BlizzardNole

Your micro-climate is really fascinating. It makes you wonder what it would be like if you had elevations of say 2500 feet in that area.

Amazing how different the winter was there compared to Germantown, over about a 45 minute driving distance. All sleet here now 31 degrees.

Alrighty North Balti, time to get you some of these

Wow 45 inches total in Manchester? That's incredible. Here are the airport numbers for comparison: DCA: 5.3 (most in one day 2.3) Dulles: 11.8 (most in one day 3.0) BWI: 10.0 (most in one day 3.8) DCA has a grand total of three days of max 32 or below, and all three were 31 or 32.

I like what I see on the 6-10 and 8-14 day outlooks. Lets pump that SE ridge!

It's understandable since so many have missed the good snows with every system this winter, and this would have been an amazing thump had it been snow. It's frustrating.

Rain/sleet mix and 26. LOL zone forecast still has 3-5" new snow for today. Please let this 8-14 day outlook be right. I hope a huge SE ridge sets up and puts a bullet between the eyes of this pathetic winter.

Got a tray of tropical milkweed seeds started today. Looking forward to spring!

I'm pretty sure I've had more winter storm watches than inches of snowfall in this pathetic winter.

I don't know what DC got but the Valentines sleet bomb of 2007 was one of the craziest things I've seen with hours of heavy sleet accumulating 4-8 inches in central MD. It was pouring off our roof after the gutter was full and left a 20" deep ridge just outside the garage door. Some places got a period of freezing rain at the end that solidified it so bad that cars were cemented in place.

This is one I actually hope falls apart. Ice storms are good for nothing -- see the devastating 100-car pileup that has happened in Texas with 5 dead and dozens injured due to ice.

Talk about a nightmare. I lived in Calvert for that and we got 5 or so inches of wet snow followed by driving rain and a spike to 52 degrees. Watching news coverage from N&W of the city was heart breaking. It played a role in me picking NW suburbs when I locked into a long-term job based in DC. I just didn't go quite far enough NW.

Check out this cold smoke forecast for Dallas. They have forecast highs of 32 or below 5 of the next 7 days. DCA won't have one 32 or below max this entire winter.

Only 1.5" in the snow hole of Germantown while places 15 miles away get 4-5" yet again. Frederick has seen multiple WSW level snows and we haven't had one since 2019. Give me a warm shutout winter like last year over this crap any time. BRING ON SPRING

I'm numb to it now. I never bought into this one knowing it would somehow fail. I'm convinced we finish a second straight winter without a WSW level snow. Trip to Dallas for their cold smoke snowstorm Monday with temps in the teen and 20s? LOL

You can say cold rain and have over a 90% chance of being right. Cold and dry, warm up and rain, cold and dry, warm up and rain. Rinse and repeat.

Everyone is going to get suckered in again only to have the event arrive as an inch of snow/sleet followed by cold rain. Not me

Oh I remember that one! It was in the 60s the day before and I was out and about doing errands with short sleeves. I heard WSW on the radio and laughed thinking no way. Damn if it didn't snow 7 inches in Germantown the next afternoon with the most beautiful, photogenic snow. It was the only event of that winter (and 1998 was a shutout). With this train wreck of a winter, I will treat all threats going forward with total doubt like that one. I don't care if we have a gulf baby with a perfectly placed high to the north. I am going to doubt all the way until it happens.

I was heading out for some Superbowl snacks and decided to take the short drive up Rt. 27 to Damascus. I had 1" of slop on grass and wet roads at home. These pics are from just 6 miles from my house. It was about 3-4" new, including on parking lots. Car temp said 32 compared to 35 at home.

Winding down in the Milestone UHI with only an inch on grass. Pretty pathetic compared to the expected 4-6 as of last night. I wish we could get just one event this winter that meets expectations and is not a fraction of the expected amount going in. I'm not holding my breath.

I am at Milestone and can vouch for this. I've seen 3 inches less than five miles up Rt 27 when I had a slushy coating. The snow is pretty to watch but is not accumulating, even of the deck and grass. It's just keeping a steady state of about 3/4 inch. Very disappointing compared to the 4-6" expected! Oh well, I'll just enjoy the cottonball snow TV and the trees, and not look at the ground. Got some 2-inch plus chunks falling now. Oh if it was just 5 degrees colder!

Mod snow in Germantown with large flakes, with a little more than 1/2 inch. Starting to stick to roads. 33 degrees

Beautiful map MilleVilleWx! I am locking that up and tossing any models that disagree

Nice to see Dunkirk in the 4-6" on the LWX map. Hi Wes!

That Jan. 30, 2010 storm -- my forecast was 2-4" and my parents in Calvert were 6-10, so I went down there. They got 7.5" and back home in Germantown was 7" LOL