EHoffman

DC snow heater is real boys. Buckle up.

All this wet pavement this storm is already a bust

Sun angle is definitely declining at a big clip now anyways. Whoever finds themselves under a streamer in the next few hours could easily whiten up everything again.

We got it for 2 hours last night

On the beach in Delaware

Last night was truly incredible around these parts. As always we really require some intense daytime rates to get meaningful accumulation around here during the day. Pretty standard stuff for DC proper at least. This storm definitely exceeded my expectations though.

Rates have definitely picked up and flake size is better in the last 15 minutes or so.

Lull has always been a possibility. Will fill back in once the coastal gets going.

Just took a little jebwalk up here. Absolutely puking fluffy dendrites. Gotta be close to 2" new, piling up very very quickly. Every road, even recently treated ones, are covered.

We're a snow town now, haven't you heard?

I'm not worried. Just like that bright pink. Just took a stroll outside, big fat wet flakes, but sidewalks and untreated roads already caving. Really coming down honestly.

DC advisory upgraded to 2-4" URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 328 AM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 DCZ001-MDZ013-014-VAZ053-054-501-526-191630- /O.CON.KLWX.WW.Y.0009.240119T0900Z-240120T0000Z/ District of Columbia-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Northern Fauquier- Northwest Prince William- 328 AM EST Fri Jan 19 2024 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. * WHERE...Portions of central Maryland, The District of Columbia and northern Virginia. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening.

Snow has begun in earnest in DC. I wanted to be under that warning :(. Maybe later in the day.

3-5 area wide and keeps us going until 4pm tomorrow. Even some accumulating snow showers on the back end later in the day Friday too.

06z HRRR is unbelievable

That was the most fun I've ever had model tracking, the entire week leading up to that storm. Can't believe it was 8 years ago already. We may never see something like that again.

This is definitely the move. I kinda think Djoker is gonna get upset tonight though.

Jebwalked up to cathedral heights, been puking the entire time. Definitely over 3” here

Roads have caved in AdMo

The real trick is to walk towards Cathedral Heights where all the roads cave and you can pretend the DC heat pump doesn't exist. Plus the church is pretty in the snow.

Don't I know it but starting to see some returns between CHO and here in the past hour which is a good sign. Right in line with NAM's timing thus far.

Yeah exactly we're gonna get our couple of inches when the sun goes down but we're not gonna accumulate like people up north during the day time. Tonight should be beautiful out.

If you try to compare DC metro snow with people out in Frederick you're gonna have a bad time. We'll get our couple of inches once the sun goes down and it'll be fine.

Steady snowtv for the past 90 mins here. Sidewalks and roads wet. Goes to show we literally need to be ripping to get any meaningful daytime accumulation in DC.

Heaviest of the light snow of the day just started here in Adams Morgan