Scarlet Pimpernel

FWIW, I looked at the HRRR (12Z) just to see what it showed...temperatures are still just below freezing through 00Z this evening along I95 corridor. Right now...looks very pretty out, large flakes, pounding snow! We're getting Jeb'd!!

Coming down good here (dare I use the word "ripping"?)...Chevy Chase, MD. Went out to get some photos. Roads are covered, even the main ones. Around 2" on the ground now.

Agree. And BTW I remember that Feb 2014 event you mentioned, if it's the one that dumped on us overnight for hours, followed by sleet then dry slot/drizzle much of next day. It should be a fun event for sure. My hope is to keep the surface cold into the evening (hold off all rain long as possible), or at least have the complement of the day be wintry with snow and sleet.

Welcome back Mr. Chill, sir! And yes, let's do this...looking forward to tomorrow! Cloudy, feels wintry out but no idea of exact temp. Probably like mid 30s.

That's right...start 'em off early with doing the chores! Uphill, both ways, with the sun in your eyes! And like it! But seriously...nice photos, and glad your first "real" snow event since being in this area was so fun! (ETA: I heard Jebman offers training courses in proper shoveling technique!)

Final count...11.0" at 9PM. Still some very light snow falling, but it's pretty well over. Great event!

Indeed that would be! Nice!

More like deflate-gate! (sorry, New England fans, the jokes on that never get old...)

Just think...only a few days ago, we were thinking a couple of inches would be a win here at this point, as a prelude to what many are thinking could be an awesome pattern we'll be heading into.

Yup, I think that is what the Euro was showing for this event yesterday. Wasn't it also calling for an additional 0.25-0.30 or there about from 1PM onward (in today's 12Z run...maybe that's what you mean about the band)? (ETA: So maybe...if the Euro kind of led the way on this one for QPF, it may well be correct with that crazy 1"+ of ice next weekend! )

Hit the 10.0" mark a short while ago when I last measured! Still coming down but lighter. Incredible finish to this event, I got nearly 4" since about 3:30PM. Outside the Jan. 2016 blizzard (which is in a totally different class), this is easily the largest snowfall since Feb. 2014 in terms of accumulation at least. And this one, unlike Feb. 2014, didn't involve a period of slop for part of it. Here's a recent photo from this evening (thank goodness for image stabilized lenses! )...

This last surge late this afternoon and evening so far has pushed my total to 9.0". Still snowing too at a good clip.

Nice! Hope this storm makes up for you being sick at least somewhat (those noroviruses are awful!!).

Nice big flakes coming down now at a good clip, for the past half hour or there about. Looks like areas that had been cleared and shoveled are getting covered again. Will have to measure sometime a bit later. Thus far, have 7.0" total for this storm where I'm at (as of about noon).

A few photos (one from last night, two from today)...

Nice photo! I think that buck is saying, "Dafuq you looking at??"

Right around 7.0" as of 11:00AM, Chevy Chase/Bethesda. Some light snow falling.

Hell I still haven't totally recovered from the Indians losing in extra innings of game 7 vs. the Cubs two seasons ago...or for that matter also losing game 7 in extras vs. the Marlins in 1997!

6.8" measured around 8:30am here in Chevy Chase/Bethesda. Light snow falling...beautiful out! Got several photos.

Right around ~2.5" Chevy Chase/Bethesda area. Nice sized flakes ripping for awhile, has let up a bit now. Side roads are long gone, even some major roads (E-W Hwy, Conn Ave) are not exactly easy traveling.

Haven't actually measured anything yet, but here in Chevy Chase/Bethesda area, ground is mostly coated, including pavement. Snowing lightly and has been for a little while now.

True...the heartbreak events tend to stick with you, I agree. But man, these reverse busts are awesome when they do happen! Others have said this I think already, but this event kind of makes me think of Jan. 30, 2010.

LOL! Agreed, I wouldn't buy the extreme amounts the NAM is spitting out (unless every other model does same thing today). But I do like the overall increases in QPF and better looks that guidance is showing. I think LWX right now is OK with low end warning extending into immediate metro DC area and increased advisory amounts north of there...seems reasonably conservative and realistic for right now pending later guidance.

He's thinking, "meh...bring on the MLK storm next weekend!"

@PrinceFrederickWx ...I wonder the same thing. If that were a "one hit wonder" winter, or if there were no other events close to as significant that year, would that event be viewed a bit differently. Not that I'd trade anything from 2009-10 at all, mind you, haha! But like I said, the fact that the Dec. 2009 event could almost be an "afterthought" or "one of the big-3" by mid-February of that winter is surreal and a true testament to how record-breaking that year was. Will we see the likes of that again? Upon thinking of things more, I'd still have to say the most impactful and significant event in my lifetime was the "White Hurricane" that hit Ohio and other parts of the Midwest/Great Lakes, on Jan. 26-27, 1978. No, the snow was not record-breaking or even all that incredible where I was in northeast Ohio (6-12", there about). But truly dangerous and severe blizzard conditions for a full day, with wind gusts pushing 70-100 MPH and temperatures in the single-digits. Not to mention the record-breaking low pressure over a large area (957 mb as it passed right over Cleveland, into Lake Erie and eventually southern Canada). The temperature dropped 30 degrees in a 2-hour period between 4-6 AM that morning. All that coupled with the fact that it occurred in the second of two very cold and snowy winters in the eastern U.S.