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The inch or two so of sleet is now getting crusted over with freezing rain which continues to mix. Sidewalks are going to be nasty and possibly secondary roads tomorrow morning. Going to be picturesque I bet with all the ice on the trees.

Transitioning back to steadier sleet after a couple hours of light freezing rain. Shoveled the walk an hour or so ago and it's covered again with sleet and and ice.

Freezing rain starting to accrete on trees. Steady light sleet and zrain at the moment.

Love it when my day off is a snow day

I don't think we'll hit the forecast high of 34-35

When I was in Westminster an hour ago the cloud cover wasn't as heavy even though it was snowing moderately and the temp rose to 31; snow was accumulating on snow only. Back in Owings Mills now and cloud cover is actually heavier and here and at least for the moment it's a little colder, at 30. Roads are worse here too (secondaries).

Sleet started mixing in near Westminster town mall but quickly changed back to snow

Neighborhood roads and some secondary roads are covered with ice and slush but it's not particularly slippery snow/ice since it's not solid. I'm guessing an inch of sleet and snow now mixed with zrain. Not sure how much fell as snow since it was quickly compacted.

Looks like Hamphshire is the warning not Hardy

Woke up at 8 to a few flurries. Steady snow now

Per traffic cams Rt 7 is snow covered once again going over the mountain at Bluemont.

Flurries in Owings Mills

I'm sure the concern is ice; I just wasn't expecting warning level accretion with heavy rain and marginal temps. But we shall see I guess.

NWS Point and click forecast doesn't have it getting above 32 Saturday or Sunday in my neck of the woods

Winter storm warnings up for northern Baltimore County and other parts of Maryland. I'm shocked.

Exactly. There's so much more to consider beyond sun angle. Honestly, if you get a good snow storm with rates it doesn't matter, even in March.

Even if it's half right, it's as much snow as I got last weekend.

Vd 07 remains one of my favorite storms. I was in Winchester at the time and I think we were expecting upwards of a foot of snow. Well, had it been all snow it would have been a two footer because it was about 2.5 inches of precip. I've never seen a sleet storm like that in my life. Heavy sleet pounded the roof and windows all night long and by morning there was about 7 inches of sleet. As others have noted, it briefly warmed up and then froze solid resulting frozen blocks of ice which plows couldn't touch. You needed a jack hammer to break them up. At the parking lot of my apartment complex you had to drive up onto the blocks of ice to park. The ice lasted for 3-4 weeks at least.

I enjoy your page. It's a nice summary when I don't have time to puruse the forum.

Dec 92 was one such instance. Just west of Winchester, over a foot...2 feet across the Wv line, and mostly rain east of BR. Same winter as the big blizzard which produced a lot more snow west of the Br. But you make a good point Ji, it seems to happen a lot less than 15 to 20 years ago. I lived in Winchester until 2017. We did get about 35-36 inches from the Jan 16 blizzard which I think was about on par or greater than Loudoun. There was also that March snow in '13 or '14 which busted badly near the beltway. We had about 14-15 inches in Frederick County, VA.

I'm satisfied but but just mildly annoyed, lol. Especially since we just moved from Columbia I'm sure we'll get more chances down the road. I'm driving south into the DC area tomorrow so I'll get to see all that snow, albeit the day after.

Yep even the light snow has stopped here too.

A frustrating day in Owings Mills. Life on the edge.

Snow picking up in Owings Mills; I'm on a Jeb walk at Soldiers delight natural area

Haven't seen any flakes or stickage yet in Owings Mills. It's possible it's snowing lightly as I've only looked out the window--working from home till 6:15.