Rhode Islander in Balto

Radar says nothing should be falling but a good deal of sleet/snow mix coming down in Parkville....more snow mixing in by the minute.

1 minute ago, North Balti Zen said:

At the Eddies on charles avenue at the balt city/county line very light snow has started.

Confirmed light snow mixing in over on the city/county line in Parkville just now.

1 minute ago, VelociChicken said:

5" total to this point with some decent snow coming down 27.3/27 just south of point of rocks.

Has anybody seen little string or sticklike snowflakes like this before?

 

 

They're called "needles" - here's a great resource for snowflake types: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class-old.htm#:~:text=This system defines the seven,%2C ice pellets%2C and hail.

31.4 / 29.9 in Parkville. About 1/4 inch of ice accretion, temps holding steady and now starting to drop slightly, winds shifting finally and are coming out of the NNW.

11 minutes ago, Steve25 said:

Parkville- Breezy, light snow. Got close to 3 inches today. The pixie dust snow was a bit disappointing today cutting down on accumulations, but I expected 2-5 today so wound up in that range. 

If I'm not misunderstood, we should still get light/moderate snow tomorrow afternoon, maybe a few more inches?

Some of the best rates of the day right now, too. Finishing strong here.

6 minutes ago, Steve25 said:

Definitely not going to argue with that! Not sure why the reading I got was 2 degrees cooler. Cool to have another Parkville person in here! 

I’m below the beltway by about a mile on the city line, so sometimes it’s a bit warmer here than surrounding Parkville. My station link is in my profile.

4 minutes ago, Steve25 said:

I got 27 in Parkville, but to be fair I'm using online sources. Sounds like you may have your own temperature gauge. 

In my back yard!

28.9 / 16.8 in Parkville on the city/county line. Temps actually up about a half a degree in the past hour, dews climbing.

Nice to see some other NE Baltimore folks in here!

11 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Roger Smith brought some facts to the meteorologist fight in the main obs thread. I am on team Roger. 

Anyone living in Baltimore metro who loves snow should be on team Roger. 

Just now, ErinInTheSky said:

Tulsi tea and honey here <3

Tea with honey here as well. 

6 minutes ago, snowfan said:

This crew has an interesting taste in beer. Weihenstephaner Vitus here.

I have a few of these to dust off on Saturday for my cheat day. Such a good beer.

I really picked the wrong week to quit drinking 

35 / 17 in Parkville 21234 city/county line, elevation 376 ft

32/21 in Parkville on the city/county line. Elevation 367’

Even with low expectations my area will probably surpass all of last winter’s totals tomorrow. I’ll take it.

8 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Yeah @nw baltimore wx just gave me a great link...got me around 264'

I’m not far up the road in Parkville on the city/county line, elevation is 367’. I’m in one of the higher spots in the area. 

RA/SN mix in Parkville. 36.8/34.4 and still dropping fast.

36 / 9 in Parkville.  Clouds streaming in from the south pretty quickly.

Any idea on start time for BWI?  My husband is flying in from Florida and arrives just before midnight on Wednesday.

Snow mixing back in now in Parkville after a few hours of mostly sleet.  Got up to 33.1 / 31, now down to 32 / 30.7.

1 minute ago, BaltimoreWxGuy said:

 

Painful to hear that just a few miles to my NNW is receiving snow and nada here in the Dalk

My elevation (nearly 400ft) really helps in marginal events like this. Was kinda surprising to change back over, even with temps on the rise.

All snow now in Parkville 2 miles west of 95.

Interesting.  Just went from all sleet to a sleet / snow mix in Parkville.  31.4 / 30

13 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

An inch and if we can really hold the mix line off until 4am, might eke out another inch. Gorgeous here.

Already all sleet now a few miles to your east.  That warm air aloft is legit.

Down to 32 again from a high of 36 in Parkville/NE Baltimore City.  Dew point still quite low at 16.

SN+ in Parkville, just turned back over to 100% snow in the last 20 minutes or so, and grassy surfaces are caving quickly.....temps and DP finally crashing, now 33.6 / 32. 

If we can keep this up for 4 or 5 hours, this could end up over performing.