80 Degrees to Ripping Snow: March 12th

[Eskimo Joe]

9 minutes 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. 

DCA M0.1" officially

[wasnow215]

7 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

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

Talking about an actual changeover not exact location. NWS here in Wakefield FINALLY put out a (weak) statement just now.. Welcome to yesterday!

[Amped]

10 minutes 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. 

I lived in Boulder for a year and this tops any temp swing snowstorm we got there.

[87storms]

3 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

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+!

I might downgrade after this event lol. But seriously, this is a B- tops in Frederick, and that’s being generous. I gotta think it’s a A- minimum for DC south. They’re the new mid Atlantic winter overloads.

[WxUSAF]

I had to leave the house at 130 so had my wife just measure and 1.4”!!!

[Terpeast]

1 minute ago, 87storms said:

I might downgrade after this event lol. But seriously, this is a B- tops in Frederick, and that’s being generous. I gotta think it’s a A- minimum for DC south. They’re the new mid Atlantic winter overloads.

Reasonable. I'm in between, so a B for mby is consistent with your grading of Frederick and DC south. 

[kgottwald]

Let's do it again on April 15!

[Winter Wizard]

11 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

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

67 degrees on 11/11/95

[PrinceFrederickWx]

18 hours ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I never took my snowboard up through this entire heatwave. I have a feeling this one’s going to get us on the board somehow. 

Heavy snow and grass has caved. I knew we would do it!

[osfan24]

14 minutes ago, gopper said:

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

Euro snow depth map seemed to do pretty well with this.

[bncho]

@MN Transplant final measurement?

[notvirga!]

9 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

DCA M0.1" officially

Is that a boom or bust? Lol 

[wasnow215]

7 minutes ago, Winter Wizard said:

67 degrees on 11/11/95

Was 70° at my house in Moseley, Va (a little SW of Richmond Proper) at 7:45 am

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Yes! Daffodil Destroyer! I'm still outside in the same outfit from this morning, shorts and sandals. 

[JakkelWx]

Woo snow!

[yoda]

30 minutes 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. 

They reported at least 0.1" per @WxUSAF

[yoda]

17 minutes ago, Winter Wizard said:

67 degrees on 11/11/95

 

29 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

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

DCA was 75 at 5am lol

[NorthArlington101]

Probably gonna go with .1" in DC to match DCA... 1" in NW Arlington? My family's photos didn't look as impressive as @MN Transplant's. Guess I'll see what spotters have to say.

[weatherbook]

About 1.5" in Oakton. 

[dailylurker]

That was humbling. So, it can snow and accumulate a few hours after it's been 75 degrees the entire night prior to the snow starting the next day around noon, in the middle of March, with a temp above freezing. My grass is covered and the trees are hanging heavy with snow. Wtf lol

[JakkelWx]

big flakes coming down. reminds me of the start of the late feb blizzard. 

[WxUSAF]

Just now, dailylurker said:

That was humbling. So, it can snow and accumulate a few hours after it's been 75 degrees the entire night prior to the snow starting the next day around noon, in the middle of March, with a temp above freezing. My grass is covered and the trees are hanging heavy with snow. Wtf lol

The “ground is too warm for snow to accumulate” crowd just can’t stop taking giant L’s

[Miss Pixee]

Taken at 2pm...

[yoda]

2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

The “ground is too warm for snow to accumulate” crowd just can’t stop taking giant L’s

 

[JakkelWx]

3 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

The “ground is too warm for snow to accumulate” crowd just can’t stop taking giant L’s

favorable snow angle.

[CAPE]

Now that was a fun drive from wrok. Moderate to heavy snow, low visibility, and whitening of ground as I got closer to home.

[AlexD1990]

8 minutes ago, JakkelWx said:

big flakes coming down. reminds me of the start of the late feb blizzard. 

still rain in Rehoboth, but some mangled sleet pellets mixed in....hoping/anticipating changeover shortly.

[BlizzardNole]

33 minutes ago, 87storms said:

I might downgrade after this event lol. But seriously, this is a B- tops in Frederick, and that’s being generous. I gotta think it’s a A- minimum for DC south. They’re the new mid Atlantic winter overlords.

Can confirm.  My southern MD family has been crushing my Germantown snowfall totals for a few years, including last year with about 10" for me and almost 25" for them.  Now we just moved here and I've got around an inch today and snowing good. 

[Bubbler86]

17 minutes ago, yoda said:

 

DCA was 75 at 5am lol

Yea, that was what I was alluding too.  That record should have been crushed which it appears it was. 

[CAPE]

Drinking a stout and watching the snow fall after 2 early summer days. Is this Denver? Temp 32 and a solid coating.