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Midway Dec 15 looking to be about +1.5 so my +1 idea for Dec seems right so far. Looks like 1-2 storms per week for 6-8 weeks by end Dec so let’s get cold and snowy.

Really great pics. You are nw of Frederick? Our daughter is about 2 miles se of downtown Frederick and got just 0.5”. Looks like you got 3-4”? Her child’s school was delayed also

This is very true that’s it’s not really a weather station but an airport facilities station . Most people snd even seasoned weather people think it an official weather station. So, if the thermometers are located such that measurements and temps can easily be retrieved manually then that location will be part of the airport buildings complexes and things like can it radiate comparatively and accumulate snow comparatively are non priority issues. I started saying this here 15 years ago and constantly got scalded so I just gave up. I had and have a lot of details from my affiliations with MIC and know what they prioritize and often got told “we ain’t here for weather weenies”

Wrap up is 0.8” accumulation but probably 3” fell and could not all accumulate. Had couple of bursts of heavy 1”ph+ and mostly moderate to heavy. Changeover was fast once first flakes mixed in 34.5 for a low after a 61.5 high and currently 45 what’s next?

0.5” on snowboard and had 30 minutes of moderate to heavy and otherwise moderate. Grassy areas covered

Laser beam hit even more impressive

Moderate-heavy with shaded grassy areas whitened . 1”ph rates and 35.5F Grill cover watch expired snd warning now in effect

80% snow. Huge flakes gone but nice dime to penny mostly 35.5F z Moderate intensity snd if it could accumulate probably 0.75”ph rate

Potato chip blizzard

36F and big flakes snd rain. No sleet Snow came in when temp dropped from 36.8 to 36

Wet flake mixing nowc

12mid 38F Down 6 in last 3 hours. All rain , nw gusts over 20 mph

Ole Mink Farm is 1,600’ I think

I drove that road thru the farmland from Westminster to Manchester right after 2010 blizzard and the snow in those field, not drifts, was incredible

7 Springs near there

10pm obs 45.5F, a stout 15 degree drop , up to 1.1” rain and some 25mph gusts

8:30 interim ins special update Winds swung around at about 7:45 and temp has dropped from 60 to 51 in 45 mins

6pm obs 60F High of 62. 0,65” rain

Generally that air gets into DC 6-8 hours after there.

Seems like heaviest rain so far has been about 75 miles further east than was model exampled 12 hours ago

Maybe I slept through it but did not hear thunder in Kemp Mill . I think the temp drop and wind shift and increase will be fun even if any snow is 4am ish and rougher to witness that

Much much more than We got fun coming

Hey you!

DC has kicked off some very good winters with early-mid Dec mega fronts which have ample moisture remaining post front. The post frontal moisture is a pattern that continues usually. When that kind of temp drop occurs in 2-4 hours there is usually real good support aloft temp wise

Went form 63 to 33 in 3 hours and heavy snow