Jandurin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I'll take no winter all winter over damaging ice storm. Sorry icebros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danajames Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It was a nice little snowfall yesterday with my neck of the woods picking up around 3". Mainly sleet towards evening and then just intermittent rain overnight. And of course, the main event is yet another GL cutter with heavy rain. On and on it goes. It's so predictable that it's almost redundant at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Jandurin said: I'll take no winter all winter over damaging ice storm. Sorry icebros. I'd love to experience a REAL ice storm even if I lose power for a week. Seeing ZR with temps in the low 20s would be sweet. I came close once when I lived in New Salem, PA during the '13 - '14 winter. We had about 0.5" ZR and lost power for half a day. The countryside was so beautiful and still. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Whoa what happened? Did it not get above freezing even in Balt. City last night? (Just waking up, lol Was surprised to see even the city schools closed, lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucketts Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 As pretty as this is, we have many trees that are down out here. Be safe out there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Getting a steady number of wires/transformer calls in the northern half of Montgomery County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notvirga! Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Only a couple inches of sleet and snow, but I really liked this event. It's been a good while since I've seen snow crusted over with ice--gorgeous scenery. It's too bad that it's going to mostly melt today. Nothing like '94 when I remember (in Winchester) we had a 6-8 inches of snow and so much freezing rain on top of it, you couldn't stand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Howard county emergency management reporting numerous trees and wires down throughout the county. looks like LWX expanded WSWs and extended WWAs for ice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Clarksburg, MD @ 9:20 AM 12Feb 2019 roads around the neighborhood are still very icy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: Howard county emergency management reporting numerous trees and wires down throughout the county. looks like LWX expanded WSWs and extended WWAs for ice. It's getting interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Latest SPC mesoanalysis shows 925 mb 0° line running well south of DC. This will likely promote a continuation of freezing rain in the normally prone areas of the subforum through midday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandurin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Glad I told wife to stay in Florida a few more days (they let her switch her flight for free). Who wants to be in this mess if they don't have to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 The roads are an absolute mess out here. We have had sleet/ZR mix for a while now and there are wrecks everywhere. Route 7 has multiple trees and power lines down across the road up on the Blue Ridge. Crashes on Rt 7 from Berryville to Winchester. Just general mayhem everywhere. This turned into a legit ice storm here. Just need the temps to climb a couple of degrees and get this one over with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Power outages really jumping now in Howard, Baltimore and Montgomery counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: Howard county emergency management reporting numerous trees and wires down throughout the county. looks like LWX expanded WSWs and extended WWAs for ice. the county school system made an awful call to only have 2 hour delay today. It's fine here in the southeast part of the county, but it's a massive mess in the northwest half. But they got skewered in the press for closing yesterday and swung the pendulum too far back the other way today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: The roads are an absolute mess out here. We have had sleet/ZR mix for a while now and there are wrecks everywhere. Route 7 has multiple trees and power lines down across the road up on the Blue Ridge. Crashes on Rt 7 from Berryville to Winchester. Just general mayhem everywhere. This turned into a legit ice storm here. Just need the temps to climb a couple of degrees and get this one over with. Absolutely nothing down here, but a bit of ice in the trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, high risk said: the county school system made an awful call to only have 2 hour delay today. It's fine here in the southeast part of the county, but it's a massive mess in the northwest half. But they got skewered in the press for closing yesterday and swung the pendulum too far back the other way today I'm in the northeast part of the county and our roads are totally fine. I thought someone said Columbia was fine, too? What's going on in the Northwest half? I don't know about the western half of the county yesterday, but a two-hour delay would have been fine for my area. Other than north facing sidewalks, all streets and sidewalks were totally wet by 8 am. I'm sure it was a different story to the west. I always wonder why they don't split part of Howard like they do Baltimore County, but I guess it's just such a small county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said: I'd love to experience a REAL ice storm even if I lose power for a week. Seeing ZR with temps in the low 20s would be sweet. I came close once when I lived in New Salem, PA during the '13 - '14 winter. We had about 0.5" ZR and lost power for half a day. The countryside was so beautiful and still. I did and never want to again. I was in the devastating 1994 ice storm in northern Calvert County. It was ridiculous - two days of steady moderate rain with air temps in the low to mid 20s leaving THREE inches of solid ice glaze. I stood on our covered porch at night and watched the sky lighting up in greenish flashes from transformers blowing in all directions, and heard branches and trees cracking and smashing to the ground in the woods. I have never seen so much ice -- it was surreal. My folks somehow did not lose power, but many did and for up to two weeks. It took years for the tree line behind my parents' house to look normal again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 M0.3" ZR Laytonsville 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Howard County fire probably has dispatched ~30 calls related to ice/wires/transformers today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, osfan24 said: I'm in the northeast part of the county and our roads are totally fine. I thought someone said Columbia was fine, too? What's going on in the Northwest half? I don't know about the western half of the county yesterday, but a two-hour delay would have been fine for my area. Other than north facing sidewalks, all streets and sidewalks were totally wet by 8 am. I'm sure it was a different story to the west. I always wonder why they don't split part of Howard like they do Baltimore County, but I guess it's just such a small county. see Eskimo Joe's latest post. It is indeed fine in the southeast part of the county, but it's a massive mess in the other half. Lots of stuff on the school system FB page of cars and busses having to navigate around downed trees and overall icy conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Rt. 94 in Lisbon closed due to multiple trees down at several locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Quote AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1005 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2019 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS TO OUR NORTHWEST TODAY AS A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE DELMARVA TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE CROSSING INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY WILL BRING A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION TO END THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 12Z IAD SOUNDING SHOWED A WARM NOSE OF 4.2C AT 809 MB OR AROUND 6.2 KFT WITH A FREEZING LEVEL AT 211 FT. A SUBSTANTIAL COLD LAYER IS NOTED BETWEEN 627 FT AND 5KFT. THUS, THE REASON WHY THE FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN ELEVATION DEPENDENT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION ON ELEVATED SURFACES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWEST HOWARD COUNTIES WITH POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS DOWN, THOSE TWO ZONES WERE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. ICE ACCRETION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE FALLS 5-6 MB/3HR TAKE PLACE AFTER 18Z WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN COLD AIR ERODING QUICKLY. WE WILL SEE A TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE REGION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ALLEGANY COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO HOLD AT OR BELOW FREEZING, THUS WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO HANG ON THERE THE LONGEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ELSEWHERE, RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY, PICKING UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RAIN TOTALS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH FOR MOST, WITH UPWARDS OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN MD. AS LOW PRESSURE CROSSES INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING, A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT, BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. WINDS WILL PICKUP AS THE FRONT SWINGS THROUGH, AND WITH COLDER AIR PUSHING IN, THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW ALONG THE ALLEGHENIES WITH MINOR ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL HOLD ABOVE FREEZING AS THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatoctinRN Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 The side roads here are horrendous. It's like an ice skating rink out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Ended up going with 5.5. For a storm total. Spotter 1 mile away had 4.7. At 8 p.m. last night so my total seems in line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, HighStakes said: Ended up going with 5.5. For a storm total. Spotter 1 mile away had 4.7. At 8 p.m. last night so my total seems in line. How's the icing up your way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Driving into work today in HoCo, this was two cars in front of me. Pretty wild to watch it all unfold. I'd have stuck around to help, but when I rolled down my window, all the trees were creaking and popping, so I was out of there. Yelled at the driver to do the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, DDweatherman said: How's the icing up your way? Pretty solid glaze on everything. Side roads and neighborhood roads were really bad but now they are getting better. Starting to get beeezy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, nw baltimore wx said: Driving into work today in HoCo, this was two cars in front of me. Pretty wild to watch it all unfold. I'd have stuck around to help, but when I rolled down my window, all the trees were creaking and popping, so I was out of there. Yelled at the driver to do the same. Wow...where was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Let the melt off commence. Rain at 33 degrees here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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