February Discobs 2026

[katabatic]

Steady snow this morning - temperature rose to 40 overnight on SW winds but once precip started, fell back to its current 30. About 1.5" otg from this latest round. I'll probably pick up another 2" before temps climb late morning/early afternoon.

[katabatic]

This is something I’ve never seen before. I have literally hundreds of snow balls in the yard. I’d say they vary from a small cantaloupe to a small watermelon in size. The upslope from the past few days is pure fluff. The snow falling now is much wetter. The wind pushed the snow into these perfectly round shapes. Almost like Mother Nature starting a snowman.

[dailylurker]

1 minute ago, katabatic said:

This is something I’ve never seen before. I have literally hundreds of snow balls in the yard. I’d say they vary from a small cantaloupe to a small watermelon in size. The upslope from the past few days is pure fluff. The snow falling now is much wetter. The wind pushed the snow into these perfectly round shapes. Almost like Mother Nature starting a snowman.

Rollers! I experienced this phenomenon in Delaware! I actually caught it happening. Some rollers went for 10-15' and got as big as a grapefruit.

[MillvilleWx]

1 minute ago, MillvilleWx said:

We did some reanalysis of the GFSv16 (Current model iteration) and GFSv17 (Newer GFS that will replace the current version) and found the current GFS actually did a phenomenal job at SLP placement for majority of its runs and absolutely smoked the CMC and ECMWF overall. However, it did have a 48 hr window where the SLP depiction was about 50-75 miles too far west and that caused a lot of QPF negative feedback on the western periphery of the main field. It handled a lot of other areas correctly and outperformed the EC and CMC still on QPF as those models were way too light on QPF. 
 

Overall, it was a great job by the GFS, but as is always the case, the result is usually a blend of models and not just one individual deterministic. The NBM QPF was skewed by some overly zealous members, mainly some CAMs that will actually not be there for the next version of the NBM (NBM5.0). We are working with MDL (Model Diagnostics Lab) to generate these analyses to improve upon what we have and go forward. Overall forecast ended up being amazing for the high impacted areas and average at best for those on the edges. With a storm like this, every mile can make a big difference in appreciable impacts. 

Bringing this over from another spot so it has more visibility. Wanted to shed a little light on something interesting about this last storm. 
 

As for obs, currently 40/25° 

[blizzardmeiser]

15 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Bringing this over from another spot so it has more visibility. Wanted to shed a little light on something interesting about this last storm. 
 

As for obs, currently 40/25° 

Great summary. I agree the forecast was spot on and a 75 mile difference is minimal given the window.  Thanks for sharing. 

[87storms]

Alright Catoctin cloud factory, I'd like to see some prolonged sun today, please.  Places further south and east get more snow and less clouds.  I'm bitter.  Though it does look like some breaks in the clouds to the west incoming.

[87storms]

6 hours ago, MillvilleWx said:

Bringing this over from another spot so it has more visibility. Wanted to shed a little light on something interesting about this last storm. 
 

As for obs, currently 40/25° 

We actually did decent precip-wise in Frederick on Sunday...the problem was it was mostly rain, whereas most of our true busts are expected to be snow, but just lack any significant precip.  Not having a strong high to the north really messed up the first part of that storm imo.

[North Balti Zen]

Sun broke through in downtown Baltimore around noon - up to 55 now - feels great. Wind is up tho. 

[Mrs.J]

54 and cloudy. Took advantage of the day and cleaned up my front gardens. Liriope is cut down for new growth and rose bush is cleaned up. Filled up the cable for the cats and felt it starting to spit rain. So timed my yard work well.  

[CAPE]

46 here after a high of 50.

Snowpack dwindling but still about 80% coverage. When I look out my kitchen window I still see a snow covered landscape, from my wooded area to the farm field beyond.

I think there have been 26 days with snow otg this winter. Pretty impressive.

[CAPE]

View from the kitchen window as I make a HH Old Fashioned.

 

[87storms]

2 hours ago, CAPE said:

46 here after a high of 50.

Snowpack dwindling but still about 80% coverage. When I look out my kitchen window I still see a snow covered landscape, from my wooded area to the farm field beyond.

I think there have been 26 days with snow otg this winter. Pretty impressive.

The last storm was a disaster here, but I'm still kinda impressed at how much even snow mounds from the plows have melted.  The recent mild temps (albeit not really a torch) and rain has done a number on them. 

[87storms]

Choppy weather most of the day here, but finished in premium fashion.  Was kinda mild leaving the gym around 630.

[pazzo83]

lol

[EastCoast NPZ]

The entire month of February and we got 0 snow here.  Not one measurable event.  What a disaster of a winter for this area.  Unmitigated disaster.

[Wxtrix]

pouring

[midatlanticweather]

People in Northern Loudoun have sent me video of rain/snow mix in that heavy band. 

 

[EastCoast NPZ]

Drizzle.

[EastCoast NPZ]

WTH is causing that heavy band from martinsburg, frederick to Towson??

[mitchnick]

6 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

WTH is causing that heavy band from martinsburg, frederick to Towson??

Sleet aloft would be my guess.

[mitchnick]

I'm hearing my raindrops, so I  think there's some sleet mixed in up here.

[EastCoast NPZ]

5 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Sleet aloft would be my guess.

Make sense, but trix is reporting heavy rain.

[aldie 22]

Picked up .21 with that batch

[gopper]

heavy, heavy snow in Towson!  Roads are caving!  Go GFS!! 

[mitchnick]

Looks like snow trying to mix in up here, but the end is near.

[gopper]

3 hours ago, gopper said:

heavy, heavy snow in Towson!  Roads are caving!  Go GFS!! 

actually, I'm pretty sure I hear sleet out there, but there's no way I'm getting out of my recliner to check.  Cat is settled on my lap!  But it is definitely sounding like sleet mixing in.