January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[EHoffman]

There's definitely some freezing drizzle mixed in now,  Pack is starting to glaze up a bit

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

I think we are glazing up a little here, maybe mixed freezing rain and sleet now. 

[Brianonymous]

2 minutes ago, wxmeddler said:

Those things are explosive. Bet it sounded like a cannon when it went off.

Yeah, it did. Scared the crap out of me. It was about 3/4's closed when it blew, so it exploded and dropped like a boulder. I unlocked it from the trolly, but then I found out for the first time how heavy garage doors really are. I wonder if it was temp related, or I just have bad luck timing wise.

[bncho]

I wonder where this ranks on the NESIS scale. Apparently the number of counties under a winter storm warning was the highest ever recorded, at least, according to Wikipedia.

[AACOUNTYMD]

11 minutes ago, IUsedToHateCold said:

24.1/21.8 - Still heavy sleet. About to complete last round of shoveling. I am starting to wonder about this coastal. 

Do you think it is going to get cranking? 

[Another Field]

1 hour ago, ravensrule said:

Lol, you need to learn how to measure. It’s impossible you have a 6.1” total even if you’re at the bottom of the Inner Harbor. 

Lol you could infer that I’m measuring snow depth. Look at the Montebello and Towson Mesonet sites. I am in lock step with them. 

[Wonderdog]

10 minutes ago, Solution Man said:

Damn, I know that interchange well

Me too. Should be done by 8.

[RandyHolt]

Sleet bombs

 

[TSG]

Surprising seeing all of the reports of rapid warmup to the north. The cold is holding strong in Charlottesville, we've been floating around 21 for the past 1.5 hrs. 

Mix of sleet and freezing drizzle with this last hurrah band

[MAGraupel]

1 minute ago, Another Field said:

Lol you could infer that I’m measuring snow depth. Look at the Montebello and Towson Mesonet sites. I am in lock step with them. 

it snows under water?

[ravensrule]

9 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Off topic, but did AmWx change something or is it my phone that is making the empty reaction heart super bright?

Unfortunately everyone has it. 

[clueless]

Sleetfest here. ZR maybe? 

[Solution Man]

3 minutes ago, Wonderdog said:

Me too. Should be done by 8.

This was a crusher

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

1 minute ago, Brianonymous said:

Yeah, it did. Scared the crap out of me. It was about 3/4's closed when it blew, so it exploded and dropped like a boulder. I unlocked it from the trolly, but then I found out for the first time how heavy garage doors really are. I wonder if it was temp related, or I just have bad luck timing wise.

Cold temps sure don't help.  Makes metal more brittle.  How old was the spring? 

Imagine if they didn't have restraining cables threaded through them.  Those are lifesaving devices that most people don't give a second thought to until one of them explodes.

[WVclimo]

Finally jumped up 1° from 13 where it has been stuck all day to 14.  Still sleeting.

[poolz1]

Temp back down to 13 after a high of 16.  Mod sleet currently.

[bncho]

What is this, 2" QPF? Would've been a monster if it were 150 miles south. Oh well—how can I complain about this historic sleetfest? Plus, we gotta lotta chances coming up!

[Terpeast]

Holding at 16. Still coming down, have not checked if there is any zr

[dailylurker]

Question for the smarter fokes. When does the low pressure develop enough to bring our winds around to the north and drop out temps back. I don't like rising temps. 

[nw baltimore wx]

11 minutes ago, Scraff said:

That’s the bourbon speaking to your eyes. 

I tried doing a screen shot to show what I’m talking about but it doesn’t show up in pictures. So you may be right.

Here’s the progress of my snow/sleet mound.

[GreyHat]

30F wow we just jumped 2 degrees in a matter of minutes.

Pressure dropped 29.59 dropping 

Winds NW 3

 

[SilentTalkie]

Moderate sleet and a glaze starting in Nelson Co.  

[nw baltimore wx]

5 minutes ago, ravensrule said:

Unfortunately everyone has it. 

Whew!  Thanks, man. That means I can have another pour.

[ravensrule]

Just now, nw baltimore wx said:

Whew!  Thanks, man. That means I can have another pour.

Lol, absolutely. 

[SolidIcewx]

27 where i am in Alexandria. Temp rose fast. Almost can feel the warm layer above. ZR gonna be an issue i think.

[Paleocene]

Local WeatherBug says 25. Cheap home sensor says 24. Silver Spring MD

[IUsedToHateCold]

Another 0.5" of sleet. Still all sleet coming down heavily. 5.5" of snow and 4.0" inch of sleet (which probably contains some snow). 9.5" total Noticed that the sleet I just shoveled was higher water content, so I'm pretty sure part of my previous sleet measurement was also snow. No ZR yet.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

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2 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said:

27 where i am in Alexandria. Temp rose fast. Almost can feel the warm layer above. ZR gonna be an issue i think.

Yeah only 2-3 hours of precip left luckily 

[mattie g]

Currently 23, which is the high here in Burke for the day. Still sleeting.

i haven’t made a serious measurement, to be honest, but sleet has been ongoing for 10 hours now and we have probably had 4” of sleet in that time (compaction doesn’t help, of course). 

A good way to determine the impact is the piles I just shoveled…they rival any of the piles I’ve made outside of our biggest storms since 2009. Really Impressive.

[WxUSAF]

9” and counting. Figured I had no chance at double digits when I flipped to sleet around 830-9am, but maybe? Lol. Already 3” of sleet. Bonkers. It’s turning into big chunks when you try and shovel it. Temp has jumped up past 24 in the last hour.