Southern MD / Lower Eastern Shore weather discussion

[nw baltimore wx]

1 minute ago, Lowershoresadness said:

welcome friend

I wish you'd share a few of those percs with some in the main forum.  We chase off new posters over there.

[AlexD1990]

Coming down incredibly heavy already 

[Lowershoresadness]

2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I wish you'd share a few of those percs with some in the main forum.  We chase off new posters over there.

with this snow our post to snow ratio is the best in history of all weather forums

[Lowershoresadness]

7 minutes ago, csnavywx said:

Flipping from light rain to light snow here already.

what are we looking at overnight?

[SnowtoRain]

33.1 heavy snow, ground finally caving

[AlexD1990]

Absolutely puking snow. Roads in Dewey Beach are snow covered already, and a lot of businesses that were going to stay open to 4-6pm are closing now.

[csnavywx]

12 minutes ago, Lowershoresadness said:

what are we looking at overnight?

For you, should be cranking into the overnight. Will be occasional breaks/lulls as the precip starts taking on a more convective nature and you do lose some saturation in the DGZ as the low pulls in super close to shore -- but there could be a few rumbles of thunder later this afternoon and evening too.

[SnowtoRain]

32.5 now, not sure if any model had this, not sure if that means everything is moving quicker or intensity is greater

[Lowershoresadness]

4 minutes ago, SnowtoRain said:

32.5 now, not sure if any model had this, not sure if that means everything is moving quicker or intensity is greater

I was scheduled to move into all snow after 7pm. Way ahead of that so far

[csnavywx]

All snow here. About 3 hours ahead of schedule. Usually a decent sign.

[csnavywx]

7 minutes ago, SnowtoRain said:

32.5 now, not sure if any model had this, not sure if that means everything is moving quicker or intensity is greater

Better diabatic cooling from getting decent precip early on and strong low-to-mid level lift doing its job. Winds flipping north earlier than forecast didn't hurt either.

[Lowershoresadness]

4 minutes ago, csnavywx said:

Better diabatic cooling from getting decent precip early on and strong low-to-mid level lift doing its job. Winds flipping north earlier than forecast didn't hurt either.

gone from super wet flakes to a much finer snow

[csnavywx]

Getting some snow grains mixing in here. Usually means cloud tops are not quite cold enough. Needs more time.

[Lowershoresadness]

Just now, csnavywx said:

Getting some snow grains mixing in here. Usually means cloud tops are not quite cold enough. Needs more time.

not seeing much wind yet

[csnavywx]

Just now, Lowershoresadness said:

not seeing much wind yet

Prob won't see much til about 6pm. Low is still >1000mb. Dropping fast now, but wind lags the increase in pressure gradient force. 

[AlexD1990]

[SnowtoRain]

4 minutes ago, csnavywx said:

Better diabatic cooling from getting decent precip early on and strong low-to-mid level lift doing its job. Winds flipping north earlier than forecast didn't hurt either.

Thanks. 

[SnowtoRain]

Eyeballing 1"

[Lowershoresadness]

hey we popped that orange chat box hot. we must be getting a good storm

[AlexD1990]

Keep hearing thumping on my roof from slush falling off the trees

[Midshore]

Over an inch and 34°. Moderate snow after a heavy band earlier. 

[diatae]

Just flipped to all snow. Chonky flakes.

[southmdwatcher]

All snow now and large chunky flakes in Charles County, agree with diatae^^^^

[SnowtoRain]

Eyeballing 1.5". Lighter intensity now

[csnavywx]

Back to snow grains/pellets. Having issues keeping the snow growth zone saturated it seems.

[AlexD1990]

https://imgur.com/a/aZuMxwA

 

Just some shots from taking the dog out. Eyeballing 1.5-2" so far. It's so heavy it is falling off surfaces from its own weight 

[SnowtoRain]

1.5" here on cold surfaces, roads not caved though, looks like at elast 2" in your photo

[PrinceFrederickWx]

35F and heavy snow. Grass has fully caved. I'll be taking my first measurement tonight. Looking good so far.

[Lowershoresadness]

sitting under a great band at the moment