It was a cargo 747 that crashed taking off in Afghanistan some years ago. I believe the cause was the cargo broke loose and shifted the weight to the rear of the plane, so plane was impossible to level. Sadly crew was killed.
About 10 mins north of Frederick here, just by eyeballing it looks like about 4 - 5 inches fell overnight. So yeah warning criteria was met, and NAM was pretty close, just a hair under maybe.
I wonder how big of an impact, in regards to accuracy, the issue of the lack of data from commercial aircraft (especially over the oceans) is causing. There still isn't anywhere near the same number flying daily as pre-covid.
If anyone is brave enough to venture out for pictures, the areas around Clarksburg/Hyattstown looked amazing on my way down on 270. Trees encased in ice and a good amount of snow on the ground. Sadly had to come into work so couldn’t stop for pics.
Yeah, I moved a little north of Frederick last year and was surprised that I had less elevation than Columbia haha. Well still better spot than Glen Burnie was.
And I’m going to counter that because we got a trampoline this summer. Of course I can’t find any securing gear now. May have to go gather up some heavy rocks.
It almost looked like on the radar that two different cells crashed into one another going different directions, I can imagine that leads to quite a bit of electricity build up. Jealous of all the lightning.