12/2 Cold Rain and High Elevation Snow

[mitchnick]

5 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Radar suggest it’s rippin there wish I was there to confirm 

Rain and sleet now...you ain't missin' a thing.

[mitchnick]

Back edge moving fast this way and is now just east of Hancock, MD. Can't end soon enough. 

[dailylurker]

Well, we're getting the rain we all needed so badly lol. Radar suggest that most of the area might end up with an inch of rain today. 

[paxpatriot]

Got a nice changeover back to snow about 2 hours ago up on the M/D. Ended up with 1.75 slushy inches. Not what I was hoping for but snow is snow, especially this early.

[T. August]

4 minutes ago, paxpatriot said:

Got a nice changeover back to snow about 2 hours ago up on the M/D. Ended up with 1.75 slushy inches. Not what I was hoping for but snow is snow, especially this early.

Where are you located?

[MDphotog]

Driving from Hagerstown to Frederick, lots of ice on the trees up on South Mountain.  Major roads were fine though.

[Wxtrix]

rain to sleet to freezing rain to rain. if there was snow to start I didn't see it because I didn't bother to get out of bed to check when it started.

[Paleocene]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Well, we're getting the rain we all needed so badly lol. Radar suggest that most of the area might end up with an inch of rain today. 

Ponding in the parts of my yard that get saturated. Haven't seen that much in the last few months.

[wxdude64]

Sun just broke out from behind the clouds, that made the ice in the trees REALLY sparkle. Won't last long though, sunshine pushed temp up two degrees to 34.8 degrees just before noon. 

[MillvilleWx]

Looked at everything last night and decided not to head north for snow. Went to get car serviced instead. Was a nasty, raw morning here in the lowlands. Still getting a cold 39° rain here. We needed it, so I’ll take it. 
 

Sad to see the WAA win out, but that’s the sad truth about these types of setups. If the high is moving out and the antecedent airmass is marginal, probably should hedge on the lower end. This setup in January probably yields one heck of a mess, but the northern tier gets slammed. Till next time! 

[JakkelWx]

What a sharp gradient. Lol

[WEATHER53]

Frederick house had a mix for several hours at 30/31 but no accumulating snow and Kemp Mill rain and 34/35 

[wxmeddler]

4 hours ago, rjvanals said:

Curious what the actual temp profile was when the precip moved in to see how where the warm layer was and how much we actually missed by. 

12:24z BWI

12:09z DCA:

12Z LWX (Balloon):

[Maestrobjwa]

Some flakes mixing in up here in Cockeysville!

[stormy]

Sunshine and 40 degrees at 1pm.

[TSSN+]

It’s still only 33 in Hanover. Course it would be 1 degree off from being all frozen lol 

[rjvanals]

2 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

12:24z BWI

12:09z DCA:

12Z LWX (Balloon):

Thanks! Unfortunately the warm nose at 800 was well modeled and deep enough to fully melt the dendrites which explains the lack of sleet even in the immediate NW suburbs.
 

Any thoughts on if this would’ve worked had it been Jan 2nd rather than Dec2nd? My hunch is this exact storm evolution wouldn’t have worked in the DC metro even in prime climo  

[mappy]

I’m gonna unpin this debacle 

[wxdude64]

So, trying to remember if 40 mph winds were listed in the forecast for this afternoon.... 'cuz that be happening right now. Hit 39.4 around 2 pm, been S L O W L Y dropping since. Currently 38.0/30.2 with WNW wind 16 gusting 37 mph. 

[wxmeddler]

I've been working on this RD-QVP script for the last few weeks. I was  hoping that this event could show off it's capabilities, but in the end it's just very sad. We had no chance.