WEATHER53

Wet snow at times over last 40 minutes 34.6F

I got some mist and some little icy grainy thing 35f

These highs are cold but too east. Better for DC when Pittsburgh is colder than Boston

Blizzard of 66 got me going.

Wow. It snowed in Beltsville that night and earliest on record for me. The sound sticks with you.

Rifle shots at times.

I think this IS as good an outcome as possible for freezing rain. It’s 27 and dark and that’s a big difference between 29/30 this afternoon mid Feb. Could mid Jan have squeaked out another 1-1.5F colder? Sure not the wholesale outages pre Pepco trimming days. It’s still a dangerous event though.

The 3rd picture down I think is 0.2 About right you knowledgable folks?

I just did not get as much freezing rain as 3miles to my south. Dogwood tree is steady for measuring and it’s got 0.1 but not .2 on it. I think 1999 was .5. 1999 was eerie All that ice made it “white “ at night as it was pitch black all lights and power out. vey very quiet except for the awful splintering sound of huge tree limbs. Never heard such a painful to hear shredding and cracking sound. Like something living was being torn apart....because....it was.

10:15obs 27F and solid refrozen except salt treated steady drizzle and snizzle last hour that has rewhitened the board in cleared section

7pm ovs 28.4 and very light snizzle dont know if we are done and don’t have all the reports but this does not seem to have been an extreme event as forecasted NWS has a preoccupation with freezing rain perhaps because it the most difficult situation for the public to handle safely , It’s is an unfortunate tread socially to portray “worst case” as “most likely” . Always scratched my head when their forecasts include”...for this afternoon rain or freezing rain likely with high of 40” Being safe rather than sorry I can’t decry much but don’t think it is the best forecast method .

If we had not had a 50 and 40 degree day with overnight lows around or above freezing then all roads except main and all concrete and blacktop would have been icey

6pm ibs 28.9 with light sleet and bit of freezing rain

5pm obs 29.1 with sleet and little bit freezing rain. Cleared a path down to concrete at 4pm and it is rewhitened

4pm obs Cooling off now. 28.6 and very light sleet and tiny bit freezing rain

3pm obs 29.5F and freezing rain. Had snow mix in pretty good several times during last hour. Sidewalks and the like very slippery but neighborhoods roads slushy and not slick

Saves our ass. Freezing rain glare ice is no good. Get some snow and sleet and crunchy and not a wet ice cube.

Brings up the “are we due” i don’t believe in it but 99 was a while ago?

Cold air is going to battle and will take time to get this over to any freezing rain monster.

Mores east to west with slight NS angle

Where is the warm air getting in here from and at what mb height?

These huge icers can happen but mostly not . There have been some but last time it was like what is being portrayed was 1999.

DCA 33 DFW 16 Den. 14 DCA: 24 DFW. -3 DEN 3

1999 was worst I’ve seen. Wheaton and Kemp Mill Glenmont and west 0.25+ and 27/28. Pepco had not trimmed yet and it was a 7 day out for some. We had to move relatives , Sharp demarcation as I was living in far a nw PG which is highest point and about 5 miles east and we definitely iced at 30/31 but only about 0.1 and not hard frozen.

NEver too much in a Snower!