January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[CAPE]

13 minutes ago, frd said:

Going above .40 really puts tree damage on the table. Freezing rain in the Valentine's storm from many years ago totally killed several beautiful evergreen trees I had,  believe I measured 14 inches of snow and then hours and hours of sleet and then freezing rain. Extreme branch damage occurred. Ugh. 

I feel bad your area is under the darker colors. However, upstream from you in my area we look to go to freezing rain but not as much. 

 

If I lose power this is my freezer lol

[GreyHat]

Looks the heavy stuff heading east and will hit Delaware. 

 

https://eldoradoweather.com/radar/dox/dox-dover-loop.php

[Kmlwx]

I only have some limited video with a very bad quality camcorder I took during the Feb 2007 storm. But this is wild the amount of sleet pouring out of the sky. At my high of the day at 22.5 and it's been creeping up. I am NOT expecting to touch/exceed 32 but still worth monitoring. Let's hope this stays IP and doesn't go to ZR...

Crazy stuff out there - even if it wasn't a "clean" snowstorm for us - the science nerd in me is fascinated by this type of storm. It's rare! Usually sleet is just a stop in the transition to rain for us. Seldom do we just dump sleet for hours on end like this. Arctic airmass doing arctic airmass things! 

[konksw]

System is juiced. NAM complete qpf failure. 

[baltosquid]

6 minutes ago, gopper said:

Put some gloves on!  It's cold out!

I've been totally lazy today.  shoveling's tomorrow in little bits.

It’s actually not so bad! We are near 30 and the wind is calm. Only took ~5 minutes to clear my city ordinance 2 foot path. I was way more bundled earlier when it was blowing snow in the low teens, fear not!

[CAPE]

Ofc as soon as it flips to freezing rain it gets heavier.

[EB89]

KFDK I guess is reporting sleet/freezing rain with a temp of 14. High rates now too. Are we really doing FRZA too?

[George BM]

1 minute ago, CAPE said:

If I lose power this is my freezer lol

One of the few (well maybe only) positives if you were to end up losing power.

[wxdude64]

50 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

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. 

And the sleet is back, pretty good timing watching the radar for a restart time. 

[Ephesians2]

Just flipped to ZR in Lynchburg, surface temperature at 22.

[IUsedToHateCold]

4 minutes ago, konksw said:

System is juiced. NAM complete qpf failure. 

This is easily 2+ inches of QPF in most locations in our area

[RickinBaltimore]

Is a worst case for the region to getting freezing rain on top of this, in regards to transportation/roads?

[stormtracker]

Look. Nobody wanted sleet. But I mean if we’re going to do it, it should be like this.  

[bncho]

8” Snow Depth, 5.9” snow, 3.4” sleet. 9.3” official

[Miss Pixee]

23 DP 20. Heavy sleet. 

Yup, we done for a week...

[Scraff]

Little snow/sleet happy hour with a few neighbors before the AFC game. Whistle Pig 6 Yr. Sono 1420 Blaze Cinnamon Whiskey. RAK DIPA. Third Hill Hazy IPA. That was definitely fun. Was pouring sleet, not a complaint though. Everyone looked to me and asked when are we getting a clean pow bomb. Ummmm. I said soon maybe??? 

[WhiteoutMD]

This is an epic event wow 99% heavy sleet 1% glaze in annapolis


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[arlwx12]

Outside my window in Arlington VA, ice pellets are starting to stick to the topside of branches.  This may suggest they were partially melted, and refroze on contact.  Something is STILL falling, and I think it all got to be a bit much for those trying to clear the path from their front door for the first time today.  Visibility is better, but still not great.  I just checked the NWS website that is reporting 1.25 mile visibility at DCA.

[Skidude]

Heavy sleet   19 degrees how is this possible?

[poolz1]

Just hit 2" of sleet for the day.  6.5" otg 7.5" total frozen and temp is falling.  Lost 2 degrees in the past hour or so.

 

[das]

16 minutes ago, AmericanWxFreak said:

Thankfully, practically no snow stuck to trees with this storm. So the ice won’t have that to cling to and add extra weight.

Looking at the outdoor cams on my house in Clarksburg, all the trees and deck rails and things like that that were covered in snow have been sandblasted free of anything by the sleet. First pic is 8:20am with 6 inches of snow on the ground. Second pic is now with another 2 inches of sleet. Temp is 12°F in the first and 17°F in the second. 

[peribonca]

Temp dropped from 26F to 23F in Colonial Beach. In for a world of hurt if the echoes to the west are freezing rain.

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

3 minutes ago, Scraff said:

Little snow/sleet happy hour with a few neighbors before the AFC game. Whistle Pig 6 Yr. Sono 1420 Blaze Cinnamon Whiskey. RAK DIPA. Third Hill Hazy IPA. That was definitely fun. Was pouring sleet, not a complaint though. Everyone looked to me and asked when are we getting a clean pow bomb. Ummmm. I said soon maybe??? 

Certainly a little bit of a different slant on the "Hold my beer" axiom!

[Kmlwx]

I know we all love to say it - but can you imagine if this QPF firehose was entirely snow. Man...it would be snowing cats and dogs...

[wxdude64]

4 minutes ago, Skidude said:

Heavy sleet   19 degrees how is this possible?

Same way it was doing it here at 11 degrees this morning?

[GreyHat]

28F never hit the forecasted high of 35F

Pressure 29.62 still falling 

 

[CAPE]

Well since the sleet is done, unless it flips back at the end, looks like my total will be 6.8" (combo of snow and sleet)

[Terrapinwx]

Temperature really climbing now. Was 21 at 2:40 but up to 27 now. Still mostly sleet but freezing rain is mixing in. Can’t see it falling but everything is beginning to get a glaze. Models had the temp crashing as the backside moves through, hoping that turns back to sleet instead of becoming all freezing rain


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[das]

1 minute ago, Kmlwx said:

I know we all love to say it - but can you imagine if this QPF firehose was entirely snow. Man...it would be snowing cats and dogs...

Stop by the New England thread and listen to the Boston crew for a few. It’s entertaining, to say the least. 

[winter_warlock]

This storm reminds me of a storm. In 1994 that started as snow but then changed to sleet and I got like 5 inches of sleet on top of 6 inches of snow. Was wild!!!!