 

I agree.  This seems to apply to a lot of things these days.  New and NOT improved.  Same thing anytime I get an upgraded operating system, new computer, or new phone at work (govt).

Expecting a little sleet tonight followed by cloudy and cool through Saturday morning.  #deepwinter

1 hour ago, Baltimorewx said:

I’m going with 2-4” for most north of US rt 50. Extend that west thru Virginia. I mean splitting hairs I guess but most places should see at least 2” from this but probably not more then 4 or 5

Did you know that Rt 50 runs west of Maryland through Virginia all the way to West Virginia?

FCPS just caved.

How are 5pm surface temps compared to forecast?  I can’t see this sticking on the roads.

3.5” of snow, now 100% sleet.

22 minutes ago, weatherbook said:

Around 3" in western Fairfax County.

Wow!  Are you in Centreville or further north?

It was 55 and sunny here in Norfolk today, but some schools were CLOSED.  We thought WE were soft.  It is still just cloudy and 55 degrees.