January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[ravensrule]

Just now, nw baltimore wx said:

This is awesome.  I can't remember who said it but to get an event like this at the beginning of a pattern is a gift.

It really is. This should hopefully be a great next 40 days. I can smell it. 

[winter_warlock]

 To be honest it's probably more sleet than snow here.  But heavy. With a temp of only 15.5 here I'm thinking I'm not gonna see much in the way of ZR till maybe the very end

[Bubbler86]

Rimmed snow when hard rates, mix of sleet and snow when lighter.  8 1/4" in Pen-Mark Park area.  8 degrees.

[winter_warlock]

Just now, ravensrule said:

It really is. This should hopefully be a great next 40 days. I can smell it. 

 Hopefully we will be able to cash in at least a few times!!

[MillvilleWx]

1 minute ago, 87storms said:

Still decent flakes in the Whittier area 

Hold the line my man! 

[Interstate]

Still barely holding onto snow here in 21057. 11.8/10.4

[87storms]

Just now, ravensrule said:

It really is. This should hopefully be a great next 40 days. I can smell it. 

I’m glad I joined an indoor gym for the winter. I don’t think this is the last storm we see.

[WxUSAF]

6.5” total. Sleet and needles

[Miss Pixee]

Temp 17, DP 16

Solid sleet with heavier snow on the way according to my app. Est. 5-6" currently.

[winter_warlock]

Still holding steady at 15.5F.  LWX has a high of 31 here I don't see that happeneing

[North Balti Zen]

1 minute ago, Interstate said:

Still barely holding onto snow here in 21057. 11.8/10.4

Gonna need you to make a stand - five miles to your north give or take - hold the line 

[Negnao]

DCA 3.4 as of 7am. 

[SnowenOutThere]

If it makes anyone feel better UVA general public is currently experiencing the heartbreak that we’ve been drip feed for a week all at once. Lots of posts of how could this happen and where’s my 15 inches. 

[BTRWx's Thanks Giving]

Hoping the moderate band heading towards D.C. is another burst of snow.

[T. August]

Just now, North Balti Zen said:

Gonna need you to make a stand - five miles to your north give or take - hold the line 

Still pouring sand in HdG. You got this.

[SnowenOutThere]

1 minute ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

Hoping the moderate band heading towards D.C. is another burst of snow.

It’s not. Really fun burst of sleet though!

[Fozz]

1 minute ago, SnowenOutThere said:

If it makes anyone feel better UVA general public is currently experiencing the heartbreak that we’ve been drip feed for a week all at once. Lots of posts of how could this happen and where’s my 15 inches. 

I thought the general public would be thrilled that it didn’t happen. Maybe I underestimated them.

[87storms]

3 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Hold the line my man! 

Lol we need some thurmont posters. I bet they’re gonna hold on longer there.

[North Balti Zen]

The sledding has to be epic. Just ideal conditions. 
 

same for people that have their cross country skis.

[Curlyq]

Starting to hear some pinging, the sleet is mixing in.

[GreyHat]

If the future radar is to be correct. The rain on the western side would be incredible besides almost all of Delaware.  Those temps drop and if flash freeze would be dangerous. The reds down south of heavy precipitation. 

[mappy]

5” sleet not far off

[Bubbler86]

1 minute ago, 87storms said:

Lol we need some thurmont posters. I bet they’re gonna hold on longer there.

The sleet line is also coming from the west.

[mitchnick]

Mod to heavy snow north side of Hanover. Just shoveled 6", then another inch for the hour+ I was outside. 

[Another Field]

Measured 5.0” in Baltimore City

15.3°F with Heavy Sleet

[Interstate]

5 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Gonna need you to make a stand - five miles to your north give or take - hold the line 

Ha ha ha. Sitting at 5.5 inches. You can hear the snow getting heavier. 

[Kmlwx]

Precip hitting the side of the house sounds like pop rocks/rice krispies. 

We haven't had a sleet bomb in a while so I'm down for this. Hopefully we can avoid it going to ZR. Although...this week is going to be hell at work so I would be totally fine with a full week closure (which is really just WFH). 

[bncho]

7” of frozen on the ground 5.9” snow 1.1” sleet

[DDweatherman]

Just now, Bubbler86 said:

The sleet line is also coming from the west.

Good news is with these rates even when pingers mix in, we’ll have such a solid precip rate we should continue some good accumulations.

@wxmeddler or @MillvilleWx what’s the ruling on measurement when p-type changes to sleet? Do you clear your measurement location? I know sleet is counted as SN in records, so need a refresher course. 

[North Balti Zen]

1 minute ago, Interstate said:

Ha ha ha. Sitting at 5.5 inches. You can hear the snow getting heavier. 

It’s ripping here at the moment- really want to maximize this last push before the flip. Would love to get to 7 inches. One more to go.