SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Your guess is as good as mine. The sooner the better. NWS thinks 3pm. Seems like we are just south of the rain/snow line so as soon as some colder air gets wrapped into this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 More snow than sleet now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snow just picked up again here and more interestingly, so did the northeasterly breeze. Holding at 32 right now per my closest wxbug fwiw. From looking at the radar it is looking like we could pick up another inch with this incoming band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 We may have to create seperate Baltimore and DC-Northern Virginia obs threads till about 3 p.m. to keep southerners from heading for the ledge as they read Baltimore snow obs while they look outside at their drizzle.. lol. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltimoreguy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 It really does not seem like the rain-snow line has moved north of BWI airport. Can anyone in B-more confirm? That may be its final resting place, basically where it seems to have been 2 hours now. And I am sort of not seeing this lull, especially farther north. On weenie radar, it seems like everything is trying to fill back in and racing fairly quickly. I thought much of this morning and early afternoon would be drizzle. Had turned to the lightest drizzle about 10 minutes ago in Towson, and just started snowing again - fairly lightly but with giant flakes. Don't think we've seen a drop of rain or sleet. There was just that kind of frosty mist that turned back into snow as soon as it was coming down hard enough to amount to anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 A fine mist here/drizzle and some fog Such a horrible ob to have. Truly terrible. And that is no reflection at all on what I know is going to happen later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 -RAPLSN when the precip is light and then -SNPL when it picks up. Temp looks to be right at freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 So you think the rain-snow line will remain north of BWI for the event? Ra/Sn line now has very little to do with the second batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snow just started to pour out of the sky. Moderate-to Heavy Snow. 90% snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 no, but probably for much of the day. Although, I step outside in Northwest DC its a light rain that oh so feels close like it wants to go back to snow.. Hopefully the cold air wins earlier than forecast. Just wanted to make sure you weren't getting ready to step off the ledge. Once the ULL makes its presence felt, the snow will start to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The second batch looks to be pretty much all snow and that really the storm in a nutshell. This stuff is not significant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar of Herndon Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 We may have to create seperate Baltimore and DC-Northern Virginia obs threads till about 3 p.m. to keep southerners from heading for the ledge as they read Baltimore snow obs while they look outside at their drizzle.. lol. lol. It is sucking bad have to , but all good and hope everyone gets slammed by this storm. A few miles making a big difference with part 1 of the storm for sure. Drizzle and mist here for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 From looking at the radar it is looking like we could pick up another inch with this incoming band. I'm on the western fringe of that band moving through the city, so I doubt I get much out of this. The stuff getting ready to get into DC has my interest tho. Of course, I'd trade anything from now to evening just to ensure that we all get into the really heavy snow later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickinBaltimore Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Down in Elkridge we have about 1"-1.5" of snow and it's been sleeting for the past 5 minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 A fine mist here/drizzle and some fog Were cursed. Expect nam to fold to Gfs:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Ra/Sn line now has very little to do with the second batch. I know. See my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The second batch looks to be pretty much all snow and that really the storm in a nutshell. This stuff is not significant. Lol it is if its the most snow u seen this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkpa25 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snowing very heavily in York,pa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiscaster Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 snot balls now transitioning to snow from that band also, note more development south of DC headed our way flakes fatter as I type Wow, I'm surprised people are still getting snow. I had rain in Centreville (some sleet mixed in) when I left at 620am (after maybe a quarter inch of snow/sleet overnight). Was 32.5 degrees. I noticed no difference in what was on the ground or falling all the way into SE DC this morning. Temperature was about 35 degrees on my car thermometer (runs a lil warm) the whole way. Figured conditions would be more uniform throughout the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm on the western fringe of that band moving through the city, so I doubt I get much out of this. The stuff getting ready to get into DC has my interest tho. Of course, I'd trade anything from now to evening just to ensure that we all get into the really heavy snow later. I am near you in Greenspring Valley so we should be similar but it looks like it will still hit us ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesnowsknows Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 1.8 inches already right outside of Bmore. Light flurries on and off. Looks like we got a bonus heading into the real deal tonight. I think ten inches total is a definite possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 It was still snowing when I left Germantown at 6:45, with a little over an inch. It was very dense and slippery stuff! By the time I got to Rockville it looked like just rain, and all rain by Silver Spring and of course here in NE DC. I didn't think to bring an umbrella and got pretty wet on the four block walk from Union Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The second batch looks to be pretty much all snow and that really the storm in a nutshell. This stuff is not significant. You tell it like it is, brutha! Wes, I have to admit that waking up to an inch or more of sloppy whiteness was an incredibly pleasant surprise. I'm sure most everyone else feels the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The second batch looks to be pretty much all snow and that really the storm in a nutshell. This stuff is not significant. 3" is pretty significant as far as this winter goes so far. This is already my biggest storm of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You tell it like it is, brutha! Wes, I have to admit that waking up to an inch or more of sloppy whiteness was an incredibly pleasant surprise. I'm sure most everyone else feels the same! Capital Weather Gang forecast last night by about 10 p.m. that there could be up to an inch overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timstobrazil Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Were cursed. Expect nam to fold to Gfs:( See Wes' coments on the main thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowsonWeather Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Pushing 3 inches here in Towson. Steady moderate-to-heavy snow gave way to snizzle for the last hour or so, but it is picking back up now. Big fat flakes coming down harder again. Man, if we could get 4 inches or so out of this "bonus snow" before the real deal comes through later, that'll be beyond awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps1980 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snowing hard and heavy just inside city line from Rosedale where I work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Were cursed. Expect nam to fold to Gfs:( Huh....you expected to see what we got this morning? I was pleasantly surprised by this...I thought there wouldn't be anything on the ground. The GFS is still a 5-7" pounding later today...run with it Ji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Capital Weather Gang forecast last night by about 10 p.m. that there could be up to an inch overnight. Honestly, I've been so focused on the ULL snows that I didn't even pay attention to forecasts for last night. Makes this a nice surprise for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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