Mrs.J

3 hours ago, mappy said:

Might be the first time in 16 years it’s snowed (even if just flurries) on my anniversary 

Happy Anniversary!

2 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Furnace Mt. should be windy indeed today. Always worry about colic with the temp swings.

Yeah going to be watching them. The water buckets have been decently low and have been filling them 2x’s a day. And one of them eats soup so nice and warm. I feel bad though with this front that just blew through. I put them out as you know moving is better than standing in a stall. I chanced it with a brief spot of rain and no sheets, only one has a sheet, but looks to have blown through quickly. Things should dry out for sure though with this wind. Putting the two mini’s in their paddock this morning and not slipping down the slight incline was dicey. 

That being said just had a ruckus of wind blow through here. Had a decent part of rain embedded in the line that I took a direct hit from. A spotter on mPING out in Jefferson reported pea sized hail from it. 

Taking care of a friends horses over the holidays. Waited out the rain as they go out during the day. Saw that the Wind Advisory has been upgraded to a High Wind Warning. So tonight’s feed on the side of Furnace Mountain will be fun… not. On the way back home this morning though just pulled into the neighborhood and the younger Ms J and I saw this beauty! 

Got woken up from that line blowing rain on the back of the house around 6:30. Got .34” and temp is currently 50. 

I have not been outside to measure. But will give my best eyeball of the deck railing of 1.5 to 2”. Wind is starting to pick up. Need to make trip down to Aldi to put a new blanket I got on our pony. With the really cold today and tomorrow she needs her neck piece on. 

19 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Here is your winning area. 
 

 

I am just North of that yellow band that on the sweat side of 270. For it starting a bit much has filled in. 

Light dusting on grassy surfaces here now. Steady snow looks to be setting in. 

Coming up 270 from DC. Hit rain then a heavy band of flurries in NoMo County around the truck scales. Flurries continued until we got right to the South side of Frederick. Then absolutely nothing. Wet roads but by the time we worked our way to my neighborhood the roads are still dry and crusted over with salt. Should have known the weather hole I live in would not disappoint. 

9 minutes ago, BlizzardNole said:

With afternoon temps well into the 40s you're probably looking at just wet roads on the drive home.  Roads might be dicey after midnight though!

Thanks! We have reservations at 6:30. Should be home well before midnight. 

I am seeing conflicting start times. It is the oldest Ms J’s birthday today and we are headed into DC this evening for dinner. Guess we will have to watch driving home. 

We just got back from Atlanta tonight. Expected it to be really cold but honestly the 40 and damp down there was worse than the 32 and dry up here. 

So we have been down in GA since Thursday. Have based at my IL’s in NE GA but went to Atlanta yesterday to see other family. It is cold raw and damp down here. And after getting back to their house this afternoon my FIL said he said that they got some snow dusting in their yard overnight. Let’s just say we did not come down for the weather but misjudged just how cold it would be. 

1 minute ago, TSSN+ said:

Something about like this in terms of precip types in the area. 
 

 

Can confirm. Kid in DC cold rain. Frederick for me currently sleet/ freezing rain. Kid up in Carlisle PA just showed a FT video of it puking down snow. She said about 3” on the ground now. She is thinking they will be on the higher end of the 3-6 prediction for her area. 

So my rain gauge stoped recording rain at 5:14 am with .22" recorded up to that point I just ventured out into the slop to see if I could see why it stopped. The funnel was filled with sleet. And I am guessing the inner dip spoon is frozen. So I can say that at 5:14 am today is the point where I switched over from just rain to sleet/freezing rain. I cleaned the funnel out but that probably was not worth it as it will just fill back up.    

After closer inspection of the trees we do in fact have ice up here. 

From kid in PA 

I am getting reports from both kids. The one in DC is not happy with her cold rain. Meanwhile the one up in Carlisle PA just found out her campus is closed today. And here in Frederick Co I just checked and FCPS MD is closed. My weather app says light freezing rain here. But I am sure up in the mountains it is more than that.

ETA with no kids in FCPS anymore just found out the reason for no 2 hr delay was today is an early dismissal day. So would not have made sense to do a delay only to send the kids back home. 

Ah, I see white stuff flying around here. 

Well surprise surprise. Just got a downpour all be it short. Had 1/4” hail with it.

0.16”.

.49 for the day. Had about a hour of some solid rain coming down. 

It does not feel like 42 out. It is quite raw and damp making it feel in the upper 20’s even though the feels like temp is 39.

Had more rain than I thought. The event for here was 0.46"

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Yep, prepping us for winter already lol

Just popped into radar and am surprised at what I see. Will see if it maintains over the mountains. From my experience we usually get it when it comes up from the SW more than directly from the W. 

As of right now looks like another southern special. 

Low of 23.5 at 6:59 this morning. Just finished my last morning doing my friends farm. Was all layered up but by the time I was finished had peeled off almost all my layers.