January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[jayyy]

So, the iPhone apps were right. 20 - 24”!

If it was all snow, yeah, this was a 2 footer

[Amped]

Back edge approaching Frederick finally. Only an hour or two left.

[Mrs.J]

Upon seeing the back edge on radar we went out for what we hope is our last driveway clear. Totals are 6” snow and 4” sleet. The sleet was the worst to clear off of the driveway. Was like shoveling sand. 

[WeatherQ]

9 inches of sugar cookie! 
 

Extreme NE MD (Still use Old Bay at the headwaters of Big Elk Creek - Head of the Head of the Bay!) 

[nj2va]

Down to 25 and its 90/10 freezing rain.  My driveway is a skating rink, fun!

[Wxtrix]

2 hours ago, stormtracker said:

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

 

i wanted sleet. and i missed out on all of the heavy stuff. oh well.

[peribonca]

Moderate freezing rain with heavier downpours in Colonial Beach. 28F. Here we go

[nj2va]

1 minute ago, WeatherQ said:

9 inches of sugar cookie! 
 

Extreme NE MD (Still use Old Bay at the headwaters of Big Elk Creek - Head of the Head of the Bay!) 

What flavor icing are you going with?  

[Ltrain]

27/23 with FZR for the past 2 hours or so. Severna Park

I went to bed this morning around 830 am when it flipped to sleet. I woke up a couple of times and still heard pingers. Finally got up around 4pm and it's been freezing rain since that time. I had 5.5" of snow before it flipped. I'm guessing around 7" total with sleet. 

[bncho]

9 minutes ago, bncho said:

5.9" snow, 4" sleet. 9.9" total

if ten isn't measured storm is a bust. 

[stormtracker]

1 minute ago, Wxtrix said:

 

i wanted sleet. and i missed out on all of the heavy stuff. oh well.

Yeah, you missed a SHOW.  Was crazy

[GreyHat]

Heavy freezing rain heading to Delaware 

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

[Wxtrix]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Yeah, you missed a SHOW.  Was crazy

 

i'm envious. 

[WeatherQ]

3 minutes ago, nj2va said:

What flavor icing are you going with?  

Let’s go with powdered sugar! 

[davidjd1114]

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[stormtracker]

Yall should check on the long range thread.  stat. 

[snowfan]

Ugh. Glazing now at 27. Up 10 degrees since noon. 

[Eskimo Joe]

Per @wxmeddler, looks like the freezing rain is showing up on the mesonet with several wind readings going to 0 mph. Probably from ZR locking up the anemometers. 

[hstorm]

35 minutes ago, EHoffman said:

Must be nice to be a Bostonite.  Your team back to the Super Bowl and 20 inches of snow.  Wonder what that's like.

As a Pats fan, game was almost as intense as the storm. 20” would be nice but I’ll take our 9+ inches of snow/sleet. 

[H2O]

8 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Down to 25 and its 90/10 freezing rain.  My driveway is a skating rink, fun!

After that stupid ass temp spike I'm now down to 24.4.  A 4F drop in 45 min.  Sleet/ZR mix here and its total ice on top the sleet pack

[Interstate]

17.7/17.1 after a high of 18.6 here in 21057. 
sleet

[H2O]

8 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Yeah, you missed a SHOW.  Was crazy

This sleet.  Ridonkulous.  And now we get some ZR on top.  When the hell do we get all 3 p-types without going over 32?

[benjammin]

Yall should check on the long range thread.  stat. 

Aleet!

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[nj2va]

1 minute ago, H2O said:

After that stupid ass temp spike I'm now down to 24.4.  A 4F drop in 45 min.  Sleet/ZR mix here and its total ice on top the sleet pack

I’ve lived here for about 18 years and I don’t remember a storm quite like this - between the snow, heavy sleet, and now freezing rain with temps in the teens/20s.  Very neat.

[Maestrobjwa]

2 hours ago, stormtracker said:

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

Yeah I'm not the biggest fan of sleet either, but this is literally the best way to get it. Getting 6"+ of snow underneath it, and to get it heading into a week where the pack will be an absolute glacier with lows in the single digits and low teens for days on end is a particular kind of deep winter many of us have never seen! Despite a very small tinge of jealousy of those up north that got 20"+ inches we could've gotten, the I am thoroughly enjoying this rather unique event and all it's glacial awesomeness 

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

15 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

The thing that just keeps blowing my mind is that this isn't just snow, its sleet

Impressive for sure.  Very much a one-off event for these parts.  At least it's not road salt.  I wouldn't put it past some of these transportation departments to dump that much on the roads.

[EHoffman]

Just popped outside, looks about like 75/25 ZR/IP mix.  Everything is glazed over.

[H2O]

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

I’ve lived here for about 18 years and I don’t remember a storm quite like this - between the snow, heavy sleet, and now freezing rain with temps in the teens/20s.  Very neat.

People keep mentioning the 2007 one but for me the Jan 1994 MLK sleet fest will always stand out.  CAD held on all day and what was supposed to go rain stayed sleet all day and that was my first storm with sleet in inches.  This one is now equal.  

[H2O]

Submitted my obs to LWX.  Going with 8.5" total.  Not gonna even try to measure what's out there now.  

[Jebman]

9 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Yall should check on the long range thread.  stat. 

Trackers NOT kiddin! WE need to start tracking this right now!