80 Degrees to Ripping Snow: March 12th

[Chris78]

Far North and west areas really are the snow anus of the mid Atlantic lately lol.

Man we really suck at snow for the last 5 years .

[GATECH]

78.3 for my high today

33.1 for the low (current temp)

nearing 1” of snow here south of old town Alexandria (heaviest snow rate of the winter currently) along the tropical shores of the Potomac….bonkers!

[donsutherland1]

[Interstate]

measured 1 inch on the patio table

[SnowenOutThere]

I'd say that this thread more than lived up to its name. What a fun little storm. Arguably stuff like this is the best snows.

 

[87storms]

4 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Far North and west areas really are the snow anus of the mid Atlantic lately lol.

Man we really suck at snow for the last 5 years .

We’re missing a lot of these nickel and dime events, which eases some of the pain. But it is kinda stupid. I don’t think I spent more than 30 minutes tracking this one…I knew my fate going in once I saw where the western edge of the precip was showing up on the models.

[Eskimo Joe]

^I really like the picture with the cherry tree.

[H2O]

6 minutes ago, GATECH said:

78.3 for my high today

33.1 for the low (current temp)

nearing 1” of snow here south of old town Alexandria (heaviest snow rate of the winter currently) along the tropical shores of the Potomac….bonkers!

Just measured 1.25” here. Amazing given the temps yesterday 

[wawarriors4]

It’s least 2” if not a bit more on grass and colder surfaces in Spotsylvania. Slush on roads and parking lots.

[T. August]

Finally 33° but now it’s too light to accumulate. Spots just above 300’ are over an inch. Oh well

[Scraff]

What a great day! Shorts to snow pants. I’m having fun…but beer is involved in my day sooooo…..yeah. 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

5 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

This temperature drop has to be unprecedented. It would be like if in July, the high in Baltimore was 104 one day, then only 53 at solar noon the next day.

[GreyHat]

Magnolia 

36F

Rain

What a terrible drive home. 

[Amped]

Very light snow, but still all snow.

[GATECH]

Winding down…obligatory deck pick…this is why daytime snow is superior!  Family thinks I am nuts, but this is how I spend a snow day!  (Luckily home alone today!)

 

 

[Scraff]

Damn! Just wow….

[wasnow215]

Snowing to beat the band in RVA!! Everything covered even some slush on side roads!

[adelphi_sky]

Grass caved. Did not expect that. White with a few blades sticking through. This is sooo awesome! 

[Interstate]

Way more than expected. 

[wasnow215]

I am a huge GFS hater haha, but second event this year it totally led the way!

[adelphi_sky]

Just stopped abruptly. Looking at radar, I can see why. Very sharp cutoff. 

[TSSN+]

43 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

The real questions remain:

1.) How much slant-sticked snow did the Norrisville spotter report?

2.) How are conditions in the icebox in Mt. @mappy

3.) What about way up north above the arctic circle with @psuhoffman?

Nada for psu and me 

[BlizzardNole]

Moderate snow and starting to stick on grass a few miles south of Prince Frederick.  Can't believe it was 85 yesterday!

[Winter Wizard]

If you're curious, the highest temperature DCA ever recorded the day before accumulating snow prior to today was 74 degrees on 4/7/72.

If DCA recorded more than a trace, it would obliterate the record. 

[TSSN+]

1 minute ago, wasnow215 said:

I am a huge GFS hater haha, but second event this year it totally led the way!

Had me getting 5” I got 5 flakes not so great. 

[Bubbler86]

1 minute ago, Winter Wizard said:

If you're curious, the highest temperature DCA ever recorded the day before accumulating snow prior to today was 74 degrees on 4/7/72.

If DCA recorded more than a trace, it would obliterate the record. 

How about the day of recorded snow re: 12:01 this AM. 

[gopper]

Lately GFS has led the way with the "idea of snow" but not necessarily the "details".

[Chris78]

20 minutes ago, 87storms said:

We’re missing a lot of these nickel and dime events, which eases some of the pain. But it is kinda stupid. I don’t think I spent more than 30 minutes tracking this one…I knew my fate going in once I saw where the western edge of the precip was showing up on the models.

It's been a historically bad 5 year stretch for our area compared to Climo.

I use HGR for numbers since I'm in Washington county

[Terpeast]

So is this little storm going to change your overall grade for the winter? I had it at a B-, but now bumped it up to a solid B.

Congrats to those who got an inch+!

[87storms]

4 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

It's been a historically bad 5 year stretch for our area compared to Climo.

I use HGR for numbers since I'm in Washington county

At least we’ve been chipping away at the drought. Have had a quality precip month so far.