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Snowman massacre in progress...

HAPPY WEATHER PERSONS DAY! I think everyone on this board kinda qualifies, but special thanks to the professional civil servants at NOAA and the NWS that work tirelessly to keep us safe. Also big shoutout to the key contributors to this board that keep us informed, educated and entertained! from Wikipedia... National Weatherperson's Day, also known as National Weatherman's Day, is observed on February 5 primarily in the United States.[1] It recognizes individuals in the fields of meteorology, weather forecastingand broadcast meteorology, as well as volunteer storm spotters and observers. It is observed on the birthday of John Jeffries, one of the United States' first weather observers who took daily measurements starting in 1774.

You kinda answered your own question, we will wet bulb down, but the real answer is to look upstairs, look at the surface temp at DCA in this sounding from DCA, looks to be below 32 at anything above 1000mb. Heavy rates and you get a beat down, light rates and it’s snow/rain or rain. Your concerns are all valid though, we have seen many a marginal situations bust, and a few boom. Learn to read soundings and skew-t charts, will be super helpful!

But the nam says...

Close enough for a paste job!

Yep, and ironically they (VA, MD, and DC) didn’t pre treat the roads. I mean usually they treat the roads for cold rain in January...

FYI, awesome site for snow maps, goes back a while, but only goes to 2015 https://glenallenweather.com/alink/18snow/maps2.htm

We were greedy back then! Now we just pray for scraps!

Snow fall map feb 2-3 2010

Nope, there was Feb 2-3, but everyone was focused on feb 5-6. So many snowstorms, hard to remember them all, LOL!

Yeah, I think the urban heat island did a number on it in DC. it was an appetizer for the big dog, I got a solid 5in here near Mt. Vernon, 4 WSW verified storms in 2 weeks...what a year!

This setup reminds me of feb 2-3 2010. I believe that was a marginal event that trended north, it was at night too. Nice refresher here from CWG and Ian. Good reason to reminisce. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/01/30/looking-back-on-winter-2009-10-snowless-january-out-with-a-bang-just-the-beginning-of-an-epic-stretch/?_gl=1*1xgwv57*_ga*MjI0dHUtZmJoLVVUZFZway1zT3diaTExWktQM1JpTi13WHoxbzJNRHJESjdlYjdmWHhHTmZDUktuWFR1dlAzWA..

These typical superstitions aren’t working, let’s throw them out the window. They are working about as good as the euro is predicting snow this year. Let’s create a storm thread now! Let’s Rand Paul gif the sh!t out of this storm until we get 3-6”

LOL! Blame @LeesburgWx! I was going to wait until we get buried by the RGEM, eh but f it!

Day 4 of a quality winter stretch, cloudy, chilly and snow covered. Will all go away today, but it was fun. Kid got quality snowball fight and sledding in, and there was little need to shovel, which is fine by me!

Wind is cranking something fierce all of a sudden!

January 30, 2010 was the storm that made the mythology of Jan 25, 2000 a reality, and weenie handbook rule 47, southernsliders can be willed north by sure weenie force of thought.

Fluff factor high, 3” new from this band, storm total 5” so far...it nice to have winter the last 3 days!

What a nice surprise! Fantastic flakage!

Yeah, what is up with that. The line died as it got to me and then jumped 15 miles south...what have I done to offend ye weather gods?!

Best snow of the storm! Nice! Let’s how long this lasts...

Snow hates people south of the beltway

Beautiful fluffy flakes falling. Quality winter day...