January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[MN Transplant]

The ~2" of sleet that I just shoveled was heavier than the 5" of snow that I did this morning.  It makes sense water content-wise, but it is still wild.

 

18.0 degrees and rising slowly.

[EHoffman]

Just now, NorthArlington101 said:

Pure sleet rip page. Hard to not do the “what if it was snow” but this is cool. No idea how much. 

"Moderate to occasionally heavy sleet continues across the area as we trudge through midafternoon. Many places have picked up 1 to 3 inches of sleet since the changeover this morning. That much sleet could have been about 3 to 9 inches of snow."

Don't worry CWG did for you already

[Bob Chill]

The lull has been sleet mist accumulating like snow lol. Cleared the sleet cake off my deck an hour ago and there's a quarter to half inch of dust already covering it. What a wild storm. Temp up to 21 and final round approaching. Hope it's sleet 

[LeesburgWx]

The enclosure to my chicken and duck run has collapsed from the weight of the sleet due to a tarp I had on a portion of it. Like metal bars snapped. Wtf

[caviman2201]

I keep waiting to hear some thundersleet... That would be the icing on the cake

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[aldie 22]

14.2 and moderate to heavy sleet i don't know what is wilder the sleet or the temp

[nw baltimore wx]

Moco closed Monday and Tuesday. Super sent out a video. 

https://youtu.be/XVYusTLJTnc

[LP08]

11 minutes ago, LP08 said:

7.5” depth on the deck.  Added half an inch in a little over two hours

 

[feloniousq]

Pellets are coming down so hard they're bouncing six inches in the air on impact

[wxdude64]

I am back to a snizzle here. Looking at radar, I may get a 30-45 minute pause before getting into the next round. Temp has popped up to warmest in last 24 hours at 16.1/13.0 at 3:15 pm. NWS lowered my forecasted 27 high at 7 am to 22 at noon and I likely won't make that either. 

[ErinInTheSky]

2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Moco closed Monday and Tuesday. Super sent out a video. 

https://youtu.be/XVYusTLJTnc

I don’t think they will open this week.

[nw baltimore wx]

Just now, ErinInTheSky said:

I don’t think they will open this week.

That’s probably true of many jurisdictions.

[balltermen]

14 minutes ago, LP08 said:

7.5” depth on the deck.  Added half an inch in a little over two hours

i'm around same. maybe a tad more. I'm not going to account for compaction. will just use the old stick ruler in ground. and round up if i'm between numbers 

[WxUSAF]

8.4" official spotter report.  Cleared off the sleet board.  Still getting a lot of very small needles with the sleet.  Very cool storm unless you realize how much snow we'd be getting if this wasn't sleet...

[snowfan]

Latest hrrr still has everyone along and east of dc getting another .5-.75 liquid

[GreyHat]

14 minutes ago, mikeg0305 said:

I’d clear it all now. It’s going to sleet for a few more hours before turning the fza. Once it’s does it will feel like concrete and weigh as much for sure.

I guess it depends on where you live on when the change happens.

Already have light freezing rain. I have a 2 stage 30" wide snowblower. I bought before the 2010 snow storms, while living in Severn MD. I kept it and brought it to Delaware in 2012. Used it multiple times since moving here.

I thank you for your concern. 

[North Balti Zen]

Just now, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr still has everyone along and east of dc getting another .5-.75 liquid

Wow 

[peribonca]

4 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

14.2 and moderate to heavy sleet i don't know what is wilder the sleet or the temp

Thunder sleet with hail would be a highlight of my life.

[Paleocene]

Just now, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr still has everyone along and east of dc getting another .5-.75 liquid

Dang. This storm is prodigious. I may end up with 1.5" liquid 

[DanTheMan]

Some of the heaviest sleet of the day now

[balltermen]

7 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

The ~2" of sleet that I just shoveled was heavier than the 5" of snow that I did this morning.  It makes sense water content-wise, but it is still wild.

 

18.0 degrees and rising slowly.

where are you at most recently.  over 8" yet?

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

Good lord that's quite the warm punch into WV.  Mountain areas are well into the warm layer aloft.  Used to seeing those thermal profiles reversed between the coastal plain and mountains.

[EHoffman]

Just now, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr still has everyone along and east of dc getting another .5-.75 liquid

Looking at radar it wouldn't shock me.  This system is absolutely juiced.  Those storms down in AL/GA are serious, flow off the Gulf is still ripping.

[RevWarReenactor]

31 minutes ago, Ajb said:

Sleet downpour. Sleet avalanches off the roof. 

Yes! There is like a little chute that the sleet drops down every few minutes. Its fascinating.

[adelphi_sky]

1 minute ago, snowfan said:

Latest hrrr still has everyone along and east of dc getting another .5-.75 liquid

Red returns on radar blowing through DC right now. 

[balltermen]

Just now, Paleocene said:

Dang. This storm is prodigious. I may end up with 1.5" liquid 

that's a big takeaway with this one. Moisture bomb. the amount of liquid is going to be jaw dropping in some places in the DMV. 

[wxdude64]

Just now, Paleocene said:

Dang. This storm is prodigious. I may end up with 1.5" liquid 

I had 1.05 at 7 am this morning. I'm likely around 1.5-1.75 now.

[diatae]

Sleet the the size of hail is falling now. I don't know how else to describe it lol. It's huge compared to what has fallen all day. And it is absolutely pouring.

[balltermen]

1 minute ago, Snowciopathic Snow Bro said:

Good lord that's quite the warm punch into WV.  Mountain areas are well into the warm layer aloft.  Used to seeing those thermal profiles reversed between the coastal plain and mountains.

Growing up, I recall many times when IAD was 27 and Elkins WV 50.  It's not super common but with some CAD events they torch 

[peribonca]

Oranges are buckets of sleet in Colonial Beach