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The weather yesterday was perfect to hang up Christmas lights and decorations outside. Now just need snow with the decorations!

If were hosting again, I'd be here through next weekend, but this year we're going up to family in Long Island (back to hosting here next year). We put up the tree and Christmas decorations earlier today which felt festive with the snow on the ground. Hopefully more snow for you later in the week for the same!

Wisp reporting 15” storm total. Great event to kick off ski season.

DCA - 17.2 IAD - 29.4 BWI - 28.7 RIC - 5.8 Tiebreaker - SBY - 5.1

33 degrees with RA/SN- mix. No clue how much total with drifting/compaction/etc but would guesstimate 12-14” range. Heading out to the tire place get my snow tires put on for the season.

damn, did I just reach my peak at amwx? Only downhill from here for me

Yeah, I’d guess they’re still 2 or so weeks away, need some consistent cold nights and no big rain storm cutters. Gusty winds and SN with dendrites mixed into smaller flakes.

Took 5 hours to drive out here - white knuckle driving on 68 and secondary roads especially with the SN and blowing snow. 29.8 with SN. First deck pic of the season! don’t mind the deck furniture still out - was supposed to put that away last weekend but we wound up staying in VA… Beautiful night! Winter is so back

Yep, I know. Unfortunately my partner had a thing in the office this morning that he needs to be at.

Near white out conditions at Wisp - fun to watch: Mountain Report + Cams - Wisp Hitting the road in 2 hours, should be "fun" on 68.

Snow TV in Alexandria!

Ugh Steelers

Great to see Wisp making snow tonight with snow falling. Winter is back! https://www.wispresort.com/mountain-report-cams/#mountain_cams Pic from the house with snow falling. 24 there.

Wow, TNF game is fun to watch right now.

Nice! Ring cameras at the house show light snow with a dusting on the grass. Things look to crank tomorrow/night. The drive tomorrow afternoon looks fun.

Looks like it’s snowing at Snowshoe (and they have their snow guns going). @katabatic picked a good place to chase for it. https://www.snowshoemtn.com/media-room/boathouse-and-ballhooter-lift-live-cam

And here comes the wind. Just passed 0.6".

Just got the alert from my Tempest station that lightning is detected less than 3 miles away!

Flakes flying on the Ring cameras at our house in McHenry.

Great summary by LWX: Another disturbance embedded within the much larger upper level low will rotate in from the north on Friday. The steadiest and likely heaviest snow in the mountains will occur late Friday morning through Friday evening as low-level warm advection overlaps upslope flow intersecting the terrain. Snowfall rates may approach an inch per hour at times Friday afternoon. The snow on Friday will be a wetter snow as the column starts to warm. Some snow may also occur to the east of the mountains Friday morning, with the first snowflakes of the year possible in the DC and Baltimore metro areas. Temperatures will likely be too warm for accumulations along the I-95 corridor, but some minor accumulations may be possible along Parr`s ridge in north- central Maryland and in the Catoctins. Any snow to the east of the mountains should switch over to rain during the afternoon as temperatures warm. Precipitation will continue in the mountains through Friday night. As temperatures continue to warm, some of the lower elevations in the mountains may switch over to rain before ending, but the highest elevations (above 2500 feet) should stay all snow through the night. By the time all is said and done, 6-12 inches is expected along and west of the Allegheny Front, with isolated totals of 12-18 inches possible along the highest ridgetops. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for Garrett, western Grant, western Pendleton and western Highland counties starting at 10 AM tomorrow. Those Warnings continue through Friday night. A Winter Weather Advisory is also in effect for western Mineral county from 10 AM tomorrow through 10 PM tomorrow night.

Glad you’re chasing there - I drive through there when taking the I-66/81 route to Deep Creek…great spot to be at 3,000 feet. Something that’s been ‘trending’ on the models that could keep totals on the lower end of the guidance range are surface temps. Euro and NAM actually flip above freezing overnight Friday into Saturday, from Garrett down to Canaan and Snowshoe. GFS is the ‘warmest’ of the models and raises temps the quickest.

6z Euro says that is certainly on the table Friday morning with even some mixing down into the cities. A nice way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday next week.

Have fun and happy chasing, Snowshoe will do well in this setup - classic for them for maximize. There was that guy who used to post here that had a place out there and lived in Northern VA - can’t remember his username but wonder if he’ll be out there for it too.

Latest LWX and Pitt forecasts - both through 7a Saturday, some snow still to come after this. I don’t mind the orange 12”+ blob over our place.

Looks like the Canadian twins suggest some snow TV with possible light accumulations in northern MD.