January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[Bob Chill]

2 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

Even though well south of us your experiences with this may mirror our own as to mixing being on time and accumulation factors

If the current conditions persist I can make up some ground quick.  High ratio stuff falling right now and I lost another degree and down to 15. I'm honestly surprised with both. I figured my yard would underperform in both categories. Snow growth at the beginning was terrible. I think salt has a higher ratio lol. 

[jayyy]

Where are you?

That went over your head for sure

[bncho]

In case people forgot what inches of sleet looks like...

https://x.com/ToddYakoubian/status/2015070817290174742

[Benjamn3]

29 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

16F and just measured 3 inches. Snow is on the way too.

Ohhh we got a bragger. 

[Terpeast]

Another 3 hours perhaps? Then pixie dust first hour or so, and the rates increase. At least that’s the plan…

[Bubbler86]

12 and -6 in Northern Washington County. 

[wxdude64]

At 7 pm snow and 14.2/9.0. About 1/2 inch now OTG. 

[bncho]

3 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

If the current conditions persist I can make up some ground quick.  High ratio stuff falling right now and I lost another degree and down to 15. I'm honestly surprised with both. I figured my yard would underperform in both categories. Snow growth at the beginning was terrible. I think salt has a higher ratio lol. 

At least you'll probably beat out the 3k NAM, which had you down for about ~1". 

[DDweatherman]

14 degrees here at the moment. Don’t hate these temperatures. 

[grhqofb5]

18 in Odenton, Md

[mappy]

Can we not with those jokes y’all. One RR making them is one more than needed as it is 

Enjoy the snow 

[RickinBaltimore]

18/-7 here in beautiful downtown Colgate

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Has this now become the obs plus any model discussion thread?  Other one was locked.  Just wanted to check.

[mappy]

Just now, Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Has this now become the obs plus any model discussion thread?  Other one was locked.  Just wanted to check.

Yes

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Just now, mappy said:

Yes

OK great, thank you!  I'll look here for 00Z and beyond model discussion as well as current obs then.

[Huffwx]

Down to 13 in Forest.. eyeballing .25 ish? 

[Miss Pixee]

19 DP -4

Streets completely covered...in salt!

[nw baltimore wx]

On topic, I've never seen so much salt on the roads as I did tonight in the city.

Off topic, the attic pipes that froze are over my laundry room.  It's been a problem since I put on the addition over 20 years ago.  Putting water pipes in a wall between the house and garage is against code, so we were forced by the inspector to run them up a narrow wall for a closet, into the attic about 6" from the eaves of the steeply pitched roof.  Makes complete sense since the pipes go into an attic on the north side of the house that doesn't get sunlight from December to March, and where it's 15 degrees now, while my well insulated south facing garage is a balmy 43.  

I built a coffin around the pipes in the attic by insulating the rafters with foam board and topping with R-stupid high insulation, and even cut a vent into the ceiling of my laundry room into the coffin so heat from that room would heat the coffin. Still, the cold line froze.

So my solution is that I have a kerosene heater in the laundry room now to hopefully really get some hot air in the coffin with the pipes.  This is either going to work, or the paint is coming off the walls.  Not sure why it's sideways.

 

[wxdude64]

5 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

The attic pipes that froze are over my laundry room.  It's been a problem since I put on the addition over 20 years ago.  Putting water pipes in a wall between the house and garage is against code, so we were forced by the inspector to run them up a narrow wall for a closet, into the attic about 6" from the eaves of the steeply pitched roof.  Makes complete sense since the pipe go into an attic on the north side of the house that doesn't get sunlight from December to March, and where it's 15 degrees now, while my well insulated south facing garage is a balmy 43.  

I built a coffin around the pipes in the attic by insulating the rafters with foam board and topping with R-stupid high insulation, and even cut a vent into the ceiling of my laundry room into the coffin so heat from that room would heat the coffin. Still, the cold line froze.

So my solution is that I have a kerosene heater in the laundry room now to hopefully really get some hot air in the coffin with the pipes.  This is either going to work, or the paint is coming off the walls.  Not sure why it's sideways.

 

Yep, makes PERFECT sense. And when does someone from the county inspection team come to fix/repair if the pipes go? Yeah, exactly what I thought. Hope you get them to reopen and not burst!! 

[Random Chaos]

20.0F / 6.1F

[nw baltimore wx]

1 minute ago, wxdude64 said:

Yep, makes PERFECT sense. And when does someone from the county inspection team come to fix/repair if the pipes go? Yeah, exactly what I thought. Hope you get them to reopen and not burst!! 

I understand the reason for codes, but there has to be some common sense involved.  But thanks.  I'm not overly worked up over it.  I am pretty sure that I turned off the water to that part of the house before any pipes were damaged, and I still have the bathroom in the original 1941 structure to use because it never freezes. It's just the newer part. 

[Demeter]

First flakes here in Spotsylvania. Very, very light though. 

[SilentTalkie]

Dusting in Nelson. Fine flakes. 

[grhqofb5]

Why do people post the temperature at their house, but not provide their location? Have to click on the profile to figure it out….

[clskinsfan]

13.6/-7 here....Hmm. New for me to be so far below zero on the dews. Maybe the 7 hour wait was correct?

[Mrs.J]

16.3 here in my corner of Frederick Co. Still have a negative dew at -5.4 whole house humidifier has been working all day. 

[nj2va]

2 minutes ago, Demeter said:

First flakes here in Spotsylvania. Very, very light though. 

Excellent!  Steadily marching north.

[astarck]

2 minutes ago, grhqofb5 said:

Why do people post the temperature at their house, but not provide their location? Have to click on the profile to figure it out….

Turn your phone landscape 

[Solution Man]

Just now, astarck said:

Turn your phone landscape 

You’ll fit in nicely 

[nw baltimore wx]

Okay, rye whiskey is poured. Cat is going outside, back inside, outside, inside, repeat...   Caps game is on soon.  Radar returns are showing up.  And snow is on the way!

Let's go!