January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[Ji]

Can confirm I have a ridiculous amount of sleet. I am hoping the 3k is correct instead of the HRRR. The 3k keeps me as sleet through this afternoon, HRRR goes to freezing rain here by sunrise. One of those scenarios will be very bad. Temp still falling... down a couple ticks to 7.2F

7 degrees? Where are you at?

[MillvilleWx]

SN- to SN with more bands about to swing through. 
 

We measured 1” as of 320AM. HRRR doing well up here with the storm, so far. 

[stormtracker]

Heavies inbound for DC folks....unless it's sleet

[NorthArlington101]

Heavies inbound for DC folks....unless it's sleet

Time to stack it up. You got a much different measurement than a little less than an inch?

[Disc]

3 minutes ago, Ji said:

7 degrees? Where are you at?

Blacksburg VA

[Jebman]

6 minutes ago, DDweatherman said:

You care to elaborate? 16 here with moderate snow, small flakes. 1/2” or so 

Its something I heard from another poster here back in the Eastern US Weather Forum days. Every time we had sleet in the DMV, that poster would mention that having a lot of sleet in your backyard was like having a hot sister.

Now I've taken it up.

Later on, someone else will proclaim it. I am not sure what it means lol.

[Ji]

Heavies inbound for DC folks....unless it's sleet

It’s not

Not yet anyway

[Ji]

Its something I heard from another poster here back in the Eastern US Weather Forum days. Every time we had sleet in the DMV, that poster would mention that having a lot of sleet in your backyard was like having a hot sister.
Now I've taken it up.
Later on, someone else will proclaim it. I am not sure what it means lol.

Sleet is like having a hot sister. It’s useless. Unless you live in West Virginia

[dailylurker]

It looks like the sleet line is slowing down. It's hitting our wall of cold. Come on, wall of cold! Hold the line. We'll call her Eleanor. Eleanor, hold the line lol. Jebwalk joint just kicked in. I'm out. My neighbors are probably wondering why I'm not already out there wondering around under street lights like a weirdo. 

[NJHurricane]

Just now, Rjay said:

17 degrees with sleet in Richmond, VA. 

Meh…what time had sleet been predicted to enter the chat?

[stormtracker]

6 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Time to stack it up. You got a much different measurement than a little less than an inch?

I’m over an inch.  Trying to wait for heavier before i go out

[EHoffman]

7 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Heavies inbound for DC folks....unless it's sleet

Finally.  We gotta stack the next 3-4 hours.

[Ji]

I’m over an inch.  Trying to wait for heavier before i go out

Latest hrrr is a weenie run but we know the sleet like always comes earlier

[stormtracker]

5 minutes ago, Ji said:

It’s not

Not yet anyway

Those brights should be snow when it gets here

[EHoffman]

Looking at CC doesn't look like the sleet line is racing like it was an hour or so ago.  We still flip by like 8am prob in DC.

[LordBaltimore]

Very heavy rates for past 30 minutes or so. Predominantly spikes and plates, no huge individual flakes but plenty of aggregates

[Ji]

Does anyone know how to get raw current data of our temps at all levels?

[Jebman]

6 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

It looks like the sleet line is slowing down. It's hitting our wall of cold. Come on, wall of cold! Hold the line. We'll call her Eleanor. Eleanor, hold the line lol. Jebwalk joint just kicked in. I'm out. My neighbors are probably wondering why I'm not already out there wondering around under street lights like a weirdo. 

You think you were weird. In the old days I would wander around by streetlights holding a thermometer and a one foot ruler, taking numerous readings for hours and hours. I'd find a patch of ice and slide on it at high speed whooping it up like someone who's just won five billion dollars in the mega millions scratchoff.

Man there is nothing, nothing at all, like the high high you can experience by seeing those big aggregates blowing by the streetlights, banshee northeasterly winds blowing snow along the ground, all while you walk slowly by while blasting your favorite track in your headphones!

[LP08]

Down to 14°. Mod snow, getting that fog look down the street

[dailylurker]

2 minutes ago, Ji said:

Latest hrrr is a weenie run but we know the sleet like always comes earlier

It's slowing down. Look at it on radar. I think we rock for a few hours and stack.

[dailylurker]

2 minutes ago, Jebman said:

You think you were weird. In the old days I would wander around by streetlights holding a thermometer and a one foot ruler, taking numerous readings for hours and hours. I'd find a patch of ice and slide on it at high speed whooping it up like someone who's just won five billion dollars in the mega millions scratchoff.

Lol I remember in 2014 you going into great detail about that. I thought "what a weirdo. I found my tribe" lol

[stormtracker]

I want those yellows

[EHoffman]

Rates way better now, flakes look bigger too (from my apartment).  Gonna go out in like 20-30 minutes I think.

[wawarriors4]

Heavy Snow, 14, in Stafford. But it’s the kind of snow when the sleet line is close.

[balltermen]

15/13, Snow. 1.8"

[Jebman]

22 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

SN- to SN with more bands about to swing through. 
 

We measured 1” as of 320AM. HRRR doing well up here with the storm, so far. 

Best of luck to you! I hope you have the perfect snowstorm for all-time!

[balltermen]

14 minutes ago, EHoffman said:

Looking at CC doesn't look like the sleet line is racing like it was an hour or so ago.  We still flip by like 8am prob in DC.

yeah. i'm thinking 8:30. 

[TSSN+]

North crew is awake. 11 degrees, snowing and about 1" so far. 

[balltermen]

12 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

It's slowing down. Look at it on radar. I think we rock for a few hours and stack.

it's moved about 100 yards in the last half hour. 

[Jebman]

Just now, TSSN+ said:

North crew is awake. 11 degrees, snowing and about 1" so far. 

Welcome to the storm. You'll get crushed soon.