January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[peribonca]

15 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Anyone know where the freezing rain line is?

Still hasn't come through Colonial Beach. I have moderate sleet 25F. Could swear I see a bit of a snow component to it even.

[T. August]

.3” additional sleet. 7.9” total. Gained depth this hour.

[North Balti Zen]

4 minutes ago, George BM said:

I'm just happy that posters like you in northern MD are finally experiencing a nice 6"+ event after so many years. Enjoy!  

Thanks!!! We are genuinely relieved/ecstatic I think. 

[Skywalker03]

Turns out we have a snow dog!

6.5 inches of snow before the flip here in north Rockville, with 1.5-2 inches of sleet so far.

[Solution Man]

Any observations in the areas SW of the DMV?

[LP08]

Wild radar at 18°.  Please keep the ZR away

[winter_warlock]

I'm now up to 8.5 Inches Still getting heavy sleet here. Got .5 inches in last 2 hours.. not too bad considering is sleet

 

20.1 degreesF

[GreyHat]

1 minute ago, Solution Man said:

Keep posting your observations brother, let’s move forward. We all good

Thank you,  but you should tell the ones involved. 

[SilentTalkie]

Just now, Solution Man said:

Any observations in the areas SW of the DMV?

All sleet in Nelson Co. Temperature up to 20.

[LeesburgWx]

Can someone post the current 850mb temp map?

[arlwx12]

About the only "DC-area" public schools NOT on WJLA's closure list for tomorrow right now are Calvert, St. Mary's, Manassas Park and Spotsylvania.

((The list even included Berkeley and Morgan closures thru Tuesday.))

[DDweatherman]

Big fat flakes mixing in with the sleet a bit. Radar is wild to the SW. 

[Solution Man]

3 minutes ago, GreyHat said:

Thank you,  but you should tell the ones involved. 

They see it, we’re all good

[Brianonymous]

Not sure if this was posted yet, but Anne Arundel Schools shut down for Monday. No surprise.

[dailylurker]

I'd estimate about 8". Nearly 6" of snow and 2" of sleet. It's getting deep and really interesting to walk in. It was easier to walk in 4' of lake effect than 8" of Mid Atlantic concert. 

I've got a dusting of new snow that is now blowing off of my roof. 

[Bob Chill]

4 minutes ago, Solution Man said:

Any observations in the areas SW of the DMV?

Still sleet down here. 3k nam says mostly sleet with a zr finale during the final slug later this afternoon in my hood. Hrrr is heavier with the zr. My guess is the dmv will be mostly or entirely sleet. I'm still at 19 degrees. 

[Interstate]

How lower eastern shore is rain

[DanTheMan]

Pounding sleet, 5” snow and sleet accumulation

[snowfan]

19 minutes ago, H2O said:

Is that the general timeframe?  Precip cuts off 8pm-ish?

Latest hrrr has things shutting off around 7-8pm. 

[wxdude64]

5 minutes ago, Solution Man said:

Any observations in the areas SW of the DMV?

Still sleet with some snow grains/dust here, intensity varies. Temp 14.1/10.2. 

[Solution Man]

1 minute ago, Bob Chill said:

Still sleet down here. 3k nam says mostly sleet with a zr finale during the final slug later this afternoon in my hood. Hrrr is heavier with the zr. My guess is the dmv will be mostly or entirely sleet. I'm still at 19 degrees. 

Thanks brother 

[wxmeddler]

Just now, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr has things shutting off around 7-8pm. 

Could be some Freezing Drizzle and Freezing Fog through just before sunrise as well.

[CAPE]

21 at 1pm

Most guidance has my yard 27 at this point

Late afternoon into evening 32-33.

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

1 minute ago, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr has things shutting off around 7-8pm. 

The HRRR also loves it some ZR on the back end of this event.  Looks like 4 hours worth.  Seems like a bit of an outlier compared to NAM and others. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[nw baltimore wx]

8 minutes ago, GreyHat said:

Thank you,  but you should tell the ones involved. 

My apologies. I made a joke at your expense and it wasn’t appropriate.

[RevWarReenactor]

21 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Harford County schools closed Monday and Tuesday.

No shocker there. They close if the wind blows wrong. 

[poolz1]

Just measured 1.25" sleet/pixie dust since the transition took place.  Around 7" total frozen for the day. 16 with steady sleet.

 

[GreyHat]

1 minute ago, nw baltimore wx said:

My apologies. I made a joke at your expense and it wasn’t appropriate.

Thank you 

[MN Transplant]

The surface temps are running well below guidance, at least IMBY (16.4°) which makes me wonder if the cold layer is going to hold on long enough to reduce the ZR chances.

[RevWarReenactor]

2 minutes ago, Snowciopathic Snow Bro said:

The HRRR also loves it some ZR on the back end of this event.  Looks like 4 hours worth.  Seems like a bit of an outlier compared to NAM and others. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The NAM has a pretty decent amount too. I can't imagine raining at these temps but this storm is one of a kind.