January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

[somecallmetim]

3 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

I know we all love to say it - but can you imagine if this QPF firehose was entirely snow. Man...it would be snowing cats and dogs...

Would look a lot like the Euro map from last Monday.

[peribonca]

Just now, Terrapinwx said:

Temperature really climbing now. Was 21 at 2:40 but up to 27 now. Still mostly sleet but freezing rain is mixing in. Can’t see it falling but everything is beginning to get a glaze. Models had the temp crashing as the backside moves through, hoping that turns back to sleet instead of becoming all freezing rain


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Once the ocean surface low passed my latitude surface temps quickly dropped from 26 F to 23F in Colonial Beach

[winter_warlock]

I'm still sitting at 22 F..  looks like the original forecasted high of 30 here won't  come to fruition 

[das]

Posted in the NE thread but dropping the link here too for posterity. The sound of a sleetfest (turn on sound). 

 

 

[Its a Breeze]

1 minute ago, winter_warlock said:

This storm reminds me of a storm. In 1994 that started as snow but then changed to skeet and I got like 5 inches of sleet on top of 6 inches of snow. Was wild!!!!

Umm.... 

[uncletim]

17 minutes ago, CAPE said:

If I lose power this is my freezer lol

This is an interesting pic - I have same effect on my deck. Normally even a couple of inches of snow and the decking gaps are filled in. This was so cold, dry and fine that even with 5 inches of pure snow, it was still sifting through the gapping,and the sleet continues the same way. Never seen that before.

[SolidIcewx]

Glazing here in Alexandria

[Mrs.J]

Family spread out and we are all experiencing a different type of precipitation. Kid in DC said it just started raining, presumably freezing rain. I am getting sleet here. Kid up in PA is getting dumped on with snow. 

[Kay]

1 hour ago, T. August said:

3:00PM obs in Havre de Grace: 21/18 (big spike in temp) and an additional .4” of sleet bringing the total to 8.7”. Admittedly, this total is probably low since it’s a disaster to measure.

@Kay any measuring insight lol?

Welll I measured 6.5" like 30 minutes after the flip started this morning 10-ish. Not very confident about the measurement I just took of what fell after that on cleared area. It has to be at least 2-2.5" imo, but it's unruly stuff. 

[winter_warlock]

1 minute ago, Its a Breeze said:

Umm.... 

I fixed it 

[Snowciopathic Snow Bro]

Traffic camera at Linton Hall and U.S. 29 in Gainesville.  For those who aren't familiar with the area, this interchange is normally heavily traveled and frequently congested (much like 10,000 other places in the region, lol).   Looks like the covid era redux today.

[nw baltimore wx]

14 minutes ago, Scraff said:

Little snow/sleet happy hour with a few neighbors before the AFC game. Whistle Pig 6 Yr. Sono 1420 Blaze Cinnamon Whiskey. RAK DIPA. Third Hill Hazy IPA. That was definitely fun. Was pouring sleet, not a complaint though. Everyone looked to me and asked when are we getting a clean pow bomb. Ummmm. I said soon maybe??? 

Chili, cornbread, rye, and heavy sleet.

Yep. Tree and train still up. Don’t judge.

[Scraff]

I’m just curious. Any chance for a backend Justin Tucker happy ending with a flash of snow? Or what I got…just be happy and move on? I’m fine either way. Just a thought. 

[dailylurker]

For you non hiking/mountain climbing fokes. I suggest ordering these. They're called micro spikes. If we get freezing rain you'll need them. 

[T. August]

Just now, Kay said:

Welll I measured 6.5" like 30 minutes after the flip started this morning 10-ish. Not very confident about the measurement I just took of what fell after that on cleared area. It has to be at least 2-2.5" imo, but it's unruly stuff. 

I’m at 9.2” as of 4:30 so that checks out.  Depth of 8.1” so I think my actual measurement is low tbh. This is a tough one lol. 

[osfan24]

6 minutes ago, das said:

Stop by the New England thread and listen to the Boston crew for a few. It’s entertaining, to say the least. 

Why? To be even more depressed?

[NorthArlington101]

Also a glaze starting to appear in DC. Definitely a sleet/freezing rain mix. Not sure what to think about the next few hours. Definitely haven’t felt compelled to go outside since this morning beyond just observing a sleet pack for a second.

[wxdude64]

20 minutes ago, uncletim said:

This is an interesting pic - I have same effect on my deck. Normally even a couple of inches of snow and the decking gaps are filled in. This was so cold, dry and fine that even with 5 inches of pure snow, it was still sifting through the gapping,and the sleet continues the same way. Never seen that before.

Same here. I have a second-floor deck over a lower-level patio. 97.8852% of the time that patio has enough snow on it to brush off with a broom after a storm. Not this time! There is more on the patio than on the deck above. 

[87storms]

17 minutes ago, Scraff said:

Little snow/sleet happy hour with a few neighbors before the AFC game. Whistle Pig 6 Yr. Sono 1420 Blaze Cinnamon Whiskey. RAK DIPA. Third Hill Hazy IPA. That was definitely fun. Was pouring sleet, not a complaint though. Everyone looked to me and asked when are we getting a clean pow bomb. Ummmm. I said soon maybe??? 

The whistle pig 6 yr is pretty good. I almost caved and got eh Taylor the other day but all the stores price gouge the allocated stuff now.

[CAPE]

4 minutes ago, uncletim said:

This is an interesting pic - I have same effect on my deck. Normally even a couple of inches of snow and the decking gaps are filled in. This was so cold, dry and fine that even with 5 inches of pure snow, it was still sifting through the gapping,and the sleet continues the same way. Never seen that before.

It was mostly the sleet that caused that.

[Ephesians2]

[H2O]

My temp has jumped from 21 to 25 in the last two hours.  When the hell is the coastal taking over and temps gonna crash again?

 

[Its a Breeze]

We just changed back to that Sneet? Falling to slow to be purely sleet, not really grapel either.

Up to 8" (on the deck), almost 6" of snow and the rest sleet and other.

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Up to 5.5” storm total (3.3” snow, 2.2” sleet). Cleared the board as we’ve mostly switched over to freezing rain.

(The kids are having a blast;  I think they like this more than a pure snowstorm )

[SnowtoRain]

27.7, around 5" of snow and sleet, maybe a bit more, and now freezing rain, trees starting to look heavy

[Miss Pixee]

9 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

I know we all love to say it - but can you imagine if this QPF firehose was entirely snow. Man...it would be snowing cats and dogs...

I honestly don't care what it could have been other than optics of seeing piles of snow. This is just as interesting and impactful. When you have a slope driveway on a hill it kills the 'fun' of clearing cars, pathways and digging out to the street.

[Eskimo Joe]

5 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Chili, cornbread, rye, and heavy sleet.

Yep. Tree and train still up. Don’t judge.

You have trains. It's acceptable. My outside decorations are still up just for the snow.

[snowfan]

If the hrrr is correct, those in southern md and the eastern shore already getting ZR are fooked.

[frd]

28 minutes ago, GreyHat said:

Looks the heavy stuff heading east and will hit Delaware. 

 

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

Ominous radar . Pouring sleet here at 20 F. 

[wxdude64]

3 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

For you non hiking/mountain climbing fokes. I suggest ordering these. They're called micro spikes. If we get freezing rain you'll need them. 

My wife got 2 pair after tearing a tendon in her foot the very FIRST TIME she went on snow/ice here after moving from California. I had her hand as we slowly crossed and said 'Now be careful, this stuff is" and she was down. Anyway, a pair stay in the house and one in the vehicle we take out now in the winter.