Rhode Islander in Balto Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Just measured 5 inches IMBY in Parkville, MD. Still coming down at a decent clip too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Scary that a storm that was forecast to be "up to an inch" about equalled snow totals from the past two winters combined. not if you understand the whims of forecasting particularly late season. i think most of my personal thoughts were very good but i didn't think we'd get that kind of band thru the city so i went too low for my backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Is that really the policy?...I'm not sure all airports do that i think so.. every 6 hours, i know the climo measurements come at 12z. the faa measures every hour which you see in metars but those are not noaa numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Nice -- how much for the winter in Winchester? It has to be one of the biggest differences seen between there and DCA in terms of total winter snowfall. 34" or so at my location north of Winchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Great surprise to wake up to! Snow is just about done here. Measured about 2" in Fairlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 not if you understand the whims of forecasting particularly late season. i think most of my personal thoughts were very good but i didn't think we'd get that kind of band thru the city so i went too low for my backyard. I think we did overplay the "will only stick to mulch and grass" angle a little. The roads were well-covered considering the late date. The rates aren't crazy, just solid moderate/heavy. Just goes to show 1 or 2 degrees makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrivers Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Nice -- how much for the winter in Winchester? It has to be one of the biggest differences seen between there and DCA in terms of total winter snowfall. 30.3" .... it's actually ripping pretty good right now again but compaction gonna make it tough to get anything "measurable"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Its still snowing quite well here. Moderate. I wasn't up earlier to compare to the heavier stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT ...FREDERICK COUNTY... 1 N WILDE ACRES 7.2 723 AM 3/25 NWS EMPLOYEE 7 SE WINCHESTER 5.0 700 AM 3/25 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 E STEPHENS CITY 5.0 610 AM 3/25 TRAINED SPOTTER STEPHENS CITY 2.5 844 AM 3/25 TRAINED SPOTTER Trained spotter? LMAO. Where is he measuring at, the middle of I-81? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think we did overplay the "will only stick to mulch and grass" angle a little. The roads were well-covered considering the late date. The rates aren't crazy, just solid moderate/heavy. Just goes to show 1 or 2 degrees makes all the difference. maybe tho that's an argument both sides are adamant on their positions with. the sun this time of year matters.. we got like 2 hours of 30-40 dbz returns tho which overcomes any sfc warmth without much issue. once you lay that down you can keep going with lighter rates if they are sustained. as soon as the sun came up it was done here at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderman Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Just a hair under 6". Hoping for maybe another inch with the ULL passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Wow....I'm getting some great rates right now. Temp at 33.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCinEC Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Obs from Ellicott City: Car top measurement @ 9:00am IMBY @9:12am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Visibility is low I would guess a hair under a half mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Radar looks to have fizzeled. Can be deceiving though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Definite pivot going on. Band in moco is picking up and new band forming between dc and lwx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigrgd Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 8 inches in the Thunder Hill neighborhood of Columbia at 9:30 AM. Snow is tapering off. This is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 A little increase here in Sterling. Some back building and the snow on radar is not really moving. Of course, getting accumulations is not gonna happen! But it is pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Definite pivot going on. Band in moco is picking up and new band forming between dc and lwx. Yup, definitely see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 HRRR(somehow) again. When you think its over it should fill in from HGR to EZF to ESN and points NE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 I measured around 2.5 after compaction. I slept through the lolzband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 still snowing nicely in Baltimore City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Definite pivot going on. Band in moco is picking up and new band forming between dc and lwx. You can really see that band trying to fill in on mitch's radar (http://www.marylandwx.com/radar/lwx/flashklwxmetrobr.php). I'm absolutely dying to see how much I have on the ground at home right now. I'd imagine we were 3.5-4", but compaction has surely taken its toll now. If we get banded, maybe we could squeeze out just enough to get solidly into the 4" range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Can anyone play by play the hi red models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 I can't do any back patting. My guesses were way too low, especially DC-Balt We all went too low. Basically going with groupthink about sun angle, etc. And let me state in no uncertain terms...sun angle matters. A lot. But it always gets overplayed and I was guilty of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Kudos to the people that got the forecast right...but I don't really see much reason for post-storm analysis...either you hugged teh models (which verified on the lower end for the most part) or you doubted them because it was almost April and they have been bad this winter....Was there really any reason the doubt wasn't warranted....Would it really have shocked people to wake up to non-accumulating or grassy <1" snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 still snowing nicely in Baltimore City lol @ snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You can really see that band trying to fill in on mitch's radar (http://www.marylandwx.com/radar/lwx/flashklwxmetrobr.php). I'm absolutely dying to see how much I have on the ground at home right now. I'd imagine we were 3.5-4", but compaction has surely taken its toll now. If we get banded, maybe we could squeeze out just enough to get solidly into the 4" range. Pretty safe estimate...consistent with other measurements in your neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 30.3" .... it's actually ripping pretty good right now again but compaction gonna make it tough to get anything "measurable"... So 30.3 compared to probably less than 3. That is something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Well, at least we finally beat Raleigh in snow totals. Whew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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