January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[rickymdwx]

snow 7.5 inches water equivalent .77

sleet 2.5 inches water equivalent 1.35

 

[87storms]

10 hours ago, Steve25 said:

So by the looks of it we are counting the sleet measurements in our snowfall totals for the season? 

Yea, and I don’t know how I feel about it lol. Rule measured 5-5.5” here…followed by 8 hrs of sleet. Fun and interesting storm, but 2/3 of it was sleet (aka not snow).

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Omg what a mess here. The roads are covered in a thick sheet of dense ice, I guess freezing drizzle kinda locked it all in.  Major roads totally covered.  Will MCPS open again this week!?!?

[aldie 22]

My development did a nice job clearing the streets and sidewalks...no clue what the outside world looks like 

[dailylurker]

Anyone nothing the radar? Congrats eastern shore?

[GreyHat]

 

Magnolia Delaware 

23F

Pressure 29.66

Winds 0, starting to blow and those trees may come down.

Some big snow flurry flakes.

Damage from the freezing rain. 

[RandyHolt]

I am calling it 8" - ~5" of snow and ~3"... sleet rock.

A loader cleared my culdesac at 5am and think I have enough sizeable sleet blocks dumped in my hard to make an igloo for the tyke. 

[87storms]

17 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

My development did a nice job clearing the streets and sidewalks...no clue what the outside world looks like 

Same. The dudes that work in my development worked all day yesterday (and probably underpaid for it). Now shoveling around my car is not something I’m looking forward to. Might wait until the sun breaks out before tackling that.

[astarck]

Good luck to anyone shoveling today. Solid ice. 

[arlwx12]

looked out my window in Arlington VA and saw a millimeter or two of ice on top of tree twigs.

[H2O]

My street got plowed at some point. Made a mess of things. What wasn’t shoveled last night looks like solid concrete now. Gonna be a bitch to chip up

[nw baltimore wx]

The radar might be trying to do something in northern MD.

[Paleocene]

Montgomery County hasn't touched my street or nearby cross streets. Ruh roh 

[Imgoinhungry]

Montgomery County hasn't touched my street or nearby cross streets. Ruh roh 

Location? Im on phone so i cant see it.

Wondering when MCPS will reopen.


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[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

1 minute ago, Paleocene said:

Montgomery County hasn't touched my street or nearby cross streets. Ruh roh 

It’s a disaster out there.  Just walked around and I live right on the border of tkpk and silver spring. 

[Hank Scorpio]

You know it was a good storm when they bust out the front end loader for snow/sleet clearing work. 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Finally melted down everything in the gauge: total liquid for the storm was 1.93”

[AmericanWxFreak]

Kind of surprised, the roads around my place are not too bad actually. I think the dry aspect of the sleet really did help with removal. I’ll take the day off work anyway!


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[RDM]

19 minutes ago, H2O said:

My street got plowed at some point. Made a mess of things. What wasn’t shoveled last night looks like solid concrete now. Gonna be a bitch to chip up

Good morning - yes on the concrete.  I used the plow and snowblower on my small Kubota (profile pic) to clear the driveways and sidewalks in our neighborhood yesterday from early am till evening and then a few more hours after dinner.  Got much of the snow removed on our 500' driveway before the flip, but not everywhere.  At first the sleet plowed fine - flowed like sand.  After it sat for a while it congeals into a semi-icy mess.  If the plow can find a way to pop it up from the bottom, that helps fracture the mess into movable chunks.  Otherwise, the tendency is to just skim over the top.  Going back out today and clear some more.  

[wxdude64]

Storm totals here, 4.5 inches yesterday, 2.8 today for a 7.3 inch event total with 1.91 liquid. I did FOUR CoCoRaHS measurements/SWE's to get an average for the property. Bottoms of hills and low spots have 7-8 inches and the tops of hills have as little as 4. Ended up with a 5.5 average (and that is what a level spot and the undisturbed snowboard measures) on SWE of 1.85. Temp rose to a 3 am high, then down rapidly as winds turned on from W/NW. Currently 17.7/12.3 with W 12 gusting 26 wind with some flurries in the air. There are 18+" of sleet piled on ground at the bottom of the roof where the angles meet lol. 

[Paleocene]

27 minutes ago, Imgoinhungry said:

Location? Im on phone so i cant see it.

Wondering when MCPS will reopen.


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26 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

It’s a disaster out there.  Just walked around and I live right on the border of tkpk and silver spring. 

I'm near bullis park  and nolte park just east of downtown silver spring.  Bonifant St / Dale Drive  area if you know where that is, not far from Whole Foods / Wayne Ave / the SS Library.  Bonifant street, which is a major alternative to Wayne, has not been plowed.  Wayne and Fenton are passable but icy as hell. 

@SomeguyfromTakomaPark we're basically neighbors, are you near Piney Branch road? My older kid goes to TPMS

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

1 minute ago, Paleocene said:

 

I'm near bullis park  and nolte park just east of downtown silver spring.  Bonifant St / Dale Drive  area if you know where that is, not far from Whole Foods / Wayne Ave / the SS Library.  Bonifant street, which is a major alternative to Wayne, has not been plowed.  Wayne and Fenton are passable but icy as hell. 

@SomeguyfromTakomaPark we're basically neighbors, are you near Piney Branch road? My older kid goes to TPMS

Yeah right off it, daughter in piney branch and son at TPES 

[North Balti Zen]

Gonna go with 9.5” fof  my part of Fallston. Six of that snow reminder that unreal sleet part of the storm. 

[Paleocene]

Just now, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

Yeah right off it, daughter in piney branch and son at TPES 

Right now my money is MCPS reopening Friday. But I'm not willing to bet much 

[dailylurker]

It's literally a disaster out there. A glorious disaster! Where's Jebman? Lol. My street is like concrete was laid and then people drove through it before it set. NOW isn't permanent. The 4 feet of powder i experienced in NY was a walk in park compared to this monster lol. I've got about 10" of concrete on the ground and a sheet of clear ice covering everything. I LOVE extreme winter conditions. Hopefully we can get a couple feet of mid Atlantic mash potatoes on top of this.

[Eskimo Joe]

3 minutes ago, Paleocene said:

 

I'm near bullis park  and nolte park just east of downtown silver spring.  Bonifant St / Dale Drive  area if you know where that is, not far from Whole Foods / Wayne Ave / the SS Library.  Bonifant street, which is a major alternative to Wayne, has not been plowed.  Wayne and Fenton are passable but icy as hell. 

@SomeguyfromTakomaPark we're basically neighbors, are you near Piney Branch road? My older kid goes to TPMS

 

1 minute ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

Yeah right off it, daughter in piney branch and son at TPES 

Our road crews are working the best they can but this is very heavy sleet and snow.

[nw baltimore wx]

I don’t know how I’m going to record this. I was thinking finding total precip, then 0.6 of that is snow at 10:1, and the remainder at 3:1 for sleet. 

[North Balti Zen]

39 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

The radar might be trying to do something in northern MD.

Good call - a few minutes after reading this some very light snow is falling. 

[Imgoinhungry]

Our road crews are working the best they can but this is very heavy sleet and snow.

Any thoughts on when mcps reopens, eskimo?


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[Paleocene]

Just now, Eskimo Joe said:

Our road crews are working the best they can but this is very heavy sleet and snow.

No doubt, and no disrespect to them. Don't envy their jobs today, this is nearly a worst case scenario for road cleanup. I don't expect my street to get touched until later today or maybe even tomorrow. I'm glad we have supplies and my wife and I can work at home with the kids off school.