PrinceFrederickWx

I have one more obs question for anyone who knows. I know from this morning that snow and sleet are reported together, but freezing rain / ice accretion is reported separate. Once we flip to ZR, should I take a snow/sleet measurement and clear the board, rather than wait for the usual 6-hour interval? Tried to search this online but didn't get a clear answer. It wasn't clear to me what to do if we go to snow -> ZR -> back to snow and when we should measure. This is the first legit mixing event I've ever tried to officially measure, so I want to make sure I'm getting this right.

I actually didn’t know this- I was wondering how I was going to report it. Thanks!

They should change the map title to 'expected snowfall and sleetfall' (is that even a word?)

This seems a little bullish for southern MD, unless it's also including sleet. I hope they're right anyway.

Off topic, but I don't think I've ever seen someone get ten different reactions to a post before. That's gotta be a record. I clicked on 'clap' just to make it eleven.

Amazing sunset IMBY right now

I don’t think I’m beating my snow total from Jan. 6 last year (11.6”). We’re on the wrong side of this like Feb. 2014 I think.

I agree. I know the NAM sucks at this range but it's showing exactly how we often fail IMBY with these types of setups (like Feb 2014). I'm still (mostly) wishcasting for the GFS, though trusting it is probably even dumber than trusting the NAM at this point.

I’m not liking the potential for significant ice followed by brutal cold; makes me think of 1994.

If the storm comes further north, @Bob Chill may get the foot of ice he’s always wanted.

I am tracking a potential HECS in this same house exactly ten years later (but with three more kids this time lol). Time is a flat circle (IYKYK).

I know I'm gonna forget a bunch of people, but here goes: @csnavywx who is the best with SOMD climo. @MillvilleWx for being extremely knowledgeable and also one of the nicest posters on here. @RodneyS for knowing all the stats and for taking the snow contest off my hands. Same for @Roger Smith who helped me a lot with that too back in the day. @WxWatcher007 for reaping me many times, also one of the nicest posters on this forum. @George BM for always liking my posts when no one else does @Jebman for being the biggest weenie ever, and for his legendary rant at a New Englander over a decade ago. @Wxdavis5784 for your bold act of self-sacrifice years ago; your leaving the region has brought SOMD untold numbers of MECS. @EastCoast NPZ for helping me choose which cacti to get in my yard whenever we find a place to move to in the Shenandoah Valley. Everyone who has posted with me in the SOMD / Eastern shore forum (too numerous to mention).

Final total: 0.3" on the snowboard. Roads and sidewalks didn't cave. On the board for January at least.

I have a cousin in Enterprise, Alabama and she has snow again just like last year... I’m pretty sure she’s beat Stephens City two years in a row now.

None of this is surprising, it’s pretty much on-brand for a La Nina: the front-loaded cold, the dry air, the snow hole over the mid-Atlantic, etc. If we were seeing lots of Perfect Track Rainstorms like a few years ago I’d be pissed and start talking about “the elephant”, but this winter has been what I expected so far, looking historically. I don’t think we’re done with snow yet anyway.

1/6/25 snowstorm was event of the year and of the decade for me (so far). Really that entire January was good, with snowcover lasting until the end of the month.

There is a very light dusting on the ground here- Happy New Year!

Unedited sunset pic I just took in my neighborhood

I’m not sure why LWX added a 40% chance of snow Monday night into Tuesday in my forecast today? Is any model even showing snow in this time frame?

You all keep talking about eating a shoe- here ya go https://www.dennys.com/news/maple-magic-dennys-unveils-sticky-kicks-worlds-first-sneakers-made-real-syrup

LWX had my spotter report posted for awhile yesterday, but once again later dropped it for State Highway’s inflated 2.0” I noticed hardly anyone is submitting spotter reports in Calvert anymore- or else they’re just not using them. Idk They still take all the (more accurate) Cocorahs reports at least. Calvert had a lot of those (including mine, which is still up). The BWI measurement was absolute bullshit too… I was up there today lol

Two vultures way up in the trees. Two frozen apples on our Granny Smith tree. Our Christmas Ducks got paste bombed lol

Final total 1.4” 2.9” for Dec. which makes it the snowiest Dec. since I moved down here in 2013. Man this is a beautiful snow- taking tons of pics.

1.2” here so far… we’re definitely making up for the delayed onset.

Heavy snow here now, big wet flakes- starting to paste to everything.