CarlislePaWx

The milky-white sky is producing a steady stream of flurries over me right now. I could almost even call it steady light snow. With a temp of 20.8 it really does look and feel like the depths of mid-winter outside. My low this morning was 14.9. Still have 2 more mornings to go with lows down at least into the teens. Maybe below 10 tonight if winds can stay calm.

Apparently Blizz didn't make a big enough stink about that! Yes. Refer to Jns post 2 posts back for details.

Haha. Ok, the truth in that statement lies in the fact that from the comfort of the inside of my house I get excited when the temps drop into the single digits only because they don't do it that often, and sub-zero temps might only be experienced for a period of hours during an entire winter season. It's the rarity that makes it exciting, not the reality.

That's so funny. Each year, on the first day of summer, I remind my wife that the only good thing about the day is that the days start getting shorter. Although, I must also say that I love autumn, probably a little more than winter as I get older and increasingly dislike the really cold stuff.

I know what you're referring to. But you probably caught my comment from yesterday directed at Sauss that also implied our age over 40. I don't think Canderson is there yet and neither is Blizz, nor you. I have to warn you. The dues to join the club will be going up every day from now until the end of the month. You might not be able to afford them before the offer to join ends.

Good point! It's been quite the decade for doozies here in the LSV. And to think, we're only supposed to have one 10"+ storm per decade.

Well...that was very kind of you to think of me. Honestly, I never had a goal. I always just wait to see how the winter plays out whether it's good or bad. Sunday's storm pushed a bunch of us around here over the 40" mark, so that was great. If I had any desires left for winter it would be the very, very unlikely probability of MDT having a third consecutive March with a 12"+ snowstorm. The funny thing is that I can barely remember anything about the big one from last year. Now I know my weather memory is beginning to go when I cannot remember a storm like that. Take me back to '78, '83, '93, '96 and I can give you all sorts of details about those storms still to this day. Edit>>I did have a goal. It was to reach 12" with the sum of all 3 storms. I came up 0.3" short. Oh so close.

Good morning guys. I had a low of 13.6 degrees this morning. Checking my wind graph I see the winds kept going from periods of calm to up to has high as 6 mph which would temporarily reverse the radiational cooling. Not sure we have as good a shot tonight with some clouds in the forecast, but then tomorrow night after the coldest of the air has arrived we should have another good shot at perhaps beating this morning's lows.

We're both in the "Over 40" club. LOL

Check your math. I think your total should be 41.6. We're still less than 0.5" apart on the season. Very consistent.

My final was 4.9" with 0.53" of liquid producing an SLR of just a hair under 10:1 (9.2:1). 3-day storm total was 11.7" (3.8 + 3.0 + 4.9). Last night I incorrectly said it was 11.5". Very wintry look out there this morning. Lots of trees still have snow stuck to them as the wind hasn't been strong enough to blow it all off. Plus, temp isn't rising and has been stuck at 32 with the sun popping in and out. Looking forward to tonight to see how well we can radiate. Personally, I think the fresher the snow the better the radiation. Regarding all the model talk and the snow maps. I have to say that the majority of them kept showing me at very close to 5". Only the Euro a few runs upped it to like 7", but even it brought it back down before it started yesterday. So my opinion is that for here they did quite well and were fairly consistent.

With very light snow falling but imminently about to end at 11:00pm, the Temp has dropped to 31.1 degrees. I picked up an additional 0.1" during the past hour for a storm total of 4.9". That brings my 72-hour 3-storm total to 11.5". Overall, it was really great to have 3 snow storms that were, for the most part, all snow from start to finish. I don't mind starting as liquid and ending as snow. It's the other way around that's not fun. I guess maybe we have another shot at a little something more as the arctic blast departs by Friday. I'm looking forward to at least several opportunities for optimal radiational cooling on top of our great snowpack and the fresh, dry arctic air, to get our lows well down below 10F and maybe even close to zero. It's definitely a possibility to watch for as early as tomorrow night if there are no winds.

Here's my 10:00pm Ob... Temp 31.3. After a very nice period of heavy snow it has lightened back up to moderate and seems to be getting ready to taper down. Picked up an additional 0.8" for a storm total of 4.8". I think I'm going to come up about 0.5" shy of my goal of 5.4" as it looks like the end is quickly approaching. I'll update one last time at 11:00. It's been fun tracking all day and night with all you fellow weenies.

Don't forget to add your 3/1 and 3/2 totals to your signature (in case you don't write them down). I like to follow you as we've been neck and neck all winter.

I think I'm in my "last gasp" of highest rates. It has ramped up to almost heavy, meaning close to inch/hour, but it's not going to go on for the next hour looking at the radar. That back edge is rapidly advancing northeastward.

9:00pm Ob...Temp 31.3. Snowing moderately. Only picked up an additional 0.5" last hour for a storm total of 4.0". I think a little compaction may be starting to occur with the temp so close to freezing and the snow so wet. I can see the back edge appearing southwest down around Cumberland MD. Only need 1.4". Cmon' storm, you can do it!

Here again with my 8:00pm ob... Moderate snow with biggish flakes continues. Temp 31.3. Picked up an additional 0.9" during the past hour for a storm total so far of 3.4". Only 2" to go for my 12" 3-day total.

7:00pm Ob...Temp holding at 31.5. Moderate snow continues to fall. It's wet, medium mixed with some fat flakes. Picked up another 0.8" during the past hour bringing me to a total of 2.5". Hopin' for the heavy stuff to arrive soon, if it's going to arrive (here). Edit>>Looking at latest radar brings that hope as a pretty expansive area of 20 dbz are headed my way from the southwest.

As of a little after 6:00 I measured 1.7" on the board. Everything has caved now, but as bubbler said there is quite a bit less on sidewalks/road. Plenty on the trees though as the white continues to grow everywhere. Temp is now down to 31.5. That meso special is exciting to see. Even Cumberland county manages to squeak in to the western portion of the 2"/hr rates. I'll be waiting. Right now I'd say light to moderate with larger flakes. Ohhhhh….the suspense. LOL.

Flake size has increased nicely over the past 15 minutes. I'd say now a "heavy" moderate snow. Sidewalks preparing to cave. Temp 32.5.

Temp slowly dropping, now down to 32.7. Have had moderate snow with finer flakes for a while now. On my board I have accumulated 0.3". Exposed grass is caving as well as shrubs and trees. Nothing on sidewalks/roads just yet. If I can reach my forecasted amount of 6" I will be happy since the 3-day total will be a foot and I will have cracked 40" for the season.

There is barely an uptick in qpf for MDT vs 18z. Snowfall 18Z was 4.7". 0Z is 5.1". These are 10:1 numbers. Kuchera is less.

Totally agree.

Still under a watch and my point and click just changed to 3-7" total which means a warning will be issued since 5" is the mid point of that range, but low-end warning. I just want to get 5.4" so my 3-storm total is a foot. (Sorry if I've been sounding pessimistic. I'm really not trying to be.) Whatever we get tomorrow, followed by the arctic blast that will help preserve the pack until the end of the week will have been quite an astounding feat to pull off the first week of March.

Lol...yeah my point and click is 4-10" despite the snow map showing 4-6". It still looks like model wars and we're less than 24 hours away now.