Chase

Anybody in Hampton Roads checking in? 

1 hour ago, NorthArlington101 said:

 

Game on. 

Let's separate discussion from the true LR to an event that is now firmly in the short-run. Creating a thread can't make it any worse.

Hooray for Luray, I guess. 

7 minutes ago, Snow88 said:

Anyone have totals from the NYC  area?

Visiting friends in Kipps Bay and seems to have just surpassed an inch. 

1 minute ago, mappy said:

i know who it is yoda, i can read. 

13 hours ago, yoda said:

Are we back in Roman times?  202 A.D.?  Sorry, had to lol

Must be a DC-specific thread. 

We're at a Code Yellow. 

4.5-5.5" reported around Harrisonburg. 

SPC Discussion calls it “four star snow”

I move we refer to heavy snow as such going forward. 
 

Recent observations show 4-star snow along the WV/VA
   border, and additional heavy snow rates are likely to develop
   northeastward through midday, eventually reaching the western MD
   Panhandle. In addition, cooling aloft may result in small elevated
   MUCAPE values, adding to heavy snow burst potential.

33 minutes ago, jaydreb said:

Just about no one I spoke to knows anything about this snow, which is now less than 18 hrs out.  Could be a mess.  

Ingredient #1

On 1/4/2020 at 8:30 AM, MN Transplant said:

 

NorthArlington is right.  The peak rates were tremendous, but not unprecedented.  I hit around 10”/hr on my VP2, but I’ve seen that number before.  The difference was the length of the high rates.  Visibility was poor, like a good snowfall, but not a complete white-out blizzard.
 

The other interesting part was that this was effectively one big cell.  The other times that we get dumped on (eg. Lee in 2011 or Ellicott City) it is due to a training/redeveloping situation.  This was just a monster rain-producing cell that moved through.

Time of the day was also pretty unique and exacerbated the impact.  
I remember going to bed noticing the cell and flood warnings near Cumberland.  By morning rush, it had intensified and hit the urban cores, but kept moving. 

Believe this is in Rosslyn. 

Seeing a few flurries in Fair Oaks area of Fairfax. 

1 hour ago, yoda said:

I'll give you one guess on which school system is opening 2 hours late tomorrow morning

What a joke. 

Prince William is on a two hour delay. Already.  Prince William. 

39 minutes ago, C.A.P.E. said:

Can we get a few radar hallucinations up in here?

The back edge is already showing up in Luray. 
 

or is that a radar beam problem?  No we’ve never seen that before... definitely the back edge. 

70 today, snow tomorrow.  Classic Mid Atlantic

1 hour ago, Wow said:

I'll be adjusting the new skin .. or perhaps have users choose between light and dark options

And hopefully with white not being the default on the white background? 

7 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

The new format looks great except that for me, everyone’s font color is white so I can’t read anything. Should I be taking a hint that my default font color is also white?

Sounds about white.  I also can't see anything previously posted without highlighting it. 

Welp Doug Kammerer says no more storms tonight, just rain.  Guess that means the opposite will happen.  

The Huntington Levee (Alexandria) had its ribbon cutting on June 15 and consequently dozens of homes were saved by it this morning when Cameron Run reached 11.8 feet this morning.  A 10 foot rise in an hour. 

Previously, 9' was when some homes began to be impacted and 11' was when "dozens of homes in Huntington are flooded. Water affects businesses near the Route 1 and Fort Hunt Drive intersection."

3 minutes ago, illinois said:

As is heard after every night time storm. 

He's our resident troll.  Sorry about that. 

You should see his joyous posts during snowstorms. 

Montgomery County Sheriff said it was the "worst I've seen in my career" on FOX Dayton just now. 

Just now, high risk said:

not sure why the polygon extends so far south, given the east movement

Maybe because all of them tonight have jogged SE when they get severe?  

9 minutes ago, yoda said:

Just me, or should the storm near Warrenton be warned again?

Finally warned again.

Tornado "possible".