The Return of the 12/5 Snowstorm

[wxdude64]

Had chicken and taters for dinner last night, so that determined this morning's late lunch/brunch. Tater cakes, bacon and toast with homemade blackberry jam. Or, as I refer to it when I make it, the biege/tan meal. 

Oh, this is not banter, lol. Looks like snow has lightened up a good bit in last 15, we may be done here. Still below freezing at 29.0/27.9. 

[mattie g]

Early-December sun angle is doing a number on the sidewalks and roads here in Burke. They were covered only an hour ago. Now they’re completely clear.

1.5” as of 9:45 am…

[TSG]

Close to 3" on the south side of Charlottesville. Light snow hanging on for a bit longer

27/24

[Eskimo Joe]

5 minutes ago, yoda said:

1.5" in Gaithersburg at 930am per EM

That was me. Measured twice on snow boards outside our public safety HQ.

[snowfan]

Sitting right at 1.5” at home.

 

[WxUSAF]

5 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

That was me. Measured twice on snow boards outside our public safety HQ.

Dang. Maybe I did get an inch? Saw an Ellicott City spotter report with 0.6” an hour ago and that’s north of me…

[wxdude64]

9 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

Had chicken and taters for dinner last night, so that determined this morning's late lunch/brunch. Tater cakes, bacon and toast with homemade blackberry jam. Or, as I refer to it when I make it, the biege/tan meal. 

Oh, this is not banter, lol. Looks like snow has lightened up a good bit in last 15, we may be done here. Still below freezing at 29.0/27.9. 

Takes that back, snow has picked up and on radar a decent batch to my west to push thru, I'll wait a bit. WAS gonna measre and send in a snow event total to NWS Blacksburg, maybe later. Eyeballing where I've cleared earlier guesstimate 1.5 has fallen since 7 am. 

[LP08]

Probably 1.5" here but too lazy to measure so take that for what its worth.

[WxUSAF]

LWX cancelled the WWA for Howard last night before it started and I think they should have let it ride given the overlap with the morning commute…

[weatherCCB]

1.5” here

looks to be tapering off

[WxUSAF]

Just now, LP08 said:

Probably 1.5" here but too lazy to measure so take that for what its worth.

We call that 2.75” in this business 

[Eskimo Joe]

11 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Early-December sun angle is doing a number on the sidewalks and roads here in Burke. They were covered only an hour ago. Now they’re completely clear.

1.5” as of 9:45 am…

That plus we had full sun on bare ground yesterday. A lot of the four-inch soil temperatures on the mesonet sites yesterday were around 40 degrees. This morning, many have cooled off into the mid to upper 30s. The next storm will accumulate more effectively, IMO.

[LP08]

Just now, WxUSAF said:

We call that 2.75” in this business 

Grass cut to 1" makes it look like 4" 

[Maestrobjwa]

1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

We call that 2.75” in this business 

Your perspective is too slanted...

[wxmeddler]

3 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

LWX cancelled the WWA for Howard last night before it started and I think they should have let it ride given the overlap with the morning commute…

There was fairly steady contraction in the virga hole on the north side of KLWX which is upstream of even northern MoCo/HoCo. The signs were there that it was gonna do the thing.

[Eskimo Joe]

One last decent band shaping up for DC proper. I hope DCA gets its first inch of snow.

[Negnao]

Really good returns over dc right now. Should easily be 1st inch at DCA.  

[Weather Will]

I wonder if NWS  could consider splitting Frederick county MD into two zones.  Weather in north near  PA line usually gets it worse but today the south portion did and the county was caught with its pants down.  I'm sure doing that would be a bureaucratic nightmare but they should consider it.  Today was a perfect example why.

[Eskimo Joe]

5 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

I wonder if NWS  could consider splitting Frederick county MD into two zones.  Weather in north near  PA line usually gets it worse but today the south portion did and the county was caught with its pants down.  I'm sure doing that would be a bureaucratic nightmare but they should consider it.  Today was a perfect example why.

I always figured it would be easier to split north/south along US 15.

[WxUSAF]

1.1” at IAD officially 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

https://mocoshow.com/2025/12/05/icy-conditions-spark-numerous-collisions-in-montgomery-county-mcfrs-urges-caution/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOf1FdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETExUzM2WVNGY0U1Z2FSZ2ZEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpJLeZu2VqWsVyyk1CGiBJpJ39wGIXdZx_KSPuiazudI8drMRTwBzu4ApsMQ_aem_pHHwn34TMkUOlgaBz7xAlg

[bncho]

Well, I'm at school now (boo!), but it's snowing where it is located in Alexandria.

[H2O]

Big dookie flakes now. It’s filling in the spots on the grass that looked bad. Snow globe outside 

[T. August]

.3 measured in Havre de Grace. 25°

[Eskimo Joe]

DCA and IAD M1.1"

WE DID IT!

[clueless]

Car topper here in Arcola. A bit more to the west in South Leesburg.  What will be remembered is the number of fender benders and spin outs on the way to work. 

[hstorm]

1.3 in Great Falls. I’ll take it for the first snow. 

[jnis]

About 1” in Damascus

[Eskimo Joe]

@WxUSAF spotter in Sykesville, Carroll County just reported M0.5" snow. I think you got close to an inch.

[stormy]

3.0 inches north side of Waynesboro.

Got my driveway plowed out. Still flurries falling.  28 degrees.