Boxing Day Ice Ice Baby!

[bncho]

looks like some sleet/snow showers working their way thru VA.

[WVclimo]

Mix of light sleet and freezing rain with a shower passing through.  30/20

[nj2va]

Just got to DCL. 27/25 with light freezing rain. Already have a glaze. 

[WxUSAF]

Hoping I can slant stick 0.1” of sleet but doubting it 

[aldie 22]

A few raindrops at 31

[mappy]

30 at home. Hoping it won’t be too bad once we make the trip home

[Mrs.J]

I have to do some serious radar watching. We need to decided the exact last minute we can do our animal sitting jobs. So far my estimated time to do the horses is no later than 2. As for the younger Ms. J who has a hour long drop in we told her that she as of now should plan on being at her job by 1 so she can leave by 2. I have seen some stuff out West of the area I am going to but it looks light. And I do not mind driving in a bit of snow. Ice is a different story. Eyes will be glued to the radar for the next few hours. 

[87storms]

Just peeked at radar…looks like one of those awesome events where you can see the back edge of the precip before the precip arrives.

[EastCoast NPZ]

3 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Just peeked at radar…looks like one of those awesome events where you can see the back edge of the precip before the precip arrives.

There's precip?

[Ji]

25 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

A few raindrops at 31

thats frozen precipitation!

[eddygeeme]

Light sleet with a flake or two has been falling the past 30 min. as a band as broke out. I'm right along the edge of Germantown in Clarksburg on Ridge Rd. Will be interesting how much NW to SE band movement we see.

 

Edit starting to pick up can hear the sleet pinging the roof.

[eddygeeme]

11 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Just peeked at radar…looks like one of those awesome events where you can see the back edge of the precip before the precip arrives.

I think the fact that wintry precipitation has broken out across the Shenandoah Valley and into MD is a positive. I think this system has a more NW to SE precipitation movement vs just looking due West. I was concerned we wouldn't see any thing wintry and would be on the Southern edge of anything.

[87storms]

6 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

There's precip?

On the plus side, you’re only missing minor events in this steroidal La Niña. Once TN valley systems and coastals return, you’re gonna be sitting pretty…and Frederick, too.

[DanTheMan]

Couple sleet pellets in Centreville 

[MN Transplant]

Light sleet, melting immediately 

[bncho]

sleet. 32. you don’t understand how happy I am to say I measured a trace.

[Eskimo Joe]

2 minutes ago, bncho said:

sleet. 32. you don’t understand how happy I am to say I measured a trace.

I like ice and sleet. Any frozen is good frozen.

[Mrs.J]

18 minutes ago, 87storms said:

On the plus side, you’re only missing minor events in this steroidal La Niña. Once TN valley systems and coastals return, you’re gonna be sitting pretty…and Frederick, too.

Just had some sleet down here. Like I have said. I am really hoping this system slides through with nothing. Not today anyways. 

[winter_warlock]

32.7 F here so far not much going on

[clueless]

Sleet here in Dulles. 

[87storms]

10 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

I like ice and sleet. Any frozen is good frozen.

Meh lol. I may need to get a real snowstorm out of my system before I get interested in these nickel and dime frozen events again, unless it’s a legit ice storm (those can be cool minus the power outages). Driving in any sort of ice sucks, though, so from an actual weather forecaster perspective it should be taken seriously due to travel impacts.

[Eskimo Joe]

I-68 in Garrett County is a sheet of ice. Already closed down.

[WEATHER53]

Sleet in Kemp Mill and 31.5 and sleet in Frederick and 30

[Eskimo Joe]

Dew points in the mid teens to low 20s. Pretty impressive to see the wet bulb freezing line just collapse into the lower eastern shore. If only this system had more moisture to work with.

[baltosquid]

Some pingers in Canton

[snowfan]

35 w a sleet sun shower. 

[snowfan]

25 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

I-68 in Garrett County is a sheet of ice. Already closed down.

Where? Both of the 68/219 traffic cams show traffic moving at speed.

[rjvanals]

Hoping to see the sleet line race north to the Tappan Zee bridge tonight 

[Scraff]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

Hoping I can slant stick 0.1” of sleet but doubting it 

I’m hopeful to see one 1 sleet pellet. 

[Kay]

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