das Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Btw, it’s columns, needles and plates falling in Clarksburg. I have a cool slo-mo video from when I warmed up the car. You can see the occasional plate sparkling in the headlights. I’ll try to post it when I am at the airport 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, gopper said: Yes. BCPS closing 3 hours early. They might actually be better off staying in the whole day and waiting the snow out, but let the kids have some fun in the snow! Yep. Totally agree, but happy to head home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 HRRR 15-min seems to have the best handle on this right now. Let's hope its wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snjókoma Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Deathband expanding north... 1” in N Arlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopper Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Steady light snow in Towson. It appears Rockville/DC/and points south and east are getting the best stuff again. Radar looks like it is breaking up just to the west of Towson. Hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 29 minutes ago, supernovasky said: Ok I have limited experience with this. Why are the roads this bad right now? I’ve been here for 3 years and never skidded once, including the sleet bomb. But for this 0.5” pixie dust there are cars in ditches. 0.25 or so gets squished, the water squeezes out, film of slick ice. Very bad with an inch there is enough granular left after the compression so that it’s not a slick thin film of frozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Family measuring 0.4” in Arlington near Williamsburg Middle. Could be a little low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 HoCo schools just caved. So be it. There goes my quiet house. Lol. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreWxGuy Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Want to revise this? No because they were fine going in. Lol. The early dismissal doesn’t make sense to me but whatevs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydreb Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said: Family measuring 0.4” in Arlington near Williamsburg Middle. Could be a little low. I live nearby and I think that’s low. We are approaching 1”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar of Herndon Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said: Nailed it with my forecast last night that this was not going to be mostly to our north. Boundary and 500-700mb depictions had precip mass moving right toward us with wind vectors and isobars moving precipitation mass along the rails and right towards us Good call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydreb Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Skies brightening but still SN in N. Arlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 SN+ 8” with 1.5” in the last hour. Picture as I went outside to get some more wood for the fire. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, nj2va said: SN+ 8” with 1.5” in the last hour. Picture as I went outside to get some more wood for the fire. Don’t get swallowed by a drift nor et by a bear pilgrim! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Sun is peaking through the clouds but very slowly parts of sidewalk and parking lot are caving. And I mean very slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissAnthrope Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Snowing nicely in Alexandria/Kingstowne. Big flakes. My street is covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, supernovasky said: Ok I have limited experience with this. Why are the roads this bad right now? I’ve been here for 3 years and never skidded once, including the sleet bomb. But for this 0.5” pixie dust there are cars in ditches. Hey super -- I forget the year but one time we had a quick band of snow move through at evening rush hour with temps in the teens. It had been very cold for a few days but no prior snow, so there was no chemical residue on roads. Most places got just a quarter inch, but tire action from cars flash froze it and all roads became sheets of ice. Salt trucks were helpless because roads were jammed. The area became paralyzed and people were trapped in their cars for hours -- up to 10 hours or more. My wife's mom was in her car for 7 hours for her 12 mile drive. Many people just abandoned their cars and walked off. I have 0.4 in Germantown. I just need 0.1 more to get me to a cool 20" for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 After a brief lull to pixie dust, moderate snow from the southern band back-building north into city. Does seem like more dry air may be moving in, though, so this could be last gasp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 minute ago, BlizzardNole said: Hey super -- I forget the year but one time we had a quick band of snow move through at evening rush hour with temps in the teens. It had been very cold for a few days but no prior snow, so there was no chemical residue on roads. Most places got just a quarter inch, but tire action from cars flash froze it and all roads became sheets of ice. Salt trucks were helpless because roads were jammed. The area became paralyzed and people were trapped in their cars for hours -- up to 10 hours or more. My wife's mom was in her car for 7 hours for her 12 mile drive. Many people just abandoned their cars and walked off. I have 0.4 in Germantown. I just need 0.1 more to get me to a cool 20" for the winter. I think I'm an inch behind you. I'm at 0.4" as well right now. We should hang out sometime with you being so close. You ever go fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydreb Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, BlizzardNole said: Hey super -- I forget the year but one time we had a quick band of snow move through at evening rush hour with temps in the teens. It had been very cold for a few days but no prior snow, so there was no chemical residue on roads. Most places got just a quarter inch, but tire action from cars flash froze it and all roads became sheets of ice. Salt trucks were helpless because roads were jammed. The area became paralyzed and people were trapped in their cars for hours -- up to 10 hours or more. My wife's mom was in her car for 7 hours for her 12 mile drive. Many people just abandoned their cars and walked off. I have 0.4 in Germantown. I just need 0.1 more to get me to a cool 20" for the winter. That was January 2016, just a few days before the blizzard. I had to leave my van and seek refuge in a friends house until someone with a jeep could pick up me and my kids. And even the jeep got into a small fender bender on the way home. That night convinced me to get snow tires (Blizzaks) on my minivan for the winter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, nj2va said: SN+ 8” with 1.5” in the last hour. Picture as I went outside to get some more wood for the fire. Wow you are living the dream having a place up there! Enjoy some powder skiing tomorrow morning before the big warm-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Radar really blossoming to the southeast of DC. Starting to come down harder here in Easton, Decent sized flakes. Some 25-30 dbz stuff just to the west of here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 16th street in DC is snow covered even with heavy traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Light to moderate dusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Scraff said: HoCo schools just caved. So be it. There goes my quiet house. Lol. MoCo too. We end the week with 2 days off, 1 delay, and 2 early closures... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Looks like a little band forming right over us in Germantown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, jaydreb said: That was January 2016, just a few days before the blizzard. I had to leave my van and seek refuge in a friends house until someone with a jeep could pick up me and my kids. And even the jeep got into a small fender bender on the way home. That night convinced me to get snow tires (Blizzaks) on my minivan for the winter. Oooh I remember that one too -- all eyes were on the blizzard and that little one sacked us from our blind side. But the event I am thinking of was a number of years ago. My wife's mom (who spent 7 hours in her car that night) retired in 2008 so it was before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MDphotog Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Anne Arundel just pulled the plug as well. I’m in Glen Burnie area it has been a nice light snow for the past 1.5hrs I guess. Side roads are pretty bad. We will have to see how much more of the moisture makes it over the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydreb Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, BlizzardNole said: Oooh I remember that one too -- all eyes were on the blizzard and that little one sacked us from our blind side. But the event I am thinking of was a number of years ago. My wife's mom (who spent 7 hours in her car that night) retired in 2008 so it was before then. Hmmm, there was of course Commuteageddon but that was in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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