Terpeast
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Not so fast... I just saw a new trade wind plot and it appears that trades might want to push W of the dateline well into the eastern half of the MC. If this pans out, that will suppress convection over the MC and keep it westward into the IO (phases 2-3) with a little forcing over the eastern pacific. This is the kind of "split forcing" we've been getting almost the whole winter rather than the dreaded 4-5-6 warm phase forcing.
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This 6-10” storm we just had was a cutter and rain for us 10-ish days out.
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I’d take that.
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I was here for 2016 too but 1996 is king for those reasons. Plus there was that little clipper that dumped 3-5” before the second storm. Had similar snow depths as you did, and it was cold through and through the whole time. Oddly enough, I didn’t see any mixing with sleet during the lull, which only lasted a couple of hours. After the lull it was ripping with legit blizzard conditions.
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And school was closed for two full weeks. I thought the area measurements were low but don’t think we were wiping snow boards every 6 hours? I just measured 27-28” snow depth at the end of the storm
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It went down to -13 at Rochester when I went to college there. I made the stupid mistake of wiping snow off my car handle barehanded. It felt similar to putting my hand on a hot stove. Cold burns are real. Luckily it wasn't full on frostbite.
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I imagine a nice WSW-ENE overrunning event with that gradient pattern. Classic N/W suburbs event with i-95 riding the R/S/mix line
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We may get an appetizer on the 17th. Probably that clipper Ji mentioned
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Just dropped daughter off at preschool, which is open. Many side streets in the Ashburn area have not been treated or plowed, which is surprising.
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Low of 24
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Outside of a lucky inch or so, I think we’re cooked for this one
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12z, right? 18z hasn't run yet
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QPF 0.3 for IAD and 0.46 for DCA. Apply your own snow ratios...
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Speaking of the WPO, the PDO is only -0.5 now
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34 for the high so far. Once we have another freeze-over tonight, it'll firm up the snowpack and make it last longer.
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Ok that's better.
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There was a lot of compaction between the first and second rounds. I had sleet, freezing drizzle, snizzle for several hours before the lull band and ULL.
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Could be 7 for IAD but the lull band missed them just to the north, and it got me a little bit. I had less than 5” before 9 am though
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Yeah that can't be right. IAD should be around 6" unless they got shafted between the ULL bands, which I seriously doubt.
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I got about 1.5” from the ULL, but the little band during the lull also added 1.3” to my morning snowfall. Started out slow in the beginning, like a full inch behind other obs around me and then caught up a bit. Then the latter parts were nice stat padders.
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Various trace days between Thanksgiving and the following date. 12/24: 0.1” snow/ice mix 1/3: 0.3” fun snow squall with legit blizzard conditions for 5-10 min 1/6: 7.6” SECS that started slow but remained steady with a strong finish Total so far: 8.0”
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Measured another 0.7” making it 7.6” final total with snow tapering off. Beautiful winter wonderland.
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Final hurrah! Will go out and measure for final report when its done.
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Coming down again good in Ashburn with that last band
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Tbf they were at 5-10 locally 16 in their WSW message (i assume their maps are automated). So it verified, albeit on the lower end for those outside the 850 frontgen
