RDM

15/2 - dropping fast

Yup - less than an inch here not far from you just NW of Vienna. Congrats to those who cashed in. Disappointing and I was just hoping for the bottom end of the forecast range.

Slightly heavier rain dropped the temp from 36 (where it's been for hours) to 35 and immediately started to switch to white rain. Hope everyone in the area cashes in on something. The inbound cold is going to be intersting. Extreme cold warnings out for parts of WVA and Cold Weather Advisories out for much of the eastern 2/3 of CONUS all the way down to central FL. Wind chills are going to be dangerous for some.

From the looks of radar, and the lack of returns, it's hard to imagine we're on the eve of a decent event (decent for around here given the past few years of nada).

Now... if Sterling would just expand the WSW a bit to the SE, at least to the fall line...

What a game... Nearly flawless performance by Washington. Those 4th and X plays are amazing.

33/28 here NW of Vienna. Reached a high of 44 this afternoon, which was a little under the forecast - similar to many others on the forum.

Rain and 34F. Argh.

Wonder if this has some bearing on the pending Artic invasion forecast for next week. https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-pummeled-hurricane-force-winds-124644551.html

Yup - we're quickly closing in on 1" here on Lawyers Rd just NW of Vienna. sn to sn+ atm

Sn/grauple here - stuck my arm outside and many of the "flakes" were bouncing off my arm. A few samples in my hand are crusty. Interesting stuff.

CWG updated their forecast and moved the 1-3" line further N a tad. Boom in that zone is 3-5". For most of the rest of us, they are calling for 1-2" with a 2-4" boom

The coldest I've ever experienced in my 63+ years is -38F - in N. Dakota. Everyone carried two sets of car keys because they had to leave their cars running when going somewhere or they'd never get them to start again in the cold. Was normal to see a parking lot full of cars and trucks running while everyone had dinner. Temperatures that cold do strange things to metal and mechanical machinery. We were lucky our Beechcraft started again when it was time to depart, after thawing out with a preheater for several hours. Don't ever care to repeat it. Growing up in Ohio, one year we didn't get above freezing the entire month of Jan. (don't remember the year, think it was Jan 77 when DC got hit hard). The frost line went down 5 feet that year, which cracked foundations and caused mayhem with water mains. One of the worse jobs I've ever witnessed was those poor guys down in the bottom of trenches repairing busted water mains in -20+F weather. They had to thaw the frozen ground with blow torches and slowly skim away the thawed ground with backhoes and jackhammers to reach the busted pipes. Will never forget the look on their faces...

Just saw your message now. Thanks for what you and your team do/did for Lawyers and the surrounding neighborhoods. Don't want to appear ungrateful, just wonder what sort of training the road crews get on plowing? Sad to say one or more of the plow drivers made a mess of the intersection of Lawyers and Garrett. Plowed everything from Lawyers onto Garrett and then turned around and departed, leaving a 2'+ berm of snow all the way across Garrett - essentially closing Garrett. I happened upon it just when the plow driver did a u-turn and departed the intersection to head back w-bound on Lawyers (white F-450). I cleaned up the mess with my Kubota to reopen Garrett.

Indeed. I've been up since 0500am Sun mornning - worked outside most of the day and then on my Kubota to transition it from construction mode (Loader and Backhoe for a retaining wall project) to winter mode - cab, heater and snowblower or blade. Been a long day but can't quite muster the common sense to go to bed. It's really ripping here now at 26F. FFCO is plowing Lawyers Road already with barely an inch on the asphalt. Guess if you have a budget and charge codes they have to use it.