Deck Pic Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 This is the highest impact small event since 2/14/07. Higher impact than 2/11/06. Downtown, it looks like we had a 6-8" event. So in that sense it is pretty cool. If we had a high ratio 3" event, it would have mostly disappeared today under a mid march sun with temps in the upper 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'd say we would have a ground blizzard in gaithersburg if the wind wasn't blowing over thick ice slabs. These cars will NOT be able to pull out tomorrow... luckily we snow shoveled ours out ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Re freezing has occurred in Gaithersburg. What looks like a comfy fluffy layer of 4" thick snow is hard as concrete. I walked across it in slippers and tracked nothing. There is no way some of these cars get out tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ3 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 46 minutes ago, Deck Pic said: This is the highest impact small event since 2/14/07. Higher impact than 2/11/06. Downtown, it looks like we had a 6-8" event. So in that sense it is pretty cool. If we had a high ratio 3" event, it would have mostly disappeared today under a mid march sun with temps in the upper 30s. I noticed the same thing as I drove around today about how it appeared we had a bigger event. Is that because of all the sleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, TJ3 said: I noticed the same thing as I drove around today about how it appeared we had a bigger event. Is that because of all the sleet? Yes. Notice the other event he referred to--- the last 2"+ sleet bomb we experienced. That sleet-pack had to be removed with special equipment in parking lots all across the area once it froze over solid. So much liquid equivalent packed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Good Times tonight sledding with the wife... Sleet pack is so hard that my 225lbs frame didn't even make a dent in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Its FREEZING COLD out with northerly wind gusts well over 40 mph. Everything is frozen solid. I jebwalked over the sleetpack, I felt like I was traversing the Khumbu Ice Fall. It feels like mid January out there, and looks it too. Surreal, with grass in some places 12 inches tall and flowering trees all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snjókoma Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I doubt there will be any melting today except a little bit on pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 hour ago, snjókoma said: I doubt there will be any melting today except a little bit on pavement. You will be surprised what a March sun can do. The sun is at the same angle as the last week of September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Does anyone have the quick cliff's notes for the what the airports tallied for the storm? ETA - found it, I think: 1.7 DCA 2.2 BWI 5.6 Dulles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 How much sleet did Tysons Corner get? One of my friends said that side roads there are still ice covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 3/15/2017 at 10:36 AM, North Balti Zen said: Does anyone have the quick cliff's notes for the what the airports tallied for the storm? ETA - found it, I think: 1.7 DCA 2.2 BWI 5.6 Dulles 2.5 at BWI total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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