January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[SolidIcewx]

Maybe my mind id playing tricks but seems i have a very thin glaze of ice on my handrails to my balcony 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

8.2" here now of snow/sleet

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[ErinInTheSky]

This is the most intense sleeting of the storm so far in Gaithersburg.

It's absolutely ridiculous. It's like a thunderstorm out there but sleet.

All of the roads that have been plowed and the parking lot of my townhome complex is now white again but with billions of icy little beads.

Go out there and try kicking it a little. It isn't like snow. It's literally like kicking beads. It moves almost in a liquid way. Its so cool.

And models say I still have like 2" of this to fall, on top of the 1.8" sleet I already have.

[hstorm]

Just measured 7.5” actual depth on the ground. Likely means 8-8.5” in total accumulation.  

[WhiteoutMD]

I wonder if the coastal is starting to crank winds out of the north east 

[Mrs.J]

The older Ms. J down in DC just texted me that AU campus is officially closed tomorrow. Waiting to hear about the younger Ms. J’s campus up in PA. 

[GreyHat]

24F

Pressure still falling 29.73

Where is the L near the coast?

Winds ENE 6

Sleet and seems to be some little freezing rain

[batmanbrad]

27 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

It is sleet STORMING out here in Gaithersburg. An absolute shellacking of a sleet downpour.

not sure where in Gaithersburg you are, but after shoveling my driveway just as the flip to sleet occurred over here just west of Laytonsville (a few miles north of the airpark), I just went back out again and had to shovel close to 2"+ of sleet... that was much harder than the 6"+ of light powder.  In a couple of hours I'll have to do it all over again with the rate of sleet falling now.  At least I didn't wait until it was all over - 3-4" of sleet might be too much for this OF to get rid of.

[NattyBo]

Is the sleet pouring out of anyone else’s gutters and making massive drifts?? This is crazy, I have like 3 foot drift of sleet on my back porch!

 

I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never seen it sleet this hard for this long 

[overcautionisbad]

Central Virginia is at about 3 inches. Just a very disappointing flake size last night. Small size reminded me of February last year. Small but constant sleet since early this morning. Mets are warning freezing rain is still likely coming

[Paleocene]

Just now, NattyBo said:

Is the sleet pouring out of anyone else’s gutters and making massive drifts?? This is crazy, I have like 3 foot drift of sleet on my back porch!

Yep my driveway is growing sleet mountains, under the gutters

[ErinInTheSky]

2 minutes ago, batmanbrad said:

not sure where in Gaithersburg you are, but after shoveling my driveway just as the flip to sleet occurred over here just west of Laytonsville (a few miles north of the airpark), I just went back out again and had to shovel close to 2"+ of sleet... that was much harder than the 6"+ of light powder.  In a couple of hours I'll have to do it all over again with the rate of sleet falling now.  At least I didn't wait until it was all over - 3-4" of sleet might be too much for this OF to get rid of.

West side of Gaithersburg, and it sounds like we are dealing with the same amount of snow and sleet. And it's looking like we have quite a bit more to go. Yes, this stuff is HARD to shovel. Never been so happy to live in a development that does the shoveling for me.

[George BM]

Meanwhile IAD (Dulles Int'l Airport) is at only 16F as of 2pm.

[snowfan]

This stuff is hard to walk in

[TowsonWeather]

Welp, looks like ORD in Chicago got 1-2 inches of snow based on reports from surrounding neighborhoods.

Is it ok to laugh at Uccinelli now?

 

 

[Kmlwx]

At my high of the day in Colesville (19.9 degrees) - still major sleet falling. 

[Maestrobjwa]

Just now, snowfan said:

This stuff is hard to walk in

Yes it is. I'm outta shape so trudging through half a block was exercise, lol

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

1 minute ago, George BM said:

Meanwhile IAD (Dulles Int'l Airport) is at only 16F as of 2pm.

If my furnace could talk it'd be saying:

[T. August]

Becoming impossible to measure. I’ll play it safe and go low. Uncleared spots are at 7.0-7.5”. 8.3” total.

[Maestrobjwa]

Just now, TowsonWeather said:

Welp, looks like ORD in Chicago got 1-2 inches of snow based on reports from surrounding neighborhoods.

Is it ok to laugh at Uccinelli now?

 

 

Maybe Mr. U gets half credit for the warm nose, perhaps? Lol

[Brianonymous]

lol, holy crap. This is a mode of precipitation I have no experience with. Just had something come through that was like bags of beach sand being dumped from my roof. 

[BlizzardNole]

2 minutes ago, NattyBo said:

Is the sleet pouring out of anyone else’s gutters and making massive drifts?? This is crazy, I have like 3 foot drift of sleet on my back porch!

 

I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never seen it sleet this hard for this long 

Yes!  It put a pile in front of the garage which my snowblower really choked on.  Glad I moved it or we'd have had a big ice speed bump at the entrance of our garage for two weeks LOL

[ErinInTheSky]

1 minute ago, snowfan said:

This stuff is hard to walk in

Literally like walking through an ocean of beads.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

I prob had 5 inches of snow and at least now 2 of sleet, rip sleet for another 6 hours lol 

[WVclimo]

Point and click forecast for Hagerstown says sleet, heavy at times, with a daytime accumulation of 4-8" of sleet.  Never saw that in a forecast before.   Current ob there is blowing snow and 12 degrees.

[bncho]

2 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Yes it is. I'm outta shape so trudging through half a block was exercise, lol

You think that’s hard? I walked five miles today in the snow/sleet to get to my friend’s house and back.

[WesternFringe]

Had 5-6” snow before about 4-5” of sleet!  This was from this morning. 9° currently and still pouring sleet!

NW of Staunton in Augusta County 

[Amped]

I hate the scratchy crunchy sound this stuff makes when you walk on it.

[BlizzardNole]

1 minute ago, WVclimo said:

Point and click forecast for Hagerstown says sleet, heavy at times, with a daytime accumulation of 4-8" of sleet.  Never saw that in a forecast before. 

Just think, since sleet has a 3:1 ratio, multiply by 4 if it was powder snow.  Dang!

[Eskimo Joe]

4 minutes ago, TowsonWeather said:

Welp, looks like ORD in Chicago got 1-2 inches of snow based on reports from surrounding neighborhoods.

Is it ok to laugh at Uccinelli now?

Everyone laughed at him, so he worked the NAM up to screw us