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4 hours ago, Deck Pic said:

DCA - 10.3"

BWI - 6.6"

IAD - 10.6"

probably final

 

 

Haha that can't be final for BWI. I swear for all the complaining about DCA's reporting, BWI's is equally as comical. I live pretty close to the airport and they are always low on totals.

Eased up to just flurries here and it looks like in general the lifting mechanism is dying out. Lots of weakening of the bands now. It was a fun evening though. Let's keep the ball rolling for next weekend. That's the BIG one.

Just now, Steve25 said:

Looks like I'm coming in a loser from this evening stuff. I'm in Baltimore but I've got nothing but the occasional flurries. My total has stood at 4.5 inches. It's looked like the heavy bands have been on my doorstep for hours but just aren't getting here. Does anyone know the last official measurements at BWI?

Not sure but BWI should have been getting really good snow the past 3-4 hours. They should be over 8 and maybe hit double digits.

1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

Strong wind all of a sudden

Same. That was really odd.

Just now, supernovasky said:

I’m gonna end up with more snow round 2 than round 1.

At this rate, I might, too, as crazy as that sounds.

Getting dumped on right now. Heaviest snow yet. This is awesome.

1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

aka perfect snow to accumulate fast.  Dumping right now.  

Good stuff. I've easily picked up a couple inches in the past two hours. I feel like every subsequent run of HRRR doesn't change amounts going forward.

I'm just going to pretend the NAM situation from a couple days ago is happening where we got like 15 inches from this part of the storm LOL.

Now we are cranking. Up to moderate snow now, huge flakes. Hope I can get a few hours of this before it all winds down.

My band has picked up a little bit more now. Definitely a steady light snow.

12 minutes ago, heavy_wx said:

I think the snow detected by the radar is > 500 m above the ground, so with the N wind, it has moved several km south by the time it reaches the ground. I noticed this as the band approached me in North Laurel, where the precip didn't become all that intense until the center of the band was above me.

Maybe that's it, but I'm literally in the middle and actually more toward the end than the beginning of that band and it's still not doing much. Picked up slightly to maybe a steady light snow?

10 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

The greens in between the yellows in moco are still mod snow just with smaller flakes. I'm over 8" now and 9" is becoming more likely every time i look at radar.

I'm sitting in the dark greens right now with the yellow band literally a couple of miles away at most and backing into me and it's not snowing above a light snow shower. Not sure what gives.

Snowing lightly now, but steadily enough that the street has caved again even after we got plowed down to wet pavement a few hours ago. Hoping to get into the yellows.

Anytime now.......that band is weakening too as it slowly approaches.

The huge band moving out of DC looks like it means business and seems like it wants to continue to march north.

Waiting impatiently for something to get up here. Band went by me to northwest and everything else falls apart before it gets here.

Radar continuing to light up but it's like there is a wall right around Laurel and nothing can penetrate it.

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1084506484535373825

Seems crazy but I will hug this like crazy.

How the heck do I get a Tweet to show up on here? Can't figure it out.

1 minute ago, 87storms said:

yea, i could be wishcasting a bit, but we've had a couple of rainers overperform as well.  3" would be pretty legit, though.  i would take that and call it a storm.

You are in a much better spot than me. Wouldn't take much of a model error combined with ratios for you to get another 3 or 4, especially looking at current radar.

6 minutes ago, 87storms said:

just got back from a nice little hike through cabin john.  outstanding scenery.  5.5" was about the average.

round 2 or 3 or whatever it is at this point looks very appealing at the moment.  not sure how far north and west is goes, but can't underestimate a mild atlantic.  should be interesting to see how much moisture can get thrown back here.

Short-range models have really backed off on significant totals for the last round. Looks like 3 inches max, not that I wouldn't take that, but even the area of 3 is pretty small. Most areas along 95 see mayyybe an inch.

28 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Radar is filling in and moving our way again.  But melting?  It's early January and the temp is 28-30F.  #sunangleseason doesn't start until NEXT week.  

Not a ton of melt but definitely hearing some dripping, snow sliding off the grill cover, etc.

Need the radar to blow up soon. Been flurrying here for a couple hours now but melting is commencing as sun starts fighting through and temps climb.

All short range guidance seems to agree on another 2-4 inches around and east of 95.

Ha, latest SREF has another half foot for BWI. The mean for BWI in its last run last night was also 12 inches so it's sticking to it's original forecast.

2 minutes ago, Scraff said:

I’m a smidge over 5”. If we get coastal love and it cranks, I would think 5 more is doable?

Short-range models seem to give us another 2 to maybe 4 inches, but there is more than that shown just to our east in Anne Arundel. Also ratio dependent as well.