January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[Chris78]

Up to 6.5 in Smithsburg.  Still snowing but it's a very loud snow. Probably going to flip here soon

[mitchnick]

Just now, Chris78 said:

Up to 6.5 in Smithsburg.  Still snowing but it's a very loud snow. Probably going to flip here soon

Just going to post that I'm starting hear the snow blow against the window.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

Still all snow here, heavy snow, measured 7" so far. 

[peribonca]

Surprised to see a few flakes still mixing with the sleet in Colonial Beach. 23F

[ifindppl]

10 minutes ago, MDScienceTeacher said:

How much would you say you have? I’m in LA right now and I just got a video for my son in Ellicott city and it honestly just looks like 2 1/2 inches and he says it’s sleeting already.  I am awfully skeptical of all these six and 7 inch abs.

Probably 5 inches of snow and another inch or two of sleet.

[North Balti Zen]

Snow sleet mix in Fallston now. Gonna grab this measurement as we transition to sleet part of the festivities -

6”

i, for one, welcome the sleet overlords to this part of the storm. Sleet and 14 degrees is a first for me in terms of weather experience.

[09-10 analogy]

Pounding pingers. Sounds like an atonal xylophone. 

[hstorm]

Just measured 6” on the ground in Great Falls. Likely some compaction already from the sleet, so probably somewhere closer to 6.5” so far. 
 

Sleet is pouring down. 

[Kay]

First pings. 

[mitchnick]

Oddly, a friend from Salisbury just texted me and he's still all snow with 2.5". Cold along the coast is holding on, but soon to get pushed ots.

[goodwidp]

Pinging starting to noticeably increase here (central Balt. county).

[87storms]

Sleet has marched its way into Frederick. Car hood measurement of 5.25”. Curious what the official reports will be.

[ifindppl]

Just now, Kay said:

First pings. 

One of the Mets can chime in but the winds are now out of the northeast - off the ocean.  Am I wring to assume this is influencing the Zr/sleet we are seeing?

[baltosquid]

Basically all sleet now, only the occasional lonely flake floats through. But the sleet is real tiny and just bouncing off the snow for the most part. I’m sure it will start to compact more aggressively later.

[ibawahu]

Still snow/sleet mix here in Marshall...maybe 6 inches now?  Not looking forward to getting on the tractor to plow at 12 degrees.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

Starting to mix in with sleet now. 

[WxMan1]

1 hour ago, snowfan said:

That was me in Crofton. Between 5.75 and just under 6" before the sleet. 

[Bubbler86]

6 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Up to 6.5 in Smithsburg.  Still snowing but it's a very loud snow. Probably going to flip here soon

We had a gust of 35 here recently.  With a temp of 8 that is a quick Windchill of -20.  Dangerous stuff. 

[jimmosk]

5 minutes ago, 09-10 analogy said:

Pounding pingers. Sounds like an atonal xylophone. 

I give that analogy at least a nine, possibly a ten. Username checks out.

[Jeff B]

Sleet/snow mix
11.7°
5 miles west of Hunt Valley

[Grothar of Herndon]

Eyeing 5-6” snow with heavy sleet now

20/16

Herndon VA

[mitchnick]

Correlation Coefficient radar shows I'm being surrounded. 

[IUsedToHateCold]

6" compacted, 6.5" non-compacted. Heavy sleet with some snow mixed in (90 sleet to 10 snow)

[Imgoinhungry]

About to be obsolete NAM model for the win on this one?


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[davidjd1114]

5” in York


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[SnowenOutThere]

17 minutes ago, Dendrimer77 said:

Absolutely man, I've never seen this much sleet in such cold temps. Pretty insane and awesome in it's own right. We have almost 5 inches of mix in northern Albemarle county.

Lmk your storm total. Interested to see how it compares to mine 

16 minutes ago, Ephesians2 said:

Still pouring sleet an hour south of you - surface temps have risen from 14 to 16 in the last hour or so. No sign of freezing rain. 

I'm really not sure what the total is, but it's at least 2 inches of sleet so far. Depth is about 3.25 inches or so. Whatever snow fell before about 1-2 AM last night has been compacted under a lot of sleet. 

The SPC meso analysis shows our 850 temps well into the negatives still so we’re probably safe for a while.

[Chris78]

Sleet now.

[mkellerm]

4 minutes ago, WxMan1 said:

That was me in Crofton. Between 5.75 and just under 6" before the sleet. 

Same thing here in Parole.  It was a bit hard to measure due to the drifting.  Sleet is definitely accumulating - there is a nice layer on top of the sled track that we made this morning.

[TSSN+]

3 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Correlation Coefficient radar shows I'm being surrounded. 

Still rippin snow for now 

[ActionPhilosopher]

6" with sleet beginning to mix in Glasgow DE