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

[87storms]

23 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

Sun is partially out. 35 deg. Anything that was on the non pavement surfaces is now gone. Wind is tossing anything that landed on trees all over the roads. Quite the time driving on Jefferson Pike and having flying powder balls hit your car. Am fine with nothing really. Just got my first Shingles shot yesterday and feeling it today. And with Mr. J having a Low pressure headache the driveway would have been left to itself. 

Melted really quick here, too. Wanted to drive up to the Watershed, but Hamburg Road was closed. Maybe a tree down, or still slick. I could literally see the difference between my place and 800’, which is 5 minutes up the road. Prob a couple inches there and I imagine several inches at the top of the mountain. One of these days we’ll time the southern stream and a high pressure to the north properly.

[Eskimo Joe]

43 minutes ago, osfan24 said:

It feels like the Euro and CMC were most right with the area of heaviest snow, but they were just too light on the totals within that area. Those models had the coastal Niña blizzard look. The GFS was first to lock onto the blizzard idea and had the right totals along the coast but was too bullish too far inland.

I agree with this assessment. It seems like the GFS can lead the way with northern stream dominant events sometimes.

[Miss Pixee]

2 hours ago, arlwx12 said:

In Arlington, I think elevation had some impact.

Far western Arlington (about 300-350 elevation): 3.5

West of Lake Barcroft (about 250-300 elevation): 2.5

Me (about 100 feet up from DCA): about an inch and a half

DCA (just about on the river): 1.0

((Of course, when I saw the predicted temperatures, I figured DCA didn't have much of a chance. I'm a bit surprised it managed to get an inch despite not hitting 32 for an extended period until shortly before 5 am.))

I posted this up awhile ago. DC is flat at the center and elevation is NW/SE. Notice the true 0' elevation is only at the river borders including much of SW. I'm in one of the hilly spots. Got about 1/1/2" in my neck of the woods.

[hstorm]

Providence, RI (my old hometown) has 32.8" as of 1pm, and still reporting SN+.  Biggest storm in history at the airport.

[stormy]

1 inch in 1 hour yesterday afternoon, mostly still here, because we have only reached a high of 33 today with cloudy skies.

Wintergreen, 15 miles southeast at 3000 ft. reported 15 inches at 8 am.

[clueless]

I’m back in south Sterling and there’s nothing left. The ‘What Snow?’ Snowstorm.  

[Nomz]

Sun angle put in work today 

[wxdude64]

Still doing the 'special' part of the storm flawlessly. Been in mid-upper 30's with wind gusts all day. Currently cloudy and 30.2/17.6 with NW winds 17 gusting to 31 mph. 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

JFC my snow depth is already down to 1.8” 

[adelphi_sky]

80% of this morning's snowpack has melted. Sorta puts the snowcrete into perspective. That was a weeks long winter wonderland. Call me crazy, but I'd rather have snow that sticks around for a few weeks than snow that disappears in less than 6 hours. 

[WEATHER53]

Don’t know about sun angle as there was no sun  here.  4-5” at7am this morning and still 3-3.5 

[Bob Chill]

33 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

Still doing the 'special' part of the storm flawlessly. Been in mid-upper 30's with wind gusts all day. Currently cloudy and 30.2/17.6 with NW winds 17 gusting to 31 mph. 

It's been pretty rowdy down here too. Went outside to work for a bit, got blasted by a 2 minute gust, couple branches fell near me, went right back inside. Not enough wind to damage much but plenty of 40mph gusts today. Not a good boating day on the lake I don't think

[CAPE]

Finally home. The snow is littered with branches mostly small thankfully. A few bigger ones.

Just looking at the snowfall reports from Mount Holly and WOW. Where I was in Easton(west side) might have gotten 6.

..Delaware...

...Kent County...
Woodside                     20.5 in   1115 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Leipsic                      18.0 in   1029 AM 02/23   Public
1 E Felton                   17.5 in   1230 PM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Dover                        16.5 in   0945 AM 02/23   Public
Harrington                   16.1 in   1100 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Smyrna 3.5 SSW               13.2 in   0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
3 SW Magnolia                13.0 in   0812 AM 02/23   Public
Clayton                      10.0 in   0645 AM 02/23   Public

...New Castle County...
Hockessin                    10.0 in   0555 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Talleyville                  10.0 in   1115 AM 02/23   Public
Wilmington                   9.5 in    0640 AM 02/23   Public
Bellefonte                   8.5 in    0900 AM 02/23   Public
Holiday Hills                8.3 in    0210 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
New Castle County Airport    8.3 in    0100 PM 02/23   ASOS
Wilmington 5.6 N             8.0 in    0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Newport 2.4 WNW              7.2 in    0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Bear                         7.0 in    0630 AM 02/23   Public
1 NW Marshallton             6.3 in    0930 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Newark 1.5 S                 5.5 in    0730 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Newark                       5.0 in    0830 AM 02/23   Public

...Sussex County...
Bethel                       19.3 in   0741 AM 02/23   Broadcast Media
3 N Long Neck                19.3 in   0800 AM 02/23   NWS Employee
4 N Delaware Coastal Airport 19.0 in   0600 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
2 WSW Long Neck              18.7 in   1030 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
1 SW Lewes                   18.0 in   0430 AM 02/23   Public
2 SE Milton                  18.0 in   0945 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Milton                       17.2 in   1121 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
1 E Millsboro                17.0 in   1100 AM 02/23   Public
Bridgeville 2.6 W            16.5 in   0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
3 ESE Bridgeville            16.0 in   0800 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Gumboro                      15.5 in   0941 AM 02/23   Public
Delmar 0.1 WSW               13.0 in   0831 AM 02/23   COCORAHS

...Maryland...

...Caroline County...
Greensboro                   14.0 in   1037 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Denton                       12.0 in   1038 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
4 SSE Ingleside              12.0 in   1100 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
3 N Oakland                  11.0 in   1035 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr

...Kent County...
Millington                   6.0 in    0530 AM 02/23   Public
Chestertown                  3.9 in    0755 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter

...Queen Annes County...
3 SSE Hope                   10.0 in   1036 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Sudlersville                 10.0 in   1035 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Church Hill                  8.5 in    1036 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
3 SSE Church Hill            8.0 in    1037 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Crumpton                     8.0 in    1038 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Centreville                  7.0 in    0715 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Grasonville                  5.0 in    0459 AM 02/23   NWS Employee
Queenstown                   4.5 in    1032 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
2 SW Stevensville            4.4 in    0700 AM 02/23   CO-OP Obse

[CAPE]

Not sure about the 14" here, but a friend a mile west said it was a foot. I have nothing to go by except my security cam- obviously a lot of melting today. But damn central/southern Delaware got crushed

[CAPE]

I haven't had a double digit snow since 2016- but came close the last 5 winters- several 6-9" storms. I'll just go with 10" even if it was more. I'm not one to inflate numbers.

[EastCoast NPZ]

55 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

Still doing the 'special' part of the storm flawlessly. Been in mid-upper 30's with wind gusts all day. Currently cloudy and 30.2/17.6 with NW winds 17 gusting to 31 mph. 

Same here.   Cloudy, which I like, but that wind can GTFOH.

[CAPE]

3 hours ago, RevWarReenactor said:

Well I got great news for you I’m absolutely 100% positively done with tracking snow for the mid Atlantic. I won’t be here anymore. Most of you are bullies and trash human beings anyway. (Limited exceptions aside) something I should have known decades ago. 

lol fuck off. You need help. Find a new drug.

[WesternFringe]

2 hours ago, stormy said:

1 inch in 1 hour yesterday afternoon, mostly still here, because we have only reached a high of 33 today with cloudy skies.

Wintergreen, 15 miles southeast at 3000 ft. reported 15 inches at 8 am.

Where did you see that?

[Herb@MAWS]

0.98” rain + melted snow — Columbia. 

[osfan24]

Rain gauge didn’t even have 3/4 of an inch in it, so we can talk about temps and ratios and stickage, if even if all those things were good, the moisture just wasn’t there. Basically half what the GFS advertised.

[das]

22 hours ago, Ka60 said:

I was about to report it.

Clarksburg, MD  @7:30  SN+  2.0"  

What was your total?

[JakkelWx]

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Finally home. The snow is littered with branches mostly small thankfully. A few bigger ones.

Just looking at the snowfall reports from Mount Holly and WOW. Where I was in Easton(west side) might have gotten 6.

..Delaware...

...Kent County...
Woodside                     20.5 in   1115 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Leipsic                      18.0 in   1029 AM 02/23   Public
1 E Felton                   17.5 in   1230 PM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Dover                        16.5 in   0945 AM 02/23   Public
Harrington                   16.1 in   1100 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Smyrna 3.5 SSW               13.2 in   0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
3 SW Magnolia                13.0 in   0812 AM 02/23   Public
Clayton                      10.0 in   0645 AM 02/23   Public

...New Castle County...
Hockessin                    10.0 in   0555 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Talleyville                  10.0 in   1115 AM 02/23   Public
Wilmington                   9.5 in    0640 AM 02/23   Public
Bellefonte                   8.5 in    0900 AM 02/23   Public
Holiday Hills                8.3 in    0210 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
New Castle County Airport    8.3 in    0100 PM 02/23   ASOS
Wilmington 5.6 N             8.0 in    0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Newport 2.4 WNW              7.2 in    0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Bear                         7.0 in    0630 AM 02/23   Public
1 NW Marshallton             6.3 in    0930 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Newark 1.5 S                 5.5 in    0730 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Newark                       5.0 in    0830 AM 02/23   Public

...Sussex County...
Bethel                       19.3 in   0741 AM 02/23   Broadcast Media
3 N Long Neck                19.3 in   0800 AM 02/23   NWS Employee
4 N Delaware Coastal Airport 19.0 in   0600 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
2 WSW Long Neck              18.7 in   1030 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
1 SW Lewes                   18.0 in   0430 AM 02/23   Public
2 SE Milton                  18.0 in   0945 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
Milton                       17.2 in   1121 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
1 E Millsboro                17.0 in   1100 AM 02/23   Public
Bridgeville 2.6 W            16.5 in   0700 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
3 ESE Bridgeville            16.0 in   0800 AM 02/23   COCORAHS
Gumboro                      15.5 in   0941 AM 02/23   Public
Delmar 0.1 WSW               13.0 in   0831 AM 02/23   COCORAHS

...Maryland...

...Caroline County...
Greensboro                   14.0 in   1037 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Denton                       12.0 in   1038 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
4 SSE Ingleside              12.0 in   1100 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter
3 N Oakland                  11.0 in   1035 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr

...Kent County...
Millington                   6.0 in    0530 AM 02/23   Public
Chestertown                  3.9 in    0755 AM 02/23   Trained Spotter

...Queen Annes County...
3 SSE Hope                   10.0 in   1036 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Sudlersville                 10.0 in   1035 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Church Hill                  8.5 in    1036 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
3 SSE Church Hill            8.0 in    1037 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Crumpton                     8.0 in    1038 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Centreville                  7.0 in    0715 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
Grasonville                  5.0 in    0459 AM 02/23   NWS Employee
Queenstown                   4.5 in    1032 AM 02/23   Emergency Mngr
2 SW Stevensville            4.4 in    0700 AM 02/23   CO-OP Obse

20.5 in woodside?? holy fook. That's only 5 miles from here, and I recorded "only" 14.5". So they must've been measuring a drift, but its a trained spotter so it seems more believable.

[hstorm]

47 minutes ago, WesternFringe said:

Where did you see that?

I assume it was from the mountain report on Wintergreen's website.  In my experience, every resort fudges those numbers.  Great job for a slantsticker.

[stormy]

53 minutes ago, WesternFringe said:

Where did you see that?

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?sid=rnk

[JakkelWx]

5 minutes ago, JakkelWx said:

20.5 in woodside?? holy fook. That's only 5 miles from here, and I recorded "only" 14.5". So they must've been measuring a drift, but its a trained spotter so it seems more believable.

ok, it looks like there was a localized band of heavy snow for an hour there while I was asleep. Slept for about 5 hours. Just missed me by 5 miles, lol. 

[Weather Will]

BECS for Rhode Island.  Amazing...

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
105 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026

...RECORD SNOWSTORM FOR PROVIDENCE RI...

AS OF 1 PM, THE SNOWFALL TOTAL AT RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREENE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 32.8 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE
GREATEST SINGLE SNOWSTORM ON RECORD, WHICH WAS 28.6 INCHES SET DURING
THE BLIZZARD OF `78, ON FEBRUARY 6-7, 1978.

AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT THIS EVENING ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NEXT
SNOWFALL TOTAL AROUND 7 PM.

[stormy]

8 minutes ago, hstorm said:

I assume it was from the mountain report on Wintergreen's website.  In my experience, every resort fudges those numbers.  Great job for a slantsticker.

This is from NWS Blacksburg.  Argue with those people, smartboy.

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?sid=rnk

[hstorm]

12 minutes ago, stormy said:

This is from NWS Blacksburg.  Argue with those people, smartboy.

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?sid=rnk

That's just taking the 24-hour snow report from Wintergreen.  The report at your link is time-stamped 7:11am.  That's the same time stamp as the mountain report on Wintergreen's website (Mountain Report + Cams - Wintergreen Resort).  It's all circular.  To repeat, those ski area reports are always inflated.  But thanks anyways for the name-calling.

[hstorm]

15 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

BECS for Rhode Island.  Amazing...

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
105 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026

...RECORD SNOWSTORM FOR PROVIDENCE RI...

AS OF 1 PM, THE SNOWFALL TOTAL AT RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREENE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 32.8 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE
GREATEST SINGLE SNOWSTORM ON RECORD, WHICH WAS 28.6 INCHES SET DURING
THE BLIZZARD OF `78, ON FEBRUARY 6-7, 1978.

AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT THIS EVENING ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NEXT
SNOWFALL TOTAL AROUND 7 PM.

There is a 36" report from Providence (~10 miles north of PVD) at 4:21pm.  Assume T.F. Green will end up with a similar final total.  Absolutely incredible.