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WxUSAF

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  1. I show up as “2 W Elkridge”, but yes Columbia. Another spotter is nearby with the same handle.
  2. Visibility down to 0.5”mi or so, so legit mod snow. Keep this up for a few more hours and 4-5” will be easy. Took a drive to get my daughter and side roads all covered. Even main roads a little slushy.
  3. 2.5”. 0.6” last hour so definitely picked up. First time the visibility has noticeable decreased. Wind picking up a little too.
  4. 1.9”, 0.2” the last hour. But flakes and rates increased in the last 20mins or so, so hopefully will pile up faster.
  5. Yeah, they just became non-microscopic. When the bigger flakes have happened today, it’s a respectable 0.5”/hr or so.
  6. Yummy, I might bail on this storm for next weekend. GGEM is very similar
  7. Ugh that better band is over me and still just teeny flakes
  8. It’s more of an inverted trough feature. The true CCB tomorrow doesn’t do much for us. Maybe another inch or two. IVTs can put down some snow but they are notoriously hard to predict far in advance.
  9. That’s like the 8th run in a row with that feature?? Please be right, please be right...
  10. I mean, even if this doesn’t pick up dramatically, another 8-12 hours like this will rack up 4-6” total for DC area and MBY. It’s not sexy, but it’s steady. Hopefully we can get a good burst or two at some point.
  11. It has been incredibly insistent on that. Damn I hope it holds.
  12. Flake quality improving slowly as the radar hopefully continues to fill in.
  13. 1.5”. About 0.25-0.4”/hr. Mostly needles with some rimed dendrites mixed in.
  14. Huh, yeah I see that now, but total precip through Wednesday morning is very similar. Haven’t looked close enough yet to see where para makes it back up.
  15. Actually they look very similar to me now that I look closely?
  16. Can tell the column has moistened up and we’re getting better lift now, because even when rates let up a bit, we’re not going back to really tiny flakes.
  17. Both drop a solid 0.5” or more of liquid as snow before any mix this evening, so that’s nice to see. Difference is in amounts tomorrow. Guess we’ll see what the King decrees later.
  18. GFS jumped on board the Euro and Icon train for you and @JakkelWx with the parting shot on Tuesday. Hope that works out for you all. Non-NAM 12z guidance all seems to suggest a non-bust, if perhaps lower end of forecast ranges for most in the metro corridor.
  19. Not sure what you’re aiming for, but I definitely don’t hate it. Nice snow for DC and north tomorrow afternoon.
  20. 1.1” on the snowboard. Been getting good conglomerates for the last 30mins or so, even if still not heavy rates
  21. 12z RGEM and Icon are still solid for MD going through the day with ~0.5” of QPF before any mix.
  22. Big needle conglomerates falling now. Those accumulate pretty nicely. When the rates slack off, the conglomerates go away and it doesn’t accumulate well at all.
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