George BM

Welcome to Meteorological Spring!

Just noticed that the sky is not pitch black yet after 6:30pm.

What kind of hair though?

Now IAD has hit 54kts(62mph)!

IAD just gusted 49kts (56mph).

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 841 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 DCZ001-MDZ004>006-008-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ040-053-054-501- 505-506-526-527-160945- /O.UPG.KLWX.HW.A.0002.250216T1700Z-250217T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KLWX.HW.W.0003.250216T1500Z-250217T0300Z/ District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard- Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-Rappahannock-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Northern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William-Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park- 841 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...The District of Columbia, central, north central, northeast, northern, and southern Maryland, and northern and northwest Virginia. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 10 PM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest wind gusts are expected Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph may linger at times through Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$

MBY Snow totals Winter 2024-2025 11/21/2024: T (A brief gusty rain/graupel shower around 6pm.) 11/22/2024: T (Flurries/light wet snow fell between 10am and 11:45am before mixing with and changing to light rain by 12:30pm.) 12/01/2024: T (Flurries off and on during the 4pm and 5pm hour.) 12/05/2024: T (Mixed light rain/snow between 4:30-5am w/ another brief light rain//snow mix between 7:30-7:40am.) 12/15/2024: T (A few ice pellets starting around 11:30am, then mixing with and changing to an off and on drizzle of rain/snow (intensified briefly into a light rain/snow mix during the 1pm hour). This lasted until after 3pm when precip again intensified into a light rain/snow mix before changing to all rain by 3:40pm.) 12/20/2024: T(A drizzle of rain/snow (8:30am-9am). A period of light snow between 10:30-11:15am, briefly approaching moderate intensity between 10:35am and 10:50am. Flurries continuing until midday. A few more flakes in the 6pm hour based on radar returns.) 12/24/2024: 0.1" (Light sleet started around 6:30am occasionally mixing with freezing rain through about 9am or so (more IP than ZR). Precip was very light but below freezing temps and a cold ground allowed for whitening of hard surfaces. Was originally going to call it a trace but with all of the 0.1" reports immediately surrounding me and taking into account sleet pellets piled at least two pellets high in depth... a tenth of an inch is the final measurement I went with making it the first measurable white stuff of the season for me.) 1/03/2025: 0.2" (Brief light rain/snow/graupel shower around 2pm. Heavy snow associated with a developing snow squall between 2:50pm-3:15pm with a brief brake in intensity to light snow between 3:00pm and 3:05pm. A second snow squall from 4:13pm to 4:25pm. Snow was light to moderate with the second squall until 4:22pm when rates briefly became as heavy as during first squall. Peak snowfall rates from both squalls in the 1-2"/hr range.) 1/06/2025: 6.2" (First flakes around or shortly after midnight on the 6th. Light snow becoming moderate at times by 2:00am lasting through 7am before becoming intermittent and tapering off to a few small flakes/crystals by 9:45am. A brief moderate snow shower around 1:40pm tapering off to a light snow then flurries by 2:20pm and holding near that intensity until the 4pm hour when it became a very light snowfall again. Light snow, approaching moderate intensity at times from the 5pm hour through 8:30pm, then very light snow/flurries until 10:15pm when snow tapered off.) 1/10-11/2025: 1.7" (Flurries/light snow starting in the 10pm hour intensifying to light/moderate snow 10:50-10:55pm. Snow became moderate to even mod/heavy at times with peak snowfall rates of 1"+/hr at times between 11pm and 12:45am. Snow then became occasional and light until the mid-overnight hours when it ended.) 1/14/2025: T (Flurries moved through between 9:15pm and 9:50pm.) 1/16/2025: 0.5" (Occasional flurries/light snow starting around 5:45pm. A burst of near moderate snow between 6:35pm and 6:43pm. Flurries/very light snow/graupel until 7:30pm or so followed by a burst of moderate/heavy snow until near 7:45pm. Flurries taper off by 8:15pm.) 1/19/2025: 1.6" (Some wet snowflakes mixing in with light rain in the 9am hour. Off and on light rain w/ a wet flake or two until 1pm when more snow started mixing in until it was all snow by 1:30pm coming down at a moderate clip. Snow lightened up and turned into a snow/graupel mix, then mainly graupel with a little sleet mixed in during a good chuck of the 2pm hour. More snow started mixing back in around 2:45pm before becoming all snow with a legitimately heavy burst between 3:10pm and 3:16pm (2"+/hr rates). Snow became light afterwards before picking back up to moderate intensity by 4pm. By 4:30pm snow tapered off to flurries which continued on occasion into the 6pm hour before ending all together.) 2/08/2025: T (A few flakes fell between 8:45am and 9:15am, then flurries/very light wet snow from 9:15am until sometime in the 10am hour when it tapered to drizzle. Occasional drizzle throughout the day until the late afternoon when temps fell to 31F with light freezing rain.) 2/11-12/2025: 5.5" (A few flakes/flurries starting around 12:15-12:20pm picking up to a light snow by 2pm. Snow increased to moderate intensity by 5pm continuing at moderate+ rates until around 8-9pm. Light snow continuing until after midnight with flurries tapering off during the 1am hour.) Snow totals IMBY as of February 15, 2025: 15.8"

MBY Snow totals Winter 2024-2025 11/21/2024: T (A brief gusty rain/graupel shower around 6pm.) 11/22/2024: T (Flurries/light wet snow fell between 10am and 11:45am before mixing with and changing to light rain by 12:30pm.) 12/01/2024: T (Flurries off and on during the 4pm and 5pm hour.) 12/05/2024: T (Mixed light rain/snow between 4:30-5am w/ another brief light rain//snow mix between 7:30-7:40am.) 12/15/2024: T (A few ice pellets starting around 11:30am, then mixing with and changing to an off and on drizzle of rain/snow (intensified briefly into a light rain/snow mix during the 1pm hour). This lasted until after 3pm when precip again intensified into a light rain/snow mix before changing to all rain by 3:40pm.) 12/20/2024: T(A drizzle of rain/snow (8:30am-9am). A period of light snow between 10:30-11:15am, briefly approaching moderate intensity between 10:35am and 10:50am. Flurries continuing until midday. A few more flakes in the 6pm hour based on radar returns.) 12/24/2024: 0.1" (Light sleet started around 6:30am occasionally mixing with freezing rain through about 9am or so (more IP than ZR). Precip was very light but below freezing temps and a cold ground allowed for whitening of hard surfaces. Was originally going to call it a trace but with all of the 0.1" reports immediately surrounding me and taking into account sleet pellets piled at least two pellets high in depth... a tenth of an inch is the final measurement I went with making it the first measurable white stuff of the season for me.) 1/03/2025: 0.2" (Brief light rain/snow/graupel shower around 2pm. Heavy snow associated with a developing snow squall between 2:50pm-3:15pm with a brief brake in intensity to light snow between 3:00pm and 3:05pm. A second snow squall from 4:13pm to 4:25pm. Snow was light to moderate with the second squall until 4:22pm when rates briefly became as heavy as during first squall. Peak snowfall rates from both squalls in the 1-2"/hr range.) 1/06/2025: 6.2" (First flakes around or shortly after midnight on the 6th. Light snow becoming moderate at times by 2:00am lasting through 7am before becoming intermittent and tapering off to a few small flakes/crystals by 9:45am. A brief moderate snow shower around 1:40pm tapering off to a light snow then flurries by 2:20pm and holding near that intensity until the 4pm hour when it became a very light snowfall again. Light snow, approaching moderate intensity at times from the 5pm hour through 8:30pm, then very light snow/flurries until 10:15pm when snow tapered off.) 1/10-11/2025: 1.7" (Flurries/light snow starting in the 10pm hour intensifying to light/moderate snow 10:50-10:55pm. Snow became moderate to even mod/heavy at times with peak snowfall rates of 1"+/hr at times between 11pm and 12:45am. Snow then became occasional and light until the mid-overnight hours when it ended.) 1/14/2025: T (Flurries moved through between 9:15pm and 9:50pm.) 1/16/2025: 0.5" (Occasional flurries/light snow starting around 5:45pm. A burst of near moderate snow between 6:35pm and 6:43pm. Flurries/very light snow/graupel until 7:30pm or so followed by a burst of moderate/heavy snow until near 7:45pm. Flurries taper off by 8:15pm.) 1/19/2025: 1.6" (Some wet snowflakes mixing in with light rain in the 9am hour. Off and on light rain w/ a wet flake or two until 1pm when more snow started mixing in until it was all snow by 1:30pm coming down at a moderate clip. Snow lightened up and turned into a snow/graupel mix, then mainly graupel with a little sleet mixed in during a good chuck of the 2pm hour. More snow started mixing back in around 2:45pm before becoming all snow with a legitimately heavy burst between 3:10pm and 3:16pm (2"+/hr rates). Snow became light afterwards before picking back up to moderate intensity by 4pm. By 4:30pm snow tapered off to flurries which continued on occasion into the 6pm hour before ending all together.) 2/08/2025: T (A few flakes fell between 8:45am and 9:15am, then flurries/very light wet snow from 9:15am until sometime in the 10am hour when it tapered to drizzle. Occasional drizzle throughout the day until the late afternoon when temps fell to 31F with light freezing rain.) Snow totals IMBY as of February 11, 2025: 10.3"

4.6" as of 10pm here. Herndon, VA.

Up to 0.7" here so far with light/moderate snow. Small flakes. Pavement is starting the whitening process. (Herndon, VA)

The Dec/Jan MEIv2 index came in at exactly -1 (-1.00).

Just measured 0.04" of ice accretion here. (Herndon, VA)

NDJ RONI: -1.09C NDJ ONI (nearest tenth): -0.5C

Damp start with temps in the upper 40s / low 50s.

Welcome to February! Booze. Celebrations. Treat yourselves.