Mrs.J

Well it is official. Oldest Ms J let us know that she will be studying in Prague in the fall. As part of the AU Abroad program she will be attending one of the oldest film schools in Europe. And the rest of the family has decided that we will all go and pick her up in December. I have always wanted to see the Christmas Markets. And as her program end date is December 19th we are heading over for the Holidays. 

4 hours ago, Weather Will said:

NWS missed this one....Thunderstorm in Brunswick. Line sunk further south than forecasted and they never updated!  Some of us catch early trains!!!!

Overnight

Mostly cloudy early, then becoming mostly clear, with a low around 59. West wind around 6 mph.

Models including 6Z HRRR also missed this line completely.

 

Woke up to quite the light show from that one. Think it was around 3/4 am. I had a hunch that stuff up in PA last night might push south so we hauled the catio in before we went up last night. Glad I was correct as hauling that thing in that early in the am would not have been fun. 

Just lost power at my house. Did not even try to reset. 

.47 from this morning. Was sitting in the HS parking lot for pick up and the car was shaking from the gusts. The clouds have opened up and we have sun now. 

Amazing! I got to see the one back in 1984 when I was in school. Cool that I got to see another. 
 

My AU kid got out of class and she said the entire quad was full of students watching . 

Ok this is cool! Kid in DC who has a class right now just told me their “snack break” is at the fullest point. Huge viewing happening down on their quad. 

Frederick 

Kid down in DC has clear skies. 

Holy crap! Whole house just shook from this storm. Woke Mr. J up and the cat jumped off the bed. 

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Strong precip day in Frederick…around 1.5” in nearby pws gauges.

.83 for the day. 2.54 for the event so far. 

Just started raining over here again. 

So the older Ms. J is in a scriptwriting class this semester. The next assignment is to write 3 pitches for PSA's. She was going to do Spay and Neuter your pets, but changed to Weather PSA's. We got into the discussion about how the NWS has changed up their wording recently so that the public takes it seriously. Will be interesting to see what she comes up with. 

1 hour ago, snowfan said:

Are we doing this tonight? Storm blasting thru dc late evening.

 

If this verifies my kid at AU will be geeking out!

My station has the event at 2.46 with .75 since midnight. Drove across the Monocacy River and it is well out of its banks. Ballenger Creek is behind my house and observed it from the 3rd story well out of its banks. 

Getting some decent thunder and lightning over here this morning. 

53 minutes ago, 87storms said:

We seem to do well here with easterly wind components. Pretty good soaker area-wide. Most of the pws’s show over an inch near mby.

Latest readings with what I can see the backside coming in. 
 

My station so far. 

Was driving back home south on 15. Of course absolute parking lot but got some pea sized hail and lightning. The older kid who came back home for some appts and I were geeking out!!! Just got home and there is still lightning and thunder. 

23 minutes ago, Interstate said:

Man. That road got plowed quick. Lol. 
 

I got about 4 inches and the roads were clear when I woke up. The driveway never caved. 

Yeah the only way my driveway is going to cave is when what is on the solar panels decides to rapid melt. Actually just happened and freaked the cat out who is laying on my other daughters bed. 

Just took the kid to her job at the skate rink. We have this beautiful restored bank barn in our neighborhood, with a walking path down to Ballenger Creek. The amount of snow just lining the branches and the clear path made for a put my car in park and grab the iPhone for a couple of shots. 
 

Now we just wait for the solar panel avalanche that will happen as when I drove into the garage I can see the panels heating up and the snow slipping.

36 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

M4.0 storm total Reisterstown, RSTM2 COOP site. Melted down was M0.31" liquid. I have a feeling that was our last snowfall of the year.

I am no Met. But these last two snows to me are like what we get in late March Early April. You get that heavy wet snow that by the end of the day is gone. I am not a subscriber to that furry hormone driven woodchuck and his shadow. But for those who are he agrees with your last sentence as do I. 

Eyeballing from 3 levels up 2.5”-3” of heavy wet snow.. 

7 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Moderate to bordering heavy snow now in Frederick. Massive flakes. Cars completely covered and grass totally whitened up. 

Yep just looked outside again. Deck fully covered as well as grassy surfaces. The street is finally caving after the HOA snow contractor dumped a whole seas worth of salt down. Was like driving on pop rocks there was so much. 

Just looked outside. Blowing snow curtains going on here. 
 

Oh and I am listening to my Pandora Thunderstorm station so pretending I have thunder snow. 

3 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Hold up. You let your kid stay in DC during a marginal snow event?

Google, what’s the number to Frederick County Child Protection Services…

I know! But she would have missed the 1 am fire alarm for burnt food in her dorm hall had she come home. Got to weigh out the college experience over some snow. Rough call. 

Oldest kid down in DC at school asked me to send video so she could see the snow. She is missing out on this one.