January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[aldie 22]

At least with the storms last year and now this we are becoming a snow cover town.. no more drip drip as the storm is ending

[pazzo83]

Yeah - I'm at 6-7" of snow followed by 3-4" of sleet.  This is going to stick around for a long long time.

[jayyy]

11.25” of snow / sleet total. 0.0 of ZR
Precip has shut off
22 degrees.

Storm reports up N are also impressive. Spotter in my parents town reported 13” @ 3pm, damn. Have to be at 15-16” now.

[nukeing]

Measured a tad under 7" this morning before the change to sleet, not sure exactly how much sleet I got but it has to be at least 2". Very difficult to shovel

[JenkinsJinkies]

When do the mammoths show up?

[Bubbler86]

37 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

@poolz1 @Bubbler86

What did you all end up with?

I had just under 7" prior to the switch over and atleast 1.5" of sleet. Maybe a little more

Thinking I'm going with 8.5 

I had a bit more than you in snow, I saw your total earlier.  I had measured 8.25" but went with 8 in the end along with 3" of sleet for an estimated 11".  I definitely had more than the 1.5" and I thick you did too :-).   I will say that the plow came by about an hour ago and the removal of that left over snow was some of the hardest I have ever had to deal with.  I am on the second half of my life as well. 

[Ka60]

Clarksburg, MD  Total Snow & Sleet/Snow:  7.8", 3.8"  Total: 11.6"

[George BM]

Airport storm totals updated this evening:

DCA: 6.8"

IAD: 7.8"

BWI: 11.1"

[snowfan]

29 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Holy shit BWI reported 11.1”! 
 

I got my ass kicked by BWI!!

Hmmm....this makes me question my own measurement. I'm like 10 miles due south of them.

[T. August]

Added 2 more tenths, plus whatever my screwup earlier was. I’ll settle for 10.1”.

[Terpeast]

32 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Holy shit BWI reported 11.1”! 
 

I got my ass kicked by BWI!!

DCA 6.8

IAD 7.8

Spotter in Ashburn reported 9.8”, which is consistent with my 9.5” so that’s good to see I’m measuring it right

Edit: ninja’ed by George BM

[GreyHat]

Magnolia Delaware 

32F

Freezing rain passing .36"

Pressure dropping no winds

[balltermen]

2 minutes ago, George BM said:

Airport storm totals updated this evening:

DCA: 6.8"

IAD: 7.8"

BWI: 11.1"

surprised IAD so low. They must have really crapped out in the afternoon. 

BWI lol.   Did they start sweeping every hour again? 

[mattie g]

Just now, Terpeast said:

DCA 6.8

IAD 7.8

Spotter in Ashburn reported 9.8”, which is consistent with my 9.5” so that’s good to see I’m measuring it right

Question: If I measured 5" of snow before the flip, then measured 4.5" of sleet, that's a total of 9.5" even if I only measure 6.5" after the precip ends, right?

[balltermen]

4 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Hmmm....this makes me question my own measurement. I'm like 10 miles due south of them.

my friend in piney orchard says 10.5" but he swept. might be a little high but you got over 9". 

[balltermen]

1 minute ago, mattie g said:

Question: If I measured 5" of snow before the flip, then measured 4.5" of sleet, that's a total of 9.5" even if I only measure 6.5" after the precip ends, right?

yeah.  use 9 or 9.5. 

[nj2va]

2 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

DCA 6.8

IAD 7.8

Spotter in Ashburn reported 9.8”, which is consistent with my 9.5” so that’s good to see I’m measuring it right

Edit: ninja’ed by George BM

WTF is that DCA measurement?  That is absurdly low

[Terpeast]

1 minute ago, mattie g said:

Question: If I measured 5" of snow before the flip, then measured 4.5" of sleet, that's a total of 9.5" even if I only measure 6.5" after the precip ends, right?

Yes that’s correct. Apply usual snowboard measuring rules except in this case you measure at the flip, then add the snow + sleet totals 

[balltermen]

final here 8.5".  awesome storm. more memorable than most 8-10"

events. 

[Terpeast]

Just now, nj2va said:

WTF is that DCA measurement?  That is absurdly low

How they roll I guess. Assuming they just stuck a ruler in the ground close to the river. 

[Bob Chill]

1 hour ago, Ephesians2 said:

Precip shut off in Lynchburg, VA - snow/sleet depth measured in multiple locations is 4.3", mostly sleet. Probably got close to 2 inches of snow before the flip and 3-4" of sleet which pulverized the dry snow. Only a trace of freezing rain which is a welcome blessing. Certainly a memorable storm that will stick around for a while. 

This is a really tough storm to measure. I got 1.75" of clean snow before the flip. I'm confident there. I cleared an area for sleet accumulation but it was too close to my house and my roof deposited extra sleet. I definitely didn't get 4.2" of sleet and everhwere else was compacted to around 3.5" total. Total qpf for the storm is around 1.4" (models were too juicy in my yard) so I got around 1.2" qpf as sleet. I'm just going to call it 2.5" of sleet and go 4.25" for the event. A bit less than I had hoped but super memorable storm. Winter wonderland out there for sure. 

[mattie g]

Just now, Terpeast said:

Yes that’s correct. Apply usual snowboard measuring rules except in this case you measure at the flip, then add the snow + sleet totals 

Thanks. Funny enough, I just measured 7" of thick, compacted goodness (my 6.5" was a guesstimate). Wild.

[balltermen]

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

WTF is that DCA measurement?  That is absurdly low

you surprised?   I think i predicted 7.1"

yesterday when things were looking good for 8"+.  They measure on a small strip of grass right in front of Terminal A and they have a history of not really caring.  They probably just stuck a ruler in the ground.   They didn't get only 1.5" of sleet. 

Plenty of 8"+ reports nearby 

[aldie 22]

Seems like we all got very similar amounts which is pretty cool...no forum divider...well except for bncho im pretty sure he has jackpot every storm since he was born last year 

[Maestrobjwa]

A really good explanation here about a PNA feature that ended up telegraphic what eventually happened:

 

 

[ifindppl]

This was a fun one to track and a good winter storm.

[nj2va]

8.4” storm total, that was a lot of fun today.  Beats out similar 8” storms that were all snow. 

[peribonca]

6 hours of snow, 12 hours of sleet, 3 hours of freezing rain. What a storm down here in the Northern Neck. 

[Terpeast]

Just now, ifindppl said:

This was a fun one to track and a good winter storm.

This was an exhausting storm to track

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

5 minutes ago, nj2va said:

WTF is that DCA measurement?  That is absurdly low

Normal for them.  Frankly I'm shocked they didn't report partly cloudy and 72F.