December 16-17, 2020 Winter Storm Obs/Nowcasting

[WxUSAF]

 

[adelphi_sky]

My 6 year old was jumping up and down screaming, "It's snowing. Everything is covered!"  Win! Anything else is bonus this winter. 

Fatties mixed in. Moderate snow. 

30.4/28.1

[real]

Heavy Snow/Sleet mix in  Downtown DC, but in last few minutes sleets seems to be winning out. Big ice pellets.  But all streets covered in white now

[jmk]

8 minutes ago, BristowWx said:

SN 30.  3 miles north of rt 28 in W PWC.  

 

@BristowWx we're not too far off, I'm right near the Target in Gainesville. sitting at 28 and coming down harder than it has all day

[PhineasC]

1 minute ago, Ruin said:

was this massive dryslot forecasted 

Some models had it, yes. 

[mattie g]

1 minute ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Which side is the right side? I don’t know how to interpret that map

Most of us don’t know what those maps mean!

[LeesburgWx]

Heavy snow!!

[EB89]

Temp down a degree to 27 with DP of 26. Best rates of the day, and only picking up.

[WinterWxLuvr]

KOKV reporting Snow with vis at 0.25. Not sure what constitutes heavy but ok

[Scraff]

Flakes definitely “embiggening” @WxUSAFMight have to get ready for Jebwalk #1. Definitely moving toward moderate. Or dare I say heavy? 

[DDweatherman]

Just now, WinterWxLuvr said:

KOKV reporting Snow with vis at 0.25. Not sure what constitutes heavy but ok

<1/4mi lol 

[WxUSAF]

Just now, WinterWxLuvr said:

KOKV reporting Snow with vis at 0.25. Not sure what constitutes heavy but ok

That's it!  1/4mi

[wxtrix]

2 minutes ago, Ruin said:

was this massive dryslot forecasted 

dude, get out of here and ask in your own thread. we don't know and we don't care.

[PCT_ATC]

Freakishly Fat Farkers falling here in Opal, V.a    Some are about the size of a silver dollar.  The  visibility just about 1/4 mile so s+  30 degrees.  approx 2" on the deck

[DDweatherman]

Embiggening is a new one. Visibility creeping down here off 140 in Westminster.
 

26.6 degrees, little over 1/2”

[mappy]

2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

 

i want gravity waves!

[MDSnowyWxTracker]

Ripping heavy snow now.  Wind also picked up a little bit more now.

[haudidoody]

90% sleet now, got about an inch+ of snow. Better than my old snowhole though in Alexandria which looks like zilch as usual.

[WEATHER53]

8 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Moderate snow in SE DC. . But why tho? And it’s sticking. Let’s just get on with this and get it over with. 

Why is because baro has exerted like  I said  it would 

[Skywalker03]

Moderate snow (thanks trix) in Derwood.  Flake size has increased.  Winter wonderland!

[nesussxwx]

22 minutes ago, nesussxwx said:

cousin reporting sleet in north nokesville . huge flakes beforehand

all sleet now, he reported 1" they definitely overperformed

[LP08]

Starting to "hear" the snow in N. Arlington a little more.  Still massive parachutes.

[Scraff]

White asteroids beat down!

[Alcoholhelps]

Huge fatties in 16th street heights right next to Rock Creek park. It’s sticking and gorgeous!

[wxtrix]

2 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

KOKV reporting Snow with vis at 0.25. Not sure what constitutes heavy but ok

1/4 visibility constitutes heavy snow.

[BristowWx]

SN 28 still.  Almost 2 inches 

[Thanatos_I_Am]

Puking snow in College Park. Will have an update on the beltway shortly. 

[DDweatherman]

Just now, WEATHER53 said:

Why is because baro has exerted like  I said  it would 

I can see the isobars still looking favorable for us, NE winds and flow at 850 isn’t off the ocean just yet. 

[snowmagnet]

It's pretty moderately snowing big flakes here in Fairfax/Centreville, just west of FFX City.  Hoping the snow lasts a while longer before the changeover.  On the Euro, we were fairly consistently on the western edge of the line of "have" and "have a heck of lot less".   I just measured 1.75"  I think thats more than last year's total.

[Baltimorewx]

Flake size increasing in Middle River. Still overall kinda light.