Feb 22nd/23rd "There's no way..." Obs Thread

[Warm Nose]

Looks like I'll end up with barely an inch of actual accumulation. I'm gonna go ahead and say that was well under the forecast. 

[bncho]

Puking! 1”/hr still 

[weatherbook]

Walking the dog in Oakton a few minutes ago. 

[nj2va]

Got a little bit of slushy accumulation on some grassy/mulch areas but mostly just wet.

[Wetbulbs88]

3 minutes ago, bncho said:

Puking! 1”/hr still 

Send a picture of a measurement.

I'm ten miles from you and we have 0"

[clskinsfan]

Getting skipped out this way with the goods. Enjoy to the east. Another fail for MBY.

[87storms]

7 minutes ago, Thanatos_I_Am said:

Insane micro-climate going on around DC. Mostly rain, wintry mix on the national mall. Drove over the bridge and moderate snow in Rosslyn. Interesting! 

It’s the product of not having a nice cold Arctic high to the north. It’s either rates, elevation, or drip drip.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

The only thing that could save dc and get something decent is the norlun if that really happens, otherwise we’re probably looking at a slushy inch or so. 

[Weather Will]

Dusting on grass and pavers starting to cave but radar looks pretty sparse out my way right now.  Mostly conversational snow.  They should consider putting Cactoctins and northern Frederick county in a different zone.

[T. August]

32.7° 0.3” Havre de Grace

[Miss Pixee]

8 minutes ago, Thanatos_I_Am said:

Insane micro-climate going on around DC. Mostly rain, wintry mix on the national mall. Drove over the bridge and moderate snow in Rosslyn. Interesting! 

DC is a bowl. The 'core' downtown has no elevation and the perimeters (NW, SE) have elevation. As you move toward MD the elevation rises.

[Interstate]

Well it looks like the heavy bands can’t make it across the bay. 

[osfan24]

11 minutes ago, TowsonWeather said:

Color me shocked that Baltimore is getting fucked yet again. 
 

A decade of misery continues. 

Not that it really matters because this storm sucks for us either way given what is happening just northeast of us, but we are stuck between the band on the eastern shore and the IVT west of DC, so rates are pretty are pretty meh.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

2 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

Getting skipped out this way with the goods. Enjoy to the east. Another fail for MBY.

Failing here too and it looks like the area between dc and the coastal including Baltimore also gonna get raleighed.  One guy who lives under the norlun will get 3 inches and be happy lol. 

[midatlanticweather]

Well - went driving about an hour ago. I got less than 0.15 of an inch, but eastern Purcellville had picked up close to an inch. Snow almost wrapped up here as we get the subsidence from the norlun and also as the energy and moisture gets sucked east. I did drive over the Blue Ridge with snow-covered roads! Was wild and very low visibility in fog. So, I was whiffed but eastern Loudoun is looking good for now! 

I am about 1.5 miles from downtown Purcellville. 

 

 

[Wonderdog]

Yeah, it's like Augusta.

[bncho]

4 minutes ago, Wetbulbs88 said:

Send a picture of a measurement.

I'm ten miles from you and we have 0"

1.25” ish

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

You can actually see the norlun setting up on radar now over Hagerstown. 

[Paleocene]

5 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

The only thing that could save dc and get something decent is the norlun if that really happens, otherwise we’re probably looking at a slushy inch or so. 

We are cooked if we don't get good rates under norlun

[Bubbler86]

5 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

Dusting on grass and pavers starting to cave but radar looks pretty sparse out my way right now.  Mostly conversational snow.  They should consider putting Cactoctins and northern Frederick county in a different zone.

Roads through the catoctins appear to be wet.   3-4" oh the grass. 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Just now, Paleocene said:

We are cooked if we don't get good rates under norlun

Absolutely, you were right to be skeptical of this setup yesterday! But also maybe we get lucky under the norlun still who knows. 

[DDweatherman]

1 minute ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

You can actually see the norlun setting up on radar now over Hagerstown. 

That is what I am thinking as well. 

[WEATHER53]

Darker greens over bay appear to be shrinking but are being resupplied by darker greens moving toward bay from OC.  Let’s see what happens .

Also, to my eye, lighter greens to west of DC although erratic do have a western movement 

 

[Warm Nose]

We should start to see some of the western areas get their Warnings dropped (Clarke, W. Loudoun, N. Prince William)

[yoda]

@bncho enjoy day off

[Wxtrix]

24 minutes ago, Wetbulbs88 said:

I don't see any wraparound or backbuilding making it westward. But we'll see. 

why would you expect that at this time?

[Wetbulbs88]

2 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

why would you expect that at this time?

By using my eyes and basic logic. 

Good luck. 

[Chris78]

2 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Roads through the catoctins appear to be wet.   3-4" oh the grass. 

Roads are snow covered through Smithsburg. 

Kind of surprised how fast they caved. 

Snow has lightened up now.

[Terpeast]

1.75" and still snowing moderately

[Whitecheddar]

I thought the radar was looking nice over my head in hagerstown as well. I can report the lightest snow since about 1pm right now. So unless its some epic cinematic shit... I report.. no.