GramaxRefugee

1 hour ago, Terpeast said:

Maybe I got it mixed up with another storm. But I do remember a major double digit storm where Bob Ryan went low and stayed low, it was almost like he totally disengaged from it all.

Feb '83 perhaps. In the early going he was influencing other TV mets to stay low.

I think WaPo humor columnist Gene Weingarten  Tony Kornheiser named him "Lyin Ryan" and it stuck, referencing it on several occasions.

I always bought those weather almanacs he wrote, and they were pretty good.

Don't wanna say anything bad though; he worked hard. We tease because we love.

(Edited)

6.2" 

31/30

Measured 2.5" at 19:45

29f/27dp

Mod-hvy snow. Walked dog...all of us covered in 1 minute. Very pretty. 

Just walked. Mailboxes etc fully glazed, road wet. Truck parked in driveway glazed completely.  Car which i drove this noon just wet, in same driveway.

31f frz dzl

Yucky.

32f and steady rain. 0.35" so far. Bit of ice on car but that's all I've seen. 

Absolute garbage weather 

eta: now that it's daylight, I see that trees and most elevated has some minor glaze. Mailbox was glazed.

Also, I noticed AACo school busses seem to be rolling on schedule.

January total 0.88 (0.63 of which fell on last day). 11.9" snow

Highest temp 58,   lowest 4

1 hour ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I still have some patches of snow and ice IMBY, mostly in shady spots. So that’s been 27 days of snow on the ground.

December gets an “F” but January gets an “A” for sure.

After last year, Dec 2024 must be at least F+. (Unless last year can be F-. But I didn't now there was a minus possible on F. Maybe I just don't know how to fail well, even after all those years following the Redskins)

Update to the ice on bay discussion:

https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/cd-canal-under-ice-restrictions-as-upper-bay-potomac-hit-90-ice-cover/

Interesting quote I never knew:

"Under Port Condition Two, “only steel hull vessels with 1,500 minimum shaft horsepower and a main engine cooling system design that prevents blockage from ice” may transit the area, "

That's a significant sized (and priced) vessel.

The map :

My low this morning 21f.

12 low

Patches of ground showing through the snowpack now.

low 11

54 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

Wait, so from just west of Fredericksburg to 90% of the Delmarva is 100-160% of average??

I think that means average as of Jan 22...if that's what you're getting at.

I declare that that big blue snow streak along the Gulf Coast has broken the map. I guess LA to be at over 800% of average (or more). They've run out of colors.

Historic, IMHO

38 minutes ago, Negnao said:

Any observations of ice on Potomac or bay? This map seems overdone. 

Not overdone for our little section of tidewater, (the South ) 100% fast ice here. But I am interested to hear about the larger rivers, especially if someone has traversed the 301 bridge maybe.

Nice map.

2 hours ago, H2O said:

My temp is 8°. Coldest morning this week. Both days that FCPS did a 2 hr delay the low here was only 13-14°. But now that it’s colder everything is on time. SMH

A drunkard doesn't care how foolish he looks. (Eh, many of us have been there). But the next day, he regrets it; and might even apologize to his friends. Public schools, OTOH, don't care and will apparently never care.

Temp up to 8 on the drive in.

low of 4

11 low so far. About 13 when I awoke, but had sudden drop an hour later. Might hit 9 or so.

Low of 11 here.

Lowest DP was 2, so didn't feel it was likely to get below 0 even if cloud conditions improved.

18 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Confirmed 

Nice of you to block out that Nittany thing for the photo.

Still just overcast in Annapolis.

11.7 and still falling when I left home. Might make 11f for the low.

Drove across the wide South River on Riva Rd  bridge and it was frozen bank-to-bank. Looked like fairly thin ice, but seemed to go to the Route 2 bridge at least.

ETA: Tidal ice must be thicker than I thought, according to CG and DNR:

https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/captain-of-the-port-sets-winter-port-condition-one-as-ice-builds-up-in-bay-tributaries/

Apparently some Northern Virginians have moved to east TX...(the notice is from the Independent School District. Commentary from my daughter)

Comical that they had to turn off comments, presumably from smart-ass students. The adjoining District closed.

1.2" overnight. 

8" snowpack

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

This definitely hasn't been the cold outbreak it looked like a couple weeks ago. My coldest low is this morning at 20. The daytime highs over perform as well. I'm not complaining, just not what I was expecting with snowcover.

Our snowiest months have been similar (tho slightly colder): Jan 1996 and Feb 2003 each only one night in single digits. Feb 2010 none (BWI).

(Well; they only have 7 inches of snow, so may be jumping to conclusions.)

My coldest day here...hi 30 from low of 17; and somewhere along the way DP was 6.

Full sun too 

2 hours ago, dailylurker said:

I agree! This is becoming an awesome winter here in our area. If i get another 2" this weekend I'll only be 4" from climo. The long range continues the arctic hammer. We'll be walking on the bay in a few weeks. 

This morning the flowing side of the swamp (downstream of the dam) was iced over. This is a new level of winter for us. (Swamp plus tidal South River have been well frozen for some time now.)

My low was 18f overnight then warmed a bit by dawn.

Down to 21f.  May drop little more