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I like to use this loop to see the subsidence on the back end of storms coming through. Sure, it's composite but that's helpful in seeing the non (or very light) precip features. It's helpful for the back edge hallucinations that are created by the spine of the mountains to our west as well since LWX radar does not typically see over the ridge tops but KRLX and KBPX can see what's over there. https://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/wxloop.cgi?radar_us_full+/2h/

Check your math, big guy. Western extent is still expanding west.

Latest obligatory deck pic from Casa de das:

Excellent! If u get a total later tonight, can u PM it to me? I don’t land at DCA until 7am tomorrow so I’ll miss measuring when it’s done. Oh, and, you will get dumped on over the next hour. Fun.

One of my favorite cams in Upper MoCo in Germantown. Looking south on 270 from the AWS (weatherbug) HQ building. Realtime Link: https://cameras-cam.cdn.weatherbug.net/AWSHQ/2019/01/13/011320191548_l.jpg

@Ka60 howdy! You have a total for Clarksburg yet? Looks like it’s coming down again. F19D87CD-A651-4CD8-BCB1-C7EB32CE40FB.MP4

Clarksburg is getting deathbanded. 25.7°F/26°F, winds from the SSE at 3mph. 6E42FC48-8156-4955-919C-1605AA69DFDA.MP4

A walk in the snow, sleet, freezing rain, etc..., spent laughing at inexperienced people walking around like penguins and sometimes accompanied by the shoveling of snow into ridiculously tall piles that glaciate till June.

Confirmed in upper MoCo too. Last light in Clarksburg: and, the obligatory deck pic: I have this one set to time lapse thru midnight Sunday. Should be fun to watch WAA—>coastal—>ULL.

This is your first legit snow here, isn’t it? If so, congrats. Next 6 weeks or so should be fun for you.

Ha. I remember that. I lived there as a kid in the 80’s. The golf course provided for some epic sled runs.

About 6”. That’s the webcam from Clarksburg at sunset this evening.

7.3°F/-3°F, clear skies. Oh, wait, I’m at the Vermont house for the weekend. 25.7°F/14°F and dark at the house in Clarksburg. Web cam is primed to catch the action from afar so I know what to expect when I fly back down Monday morning!

I may have told this story back in the EasternUSWX days but just in case I didn't, here goes. I was hosting the Winnipeg Police Service for a 3 day conference over the holiday weekend here in the DC area right before PDII. They thought it was funny how excited the locals were as the storm approached and how the town seemed to be preparing for a disaster. Once the snow started to fall, they could not believe what they were seeing. They will have a long duration snow like PDII was every once in a while but never with the intensity they saw here. The conference degraded into a discussion on the synoptic setups that create major east coast storms and why places like Winnipeg never receive that much snow. Their largest single snowfall is 18". I have to admit that I was impressed with the general meteorological knowledge that the vast majority of the officers had. I wonder if their education system puts a greater emphasis on their weather education modules in school than here in the States. The CoP called me on 11 Feb 2010 incredulous that we had just had our third storm of the year that exceeded their greatest snowfall. He was a big snow weenie.

Concur. The College of the Environment at Univ of Washington is excellent as is specifically the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. They have undergrad (BS in Atmospheric Sciences) and graduate programs. They also understand the matrixed nature of the modern atmospheric scientist and offer minors in climatology and meteorology as well as a dual major of a BS in Applied & Computer Math Science. They are heavy on research with long-standing colloborative programs with NOAA, JPL and JISAO. I am not an alum but worked with the Department for years. Very good.

Excellent photo set, thanks for posting. There's a lot to be gleaned from them about the microdynamics of a strong tornado in a densely populated area.

Absolutely excellent read and a great memory. Did you do the same thing over there for 09-10 Feb?

It was indeed a great storm. 20.5" in Clarksburg, right during the height of the holiday season and cold enough throughout the column that it was going to be all snow, all the time. It was great fun to see the storm modeled so well and I was giddy as more and more hitsoric storm analogs popped up as the event drew near. The two things that stick out the most for me were 1) being able to drive an AWD SUV through 20" of powder since it was so light and fluffy (technical term) and 2) taking a look at the ULL back in the midwest as the coastal bas bombing out off the VA capes and thinking, "that's going to make the pivot righ over me and give another inch or two on the wraparound 12 hours from now!!!" Here's a pic from the house on the morning of the 20th. It's safe to say construction on the remodel was at a halt...