BlizzardNole

1.2" in Germantown.

Now at 0.6 which gets me to the 20 inch mark for the winter.  The 2 or so inches still on the ground makes for a nice wintry landscape to enjoy before I'm grilling outside for the Superbowl.

2 minutes ago, Ji said:

the NAM cant even get it right during the storm

It didn't account for the snow magnet our area had installed for this winter.

Just now, jaydreb said:

That was January 2016, just a few days before the blizzard.  I had to leave my van and seek refuge in a friends house until someone with a jeep could pick up me and my kids.  And even the jeep got into a small fender bender on the way home.  That night convinced me to get snow tires (Blizzaks) on my minivan for the winter.  

Oooh I remember that one too -- all eyes were on the blizzard and that little one sacked us from our blind side.

But the event I am thinking of was a number of years ago.  My wife's mom (who spent 7 hours in her car that night) retired in 2008 so it was before then. 

6 minutes ago, nj2va said:

SN+ 8” with 1.5” in the last hour.

Picture as I went outside to get some more wood for the fire.

Wow you are living the dream having a place up there!  Enjoy some powder skiing tomorrow morning before the big warm-up.

25 minutes ago, supernovasky said:

Ok I have limited experience with this. Why are the roads this bad right now? I’ve been here for 3 years and never skidded once, including the sleet bomb. But for this 0.5” pixie dust there are cars in ditches.

Hey super -- I forget the year but one time we had a quick band of snow move through at evening rush hour with temps in the teens.  It had been very cold for a few days but no prior snow, so there was no chemical residue on roads.  Most places got just a quarter inch, but tire action from cars flash froze it and all roads became sheets of ice.  Salt trucks were helpless because roads were jammed.  The area became paralyzed and people were trapped in their cars for hours -- up to 10 hours or more.  My wife's mom was in her car for 7 hours for her 12 mile drive.  Many people just abandoned their cars and walked off.

I have 0.4 in Germantown.  I just need 0.1 more to get me to a cool 20" for the winter.

Light snow and 17 in Germantown; about 1/4" so far.

Anyone remember 1/5/2003?  That was a similar set up with a weak disturbance moving through with cold temps, and expected to drop around an inch.  It just popped right over the central part of the area, and I ended up with 5 inches.  One of my favorite overperformers.

Light snow and 15 in Germantown, already dusting all surfaces.

Radar returns are light but look focused over our area.

Just now, jayyy said:

Times like this I miss being in buffalo. 2-3 feet of LES downtown with temp of 1 degree. Unreal. This is a mini weak LES band at best, but I’ll take another inch toward climo!

I have GOT to experience lake effect some day.  That's definitely on the bucket list.

That was a real nice squall in Germantown; temp down to 22.  I don't know how you'd measure this -- might be a quarter inch or so.  Based on radar, I'd love to see what it was like around Mt. Airy.

2 miles NNE of Germantown, 39.208660 N, -77.251600 W

November 15:  3.0

Jan 12-13:  12.5

January 17:  1.3

January 29:  2.5

January 30:  0.2

Total:  19.5

1 hour ago, arlwx said:

And for those of you thinking OPM caved yesterday:

Not all Feds live east and south of the RT 123/I495 snow fence.  Some commute from far west of Dulles, which hit freezing at 3 pm.  Leaving DC at 1:30, those in Sterling barely had time to get home first.

I think OPM also feared a repeat of Carmageddon (26 Jan 2011), where I bolted early and barely could see through the ice forming on my windshield to cross the Potomac and slide home.  Those who waited for OPM to make the call were SOL.

I am teleworking so I'll put a full day in rather than going in 2-3 hour late.

Down to 11 degrees and streets, which were not treated, are a sheet of ice.  MCPS closed just as I'm typing this.  Hoping for a squall later!

6 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

Full sun and close to 30 degrees before the front. It's dry fluffy snow too so it will melt and evaporate. We'll see how it goes.

My snow is so wet and dense that my electric snowblower quickly choked on it.  Had to just use the shovel.

They didn't do our streets and it's like 1-2" of slush.  Going to be a sheet of ice tomorrow morning.

I measured 2.5" two miles NNE of Germantown, which puts me at 19.3 for the winter.

Incredible good luck considering how bad the winter has been for much of the I-95 corridor.

29 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

Snow train ride home.  Left DC at 330.  Liquid rain;little sleet.  By the time I got to Silver Spring it was all snow.  Now to Point of Rocks 2-3 inches everywhere....will have to clean my car off at Brunswick....best train ride home in my 20 plus years of commuting!

I was on that 3:30 from Union Station -- it was PACKED eh?  Beautiful here too with just about 2 inches.

In December 2003 I left Union Station with just rain and had 8" on the ground in Germantown.  Another great ride was the "psuhoffman storm" of 2011.  Left with rain and arrived to 4" and blinding snow.

Light rain in NE DC, a few blocks from Union Station.

Taking the 3:30 MARC train and hope to see some snow as I head NW.

PSU's snowfall posts above got me thinking to compare his averages with Boston (Logan Airport) -- their average is about 44 inches a year -- pretty close to what PSU gets.  Wow what a micro climate!  How about summer -- do you rarely hit 90?

BTW Boston -- so far this winter they have only received 1.8 inches!  That has to some kind of record?  And they're not getting much tomorrow night (maybe an inch), then deep cold for a few days before the warm-up.  I can't believe it's almost February and I have 16.8 to Boston's 1.8.

I will take that Euro map posted above and RUN with it. 

2 minutes ago, Ji said:

either the GFS model is trash or the pattern is trash. They both cant be right

They said the transition period over the last part of January would feature big temp swings and a lot of back and forth with the models, but things would be more stable once the big cold settles in at the beginning of February.  I hope we get one of those long lead-time tracking events in a couple weeks.

Perfect test for the Radarscope precip depiction -- the ground obs line up perfectly with the snow vs. rain.  You can really see the CAD on it nicely.

2 miles NE of Germantown, 39.208660 N, -77.251600 W

November 15:  3.0

Jan 12-13:  12.5

January 17:  1.3

Total:  16.8

59 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

...Driving my son up to Killington tonight so need the rest. 

@showmethesnow safe travels home my friend. We miss you. 

WOW you're going to Killington for the long weekend?  Oh man you're in for some serious cold and snow!  LOL Saturday night 10-14 inches with low of 6 degrees.  I went to Killington this same weekend in 1995 and it rained and reached 50. 

Anyone see the Washington Post article from a couple days ago about the Polar Vortex having split into three pieces?  Here is is in case anyone missed it:

Polar Vortex Fractures - Washington Post

2 hours ago, leesburg 04 said:

1.5" here ....off to Maine now...wonder if there is any snow on the ground up there?

Where in Maine?  I've been looking at the VT forecast since I've skied there -- holy crapola!

1.3 here, bring me to 16.8 for the winter.  Great winter already, even with the December miss.

10 minutes ago, supernovasky said:

East of Daly Elementary.

 

I bet the roads are terrible right now. I have 6" on hard surfaces but there is a ton of compaction on them. 9" on anything that is insulated.

Oh they were bad!  I saw a few cars slip, especially when starting from a stop.  The unplowed neighborhood streets are easy; it was that half inch of new snow on Rt. 355 that was super slick.  My 19-year-old son drives home from work at Wegmans at 6:00.  Glad he took the Outback!

I didn't do the proper measuring and I know was compacting earlier.  I have 7" on the ground now with moderate snow, 28 degrees.

3 minutes ago, supernovasky said:

Same. Just about at 8.5" here.

 

This MoCo band is awesome.

 

Wow!  What area of Germantown are you?  I am next to Milestone near 355 and 27, and have closer to 6 inches.

Just went around the corner to pick up a pizza and the roads are BAD again.  Moderate snow and 29.