joc111 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Fair Oaks, VA - Rain, 33° Merrifield, VA - Rain, 33° Everything that fell overnight is getting washed away, and it'll make everything that comes later that much harder to stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Woke up to 2 fresh inches of snow out here. Nothing going on out there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notvirga! Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I suspect my forecast will need updated. Doing nothing now and not expecting anything before noon, yet with less than 1", forecast still calls for 7-12 inches. I guess the low end is still possible. I thought it would snow all day though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I got slightly less than an inch but back home in Cockeysville it seems like 3" fell. That area will definitely end up with a foot from this, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman 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. depends on your location, I have 2.5" from this "insignificant" batch and places just northeast of me have 4" from this band. Around Baltimore 2-3" seems common. Its also telling that models are still mishandling this system because none have had this band as intense or as far north as it is. Furthermore, from surface obs it seems the low is over albermarle sound right now in eastern NC. Winds were out of the south on Hatteras all morning and just now turned out of the southwest. Models have that low east of HSE right now and it is west. Not sure how that will impact things later on but models are not handling things well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 depends on your location, I have 2.5" from this "insignificant" batch and places just northeast of me have 4" from this band. Around Baltimore 2-3" seems common. Its also telling that models are still mishandling this system because none have had this band as intense or as far north as it is. Furthermore, from surface obs it seems the low is over albermarle sound right now in eastern NC. Winds were out of the south on Hatteras all morning and just now turned out of the southwest. Models have that low east of HSE right now and it is west. Not sure how that will impact things later on but models are not handling things well. Most of us don't live so far north. For us inside the beltway, the upper low is the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Went from light rain to SN+ as I headed into downtown Baltimore. Wes, to echo others, up my way, the three inches on the ground so far as I left my house was easily the most I have had this year so far. Rooting like heck for the second part, obviously, but this was a nice bonus so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina23 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Heavy snow right now in eastern Baltimore County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlyq Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snow had let up but has picked up again. Pressure holding steady at 30.33 with temp of 31.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Any lightning being observed with the upper low in WV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das 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. Same ob here in Clarksburg. 31.6F temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 depends on your location, I have 2.5" from this "insignificant" batch and places just northeast of me have 4" from this band. Around Baltimore 2-3" seems common. Its also telling that models are still mishandling this system because none have had this band as intense or as far north as it is. Furthermore, from surface obs it seems the low is over albermarle sound right now in eastern NC. Winds were out of the south on Hatteras all morning and just now turned out of the southwest. Models have that low east of HSE right now and it is west. Not sure how that will impact things later on but models are not handling things well. You thinking this thing is coming more west/north? Will that screw people farther south with the r/s line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Most of us don't live so far north. For us inside the beltway, the upper low is the deal. It is time for a snow chase Wes, come up and visit me and you will have the best dinner you have ever eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33andrain Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Snow has really picked back up again. Silver dollar size flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just pulled my best Baltimore impression and went outside for a quick picture in my boxers and slippers. Normal dinner attire for these parts. Not a good shot obviously, but just to give an idea of amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeedaSnowday Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I got slightly less than an inch but back home in Cockeysville it seems like 3" fell. That area will definitely end up with a foot from this, IMO. I thought I noticed a change in your location... next to you in Timonium and in various spots in yard we have 3 inches give or take.. snow still coming down too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Most of us don't live so far north. For us inside the beltway, the upper low is the deal. How much snow do you have Wes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Most of us don't live so far north. For us inside the beltway, the upper low is the deal. for DC very very true... I am glad we don't do this but that is why the Philly/NYC Region splits their threads at gametime. I think for us, its ok to have one thread for the area but keeping in mind that means we have people from Richmond, DC, Baltimore, and all the way up to the Mason Dixon line in here. I think its better this way though as we can better share information and thoughts with one thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Any obs from that slug just south of DC? Looks like its coming up i-95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm struggling to see how some can be disappointed. There's a solid 2-4" of bonus snow on the ground from Bmore N, NE and NW. It was never going to snow all day, so I'm not really sure why some thought it was going to. Take a look at returns in KY and WV. There's some nice instability.....that ULL means business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 It is time for a snow chase Wes, come up and visit me and you will have the best dinner you have ever eaten. I won't do as good as you but the nam, sref and gfs has me getting and inch of liquid equivalent and much of that will be snow when the heights crash so I think I'll do OK. You guys north should do great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Still plain rain, light, here in Merrifield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Any lightning being observed with the upper low in WV? Checked a bunch of METARs in Centra/East KY and western WV... no boomers yet. (NOTE: The reporting stations are rather spotty in that area) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I won't do as good as you but the nam, sref and gfs has me getting and inch of liquid equivalent and much of that will be snow when the heights crash so I think I'll do OK. You guys north should do great. Thank you for all your constant informative and insightfull posts. I hope you do great and the dinner invitation is a real and open invite if you are ever in the Baltimore area and are hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Any obs from that slug just south of DC? Looks like its coming up i-95. DCA reporting rain/sleet with it... should be mostly rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You thinking this thing is coming more west/north? Will that screw people farther south with the r/s line? I think the SLP will be west of models are tracking it yes, but I think DC and places around there will do fine with snow because the h5 track is pervect and they are going to get great convective banding later today as that moves just south of the area. Rates could be intense. What I am more interested is up my way, some models have been placing the deform band south of this area. I am not so sure about that, the track of the surface low to me would put the back edge more in a HGR-MDT-ABE line, not FDK-LNS=TTN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenuno Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Actually getting mostly small snowflakes at 18th and E in NW. Just started two minutes ago. Had been rain since I got downtown at 730. Left Loudoun at 6am with about an inch of mostly snow and sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timstobrazil Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 some sleet starting to fall here in Bladensburg, MD 36F 80% humidity 1013MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Haggis? Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 drove from baltimore to annapolis this morning. Baltimore City had about 1.5 inches on the ground and streets covered and it was sleeting when I left around 7:30am - around BWI it was really heavy sleet mixed with snow and by the time I got to annapolis it was mostly rain mixed with some sleet with barely any accumulation at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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