12/14: Sunday funday? Will the south win again?

[snowfan]

12 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

1" official at BWI

That seems highly suspect. I’m south of them, you’re west and the sparrows point poster is NE of them and we all have double that.

[SnowtoRain]

3 minutes ago, CAPE said:

3.2? And I wonder if those stations account for settling/compaction. I just measure what's there- what's otg at the time, not what's fallen.

They definitely got some of the yellow bands that missed me. 3 miles away can make a difference with banding.

It was a measurement error from the sensor, everywhere else is around 1.0"

[Imgoinhungry]

Looks like Damascus and Mount Airy jackpotted?

Tomorrow morning commute should be fun. Lows in mid teens tonight. It will be a glacier out there.


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[CAPE]

Nice band moving through here now with moderate snow. Be nice if I could squeak out 2.

[T. August]

This one was a tough measure. Not counting grass, I measured 2.9-3.5 in different areas. Some grass spots had 4”+

I’m leaning towards splitting the difference at 3.2”. @Kay what did you measure?

[CAPE]

1 minute ago, SnowtoRain said:

It was a measurement error from the sensor, everywhere else is around 1.0"

Yeah I saw,  edited my post.

Does say 1.7" snow depth on the current conditions, which sounds right.

[osfan24]

7 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

5” 

 

At least we should lock up a good winter around here now!

[mappy]

3 minutes ago, Imgoinhungry said:

Looks like Damascus and Mount Airy jackpotted?

Tomorrow morning commute should be fun. Lows in mid teens tonight. It will be a glacier out there.


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Then up to Parrs Ridge and east I think. 

[T. August]

24 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

Surprising its so low. I am 20 miles northeast of you and we have to easily be pushing 4 inches. Although less on the street.

 

This was a wet event and would have done way better with a bit colder temps. But still amazing. Its still been almost 10 years here since a 6 inch + snowstorm. (Blizzard 2016).

Yeah I did end up with more but you were in a better spot it seems

[Interstate]

Temp dropping like a rock. Down to 26.2 

[WxUSAF]

2 minutes ago, T. August said:

This one was a tough measure. Not counting grass, I measured 2.9-3.5 in different areas. Some grass spots had 4”+

I’m leaning towards splitting the difference at 3.2”. @Kay what did you measure?

Brother in law in forest hill measured “a bit over 4”

[Harv_poor]

Measured 2 inches on the nose. Surprised it is so low as community roads were caving by 11:30. Very pretty to wake up to.

Enuf snow though to close my club for lunch, the synagogue and other activities.

[T. August]

Also learned that my snowboard apparently doesn’t like snow. Snow board had 2.9”, asphalt in front of the house had 3.2”, and it was also salted lmao.

[MN Transplant]

41 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

0.3" at DCA.  Woof

 

40 minutes ago, snowfan said:

The pics I’ve seen out of the DC lowlands are comical. 

Ground is barely whitened and the trees don't have much.  At least at my elevation (~450') it stuck to the trees.  DCA's measurements always seem suspect, but for the most part they are reality.

 

[WxUSAF]

2 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

 

Ground is barely whitened and the trees don't have much.  At least at my elevation (~450') it stuck to the trees.  DCA's measurements always seem suspect, but for the most part they are reality.

 

Yeah that looks legit. BWI on the other hand…multiple spotter reports over 2” nearby 

[Ka60]

8 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

I am just North of that yellow band that on the sweat side of 270. For it starting a bit much has filled in. 

Clarksburg seemed to be right at that yellow spot for the duration of the storm.

[Maestrobjwa]

6 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Yeah that looks legit. BWI on the other hand…multiple spotter reports over 2” nearby 

That verifies my unoffical measurement of about 2" on the grass here. Yeah got a little unlucky with the banding, unfortunately...but it still looks gorgeous outside with the snow sticking to everything.

P.S. Glad I took a minute to enjoy it before coming on here and seeing we got kinda unlucky being between those bands. Man being fringed south the first time and north this time sucks man 

BUT...still looks really nice though! Gorgeous scenery for the Christmas season 

[Mrs.J]

I have not been outside to measure. But will give my best eyeball of the deck railing of 1.5 to 2”. Wind is starting to pick up. Need to make trip down to Aldi to put a new blanket I got on our pony. With the really cold today and tomorrow she needs her neck piece on. 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Final total 1.4”

2.9” for Dec. which makes it the snowiest Dec. since I moved down here in 2013.

Man this is a beautiful snow- taking tons of pics.

[Ka60]

Clarksburg, MD  4.6"

[blizzardmeiser]

4.5, biggest storm up here in a few years. 

[Eskimo Joe]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

2” exact

 

1 hour ago, yoda said:

I see a near 5" LSR near Damascus 

IIRC, that's the former COOP program manager for the entire NWS. They're near 880 ft elevation.

[bncho]

1.5" of thick paste. Makes me wonder what the QPF was.

[wxdude64]

Congrats to the northern crew for the hit! I measured... a 'T', lol. Just enough to whiten the ground, actually started as light sleet at 3 am before going over to flurries. 0.01" in the gauge once thawed. Was 27.0 at 7 am (likely the high), now 22.8/12.9 at 9 am. 

[CAPE]

The trees look spectacular.

Temp down to 30. Too bad the snow is about done.

[Terpeast]

Ended up with 1.0”

[SnowenOutThere]

29 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

 

Ground is barely whitened and the trees don't have much.  At least at my elevation (~450') it stuck to the trees.  DCA's measurements always seem suspect, but for the most part they are reality.

 

That’s a depressing picture

[Stormchaserchuck1]

Good news is we have 2 days with highs in the 20s coming up!

Bad news is it warms up Wed, near 50 Thursday, then we will probably have to wait until a little into January for another snow with the PNA dipping to -3 in the coming time.

[CAPE]

1.7" otg in my measurement area.

Ridgley Mesonet(3 miles SW) reporting a snow depth of 1.9"

[SnowenOutThere]

5 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Ended up with 1.0”

I’m out only 5-10 miles east of you and didn’t even hit .5. I really can’t complain as everything’s coated nicely with the temp dropping.