January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[poprock49]

Just now, stormtracker said:

Your'e late

I’m still waiting here (maybe 2 miles from you?) but should be any minute.

[loshjott]

Nothing yet in Silver Spring, just outside the beltway. 

[JenkinsJinkies]

Not liking the sleet talk at this point in South VA. Bust?

[EHoffman]

Gonna be jebwalking up to the Cathedral at probably like 1am if any of you sickos are keen to join me.  One of my favorite snow spots in DC 

[wxdude64]

At 11 pm I have 2.3 on the snowboard and the deck. 12.7/9.1 and pounding big flakes. 

[Wetbulbs88]

3 minutes ago, ScottishWarrior said:

Will be watching your reports closely. I live there but we are away. I worry about power and our fur babies.

Are they alone while you’re away? 

[Scraff]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Stay up for the next 8 hours dude.  Sleep is overrated

lol. About to make a pot of coffee. 

[Wxtrix]

52 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Yall remember this?  I went back to what seems like 17 years ago to the first thread I made about this storm and found this. 

 

still looks good out here. 

[Bob Chill]

75% sleet. 1-2 hours early. Unfortunately this doesn't surprise me. Sleet lines always hit all the green lights. So 1.5" of clean snow is my tally. More inline with the NAMs than globals down here. Hopefully the zr doesn't beat on me too much lol. For now I'll be in 2-3:1 ratios building a glacier 

[EastCoast NPZ]

Got some flakes now.

[JenkinsJinkies]

Bust confirmed

[bncho]

Just now, JenkinsJinkies said:

Bust confirmed

shut the fuck up

[BristowWx]

1 minute ago, deer said:

best of luck sir. flakes started around an hour ago for us. picking up a bit now.

Already sleet in SW VA.  Either I stay up all night or assume I’ve pellets will wake me at 0700

[Miss Pixee]

Snowing lightly in S.E. DC. 19 degrees, DP up to 1 from -4.

[stormtracker]

2 minutes ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

Not liking the sleet talk at this point in South VA. Bust?

Relax dude.  Just wait it out at this point

[clskinsfan]

1 minute ago, Bob Chill said:

Hopefully the zr doesn't beat on me too much

Scariest thing about this storm for sure. 

[JenkinsJinkies]

Just now, bncho said:

shut the fuck up

I mean sleet has started 1-2 hours early in Southern VA.

[clskinsfan]

1 minute ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

Bust confirmed

Bro your posts are literal dog shit. 

[LordBaltimore]

Nothing yet in Kings Contrivance. Hoping to get a flake or two before this little band moves out

[deer]

1 minute ago, BristowWx said:

Already sleet in SW VA.  Either I stay up all night or assume I’ve pellets will wake me at 0700

pellets it is

[bncho]

Just now, JenkinsJinkies said:

I mean sleet has started 1-2 hours early in Southern VA.

you're so bipolar it's annoying. you weenie the people who are negative and then suddenly you're negative when it's barely even started up here.

[konksw]

1 minute ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

I mean sleet has started 1-2 hours early in Southern VA.

The snow is also starting 1-2 hours early…………..

[Ji]

Not liking the sleet talk at this point in South VA. Bust?

Rgem has it but still gets us good

[psuhoffman]

Forget the NAM. It’s 50 miles off everything else even the other cams. But I Caught something on the RRFS. 
 

Verbatim it’s meh with 4-5” across the area. But it has an intense band of precip from 16-19z across the area as sleet but it’s super close.  It’s only +1 at about 750 mb. Every other layer is fine. This is 700 which is the closest layer I can get represented but it’s close to the warmest layer. If it’s 1* colder across this area from 16-19z it would be 10” instead of 4” 

This trend has been on the last 2 runs and now it’s super close to a better result  

[bncho]

Just now, Ji said:

Rgem has it but still gets us good

Thank you so much Ji. Posts have really improved. Keep smoking that TWC music!

[Disc]

Raging sleet storm now. Down to 8.8F. This was heading into work. Fingers crossed we don't flop to ZR, or getting home might be an issue in the morning. 

[EHoffman]

Imagine bitching on this board cause Danville flipped to sleet an hour early instead of enjoying the 15 degree powder we’re about to get.  Couldn’t be me.

[KAOS]

2 minutes ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

I mean sleet has started 1-2 hours early in Southern VA.

Seek Counseling.

18F Cloudy

[Berlin1926]

In the last hour, temp has gone from 16.5 to 16.7. DP 11.3 to 12.8.  Midlothian (Middle Earth), VA.  Moderate snow.

[Bob Chill]

1 minute ago, Ji said:

Rgem has it but still gets us good

I'm 60 miles north of that line