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SN still steadily falling, with a bit more wind, with temp at 32. Picked up a fresh 2" over past 8 hours.

Indeed. I know we haven't gotten the kinds of numbers that those 20-30 miles north of us have gotten today, but who cares. Just stepped out onto the back patio and snapped this pic...we've gotten a fresh coating of white (maybe ~ .25" over the past 2 hours?) and I'm glad for that much. While I could bitch for more snow on the ground, I won't...it's a gorgeous winter evening.

Freezing drizzle/rain was more substantial in first half of day than I realized. -SN has turned heavier and steadier in past 30 minutes.

Seriously. Can't tell if @Deck Pic moved to that area permanently from his former location, but...that dusk pic looks like heaven right now.

While accums were negligible in this part of the world, you make light of one of the most interesting aspects of this storm...its longevity. We had a light, though steady snow most of yesterday, turning into sleet/freezing drizzle into the early morning hours today. Had ice and/or light snow from late morning today onward, and this continues on/off. I almost like the long-term storm as much as the huge snow amounts we got during the one-two HECS punch exactly a decade ago. -SN continues here, down to 29.

-SN beginning after a lull of an hour or so. Temps have held steady at 34 most of afternoon, but dropped to 32 within past hour. No new frozen has stuck on any pavement all day...but let's see what happens heading into the post-sunset hours.

I remember talk of thundersnow a couple days ago in the run-up to this storm...any chance there could be some of that in southband band nearing the PA/MD border?

Just flipped to all snow, 34.

Yep. And then we have those lovely folks who, upon reading our mailing address, sneer at us, "Oh, you don't actually live in Alexandria city, then?" Anyway. We're back to mixed sleet/drizzle here, and I'm just noticing the first snowflakes of the day mixing in...interesting.

Moderate sleet for past 30 min, back to plain drizzle now, holding at 33.

Currently 30.2, with a steady snizzle coming down. Things getting pretty crunchy out there. Though I didn't officially measure, we probably got just over 3" late this morning, but much of it has compacted through the afternoon. Hey....it snowed.

Thanks for the indirect reminder to reinstall mPING app, which I forgot to do a month or so ago for the winter season. BTW, 34.3 with a fine, though steady pixie dust snow falling here for the past 3-4 hours. Haven't been out, so NO idea how much measurable snow has fallen, though eyeballing it, I'm guessing between 2"-3" with some compaction.

Was curious about the measurable rain in these parts overnight, since my gauge broke. I was also ticked last evening as the big storms diverted around (or formed just to east of) SE FfxCo for the umpteenth day in a row. And then I went to bed. Got about a half hour of decent sleep before the light/sound show started in earnest around midnight, and with only a couple of lulls, it didn't really let up until 3:30 or 4 a.m. Haven't had so little sleep due to storms since I can remember...lots of shock-you-awake, rattle-the-house thunder, too. Geez. Last night's performance certainly made up for all of the missed ones in previous days.

One last bit of development in Springfield/Franconia areas just to my west, at the end of the the main line trailing through the District right now. Just had a shower go through, hope to catch at least a rainbow on that last bit's passage overhead. We'll see. 81 degrees out, though...and still a little sticky out.

Same here, for almost two hours now, but...I would've traded my pea-sized hail today for your mammatus clouds.

Can confirm. Here's the backside of that storm heading east, crossing the Potomac. Full sun back out now, back up to 72 after torrential rain over past 15 minutes.

Getting pea sized hail with that just-warned storm moving into SE FfxCo.

My wife is out attempting a fresh veggie run right now, hitting up Kingstowne Giant/Safeway by default. She's tried the Alexandria Wegman's a couple times over the past week, at various times of the day, but it's typically picked over with the added bonus of checkout lines extending halfway back into the store.

Impressive for almost mid-March...at least IMBY.

Yeah, weeds are aggressively early in my front beds this year. A couple of the compacta holly bushes have turned neon-green with new leaf growth all the way around. They don't usually get that look until at least the start of May. This may turn into the longest mowing/trimming season ever.

Agreed. Now, my seasonal allergies and the pollen will kick my arse starting this week and, likely, through mid-May, but the increasingly decent patio weather will be totally worth it.

I'm sincerely sorry for your loss -- we've had dogs die suddenly over the years, and a couple linger on for awhile with extended illnesses, and while any type of loss of our canine friends suck, the sudden ones are the real gut-punches. Also glad to hear you have a "transition" doggo...that helps a bit.

And grain punch...

Saw 7 robins at once hopping about the backyard this afternoon, apparently finding and plucking some worms among the mud and new grass.

Indeed. Got down to 21 here.