NAM at 45 is just a wild look. Splashes a few inches across MD in wave 1, then a few from here in CHO south in Wave 2.. and leaves a hole of zero frozen precip that stretches across NOVA, Southern MD and DE.
Look if I can just reach the low end of the "expected snowfall" range I will be content. But hope endures.
Also, really my main point here is that Sterling's thoughts on upside potential across many parts of the forum went from like 5-7" to 12-14" in a day. That's not bad...
I want/need someone much smarter than me to explain how the moisture wouldn't just get eaten up by the mountains in the Piedmont area given how this system will be moving..
Back to back to back Sunday mornings with snow is nothing to sneeze at if we can get it.
And there’s almost something romantic about the potential for a big Valentine’s Day storm ushering in some freezer air..
Two inches on elevated surfaces in my backyard. And that was before the melting commenced. I imagine this will indeed be totally gone in the next couple of hours.
Advisory criteria, but definitely not WSW. And not as much fun with it being extremely wet and kids could not sled.
But the visuals during the bands were above anything I've seen in a couple years.
They actually cancelled in-person classes that day at UVA.
In March!
Trying to walk through that was basically impossible. And I remember how my back felt after shoveling my old sidewalk and drive. Just brutal. Everything was so heavy.
Anyway, rates are not terrible here but the temps are so high, the sun is rising and the snow so wet that it's just not accumulating after hitting about an inch. Just compacting on everything basically now.
Within minutes of rates backing off, the roads immediately just become wet. Now they are picking back up and some white/gray is filtering back in. Will be interesting to see if the snow can ever win the battle until the storm departs.
I was outside with a t-shirt and a hoodie. Wasn't even particularly cold. Just pouring down clumps of snow. Rates are, indeed, enough if you're lucky.
This is all gonna be gone by like, 3pm though.