Snowpocalypse Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Transitioned to all snow here about 10 minutes ago. Snowing moderately now and roads are covered. Thx for giving me hope,haha. 31.6 and heavy sleet,finally a few flakes mixed in but I cant complain i did get 5 inches this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 snowing nicely here in odenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Coming down good...real good real good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 My power is probably gonna go soon, usually when it keeps flickering, it goes off. How do these conditions not warrant Blizzard warnings? Its like FEB10 of last year, no joke....just wetter snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps1980 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Nearly whiteout conditions here in Eldersburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovechkin Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Does it thundersnow everywhere except Dale City? I have never experienced it in my life unfortunately. And everyone now is saying it's at their house. JEB....pay attention! Any thunder back in Dale City? lol Was the first time I remember experiencing it. My 8 year old was really confused how it could thunder/lightning and snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazeKing Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 32.6F steady ... Closing in on 2" so far with a nice moderate band over top Looks good for about 4" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Columbia 6PM: Temp 31.7, down from high 33.8. Wind N-19, peak gust 32 Sleet began 4pm Lightning 4:15 Changed to snow 4:30-5pm About 2-3' new since 4:30pm About 2.5"-3" this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Look at that band over leesburg.. 3.5-4" here, windy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 MDZ004-009-VAZ042-052-053-501-270100- FREDERICK MD-MONTGOMERY-LOUDOUN- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- 552 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011 .NOW... A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND...WESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTY JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AT 545 PM. THIS BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE TO THE EAST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN FREDERICK...LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN ONE HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS BAND. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 nice band setting up from NW to SE just North of I-66 stretching to 495 towards DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Does it thundersnow everywhere except Dale City? I have never experienced it in my life unfortunately. And everyone now is saying it's at their house. JEB....pay attention! Any thunder back in Dale City? lol I have super hearing - my entire life is a disastah becuase of that - but nary a roll of thunder in Dale City that I could hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Another flash of lightning. Getting in on that band setting up in Loudoun/Fairfax/PW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genya Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 2" since 5pm here. Heavy Snow/Thundersnow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I see that LWX downgraded the forecast accums in the DC area (6-10 to 4-8), but I would have to disagree with that move. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people in the DC metro & NW suburbs top out in the 8-12" range, maybe some spots higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm venturing out now for the drive home from Baltimore to western Howard County. Wish me luck...... MDstorm Made it home in 1 hour 35 minutes. Not bad for a 30 mile trip in blinding snow. I-70 was terrible. The east bound lanes were being plowed, but that didn't do me a bit of good traveling westbound. Many cars and trucks had pulled off of the road. Visibility was literally a few yards. I've never driven in such bad conditions and I'm almost as old as Mitchnick. MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looks that 40dbz stuff is back building into Frederick.....do like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This is just intense. Concussive snow for the past hour and a half; I was out sledding with my daughter and the snow was unrelenting. I don't think it was quite as heavy as it was last February, but it's close. We came back, close by one of the towering transmission towers in this part of DC, and lightning struck the one close by. I thought I could smell the ozone. (My daughter, who was justifiably terrified as we ran back toward our house, looked at her papa laughing, and probably thought I was crazy; the funny thing is, if this had been a summer thunderstorm, I'd probably have been a little rattled too.) Or maybe the smell was the exhaust from all the cars. Wisconsin Ave is locked up in both directions, bumper-to-bumper up Tenley hill and down through Friendship Heights. I've never seen Wisconsin Avenue like that, and I've never smelled exhaust as pervasively in my neighborhood. The cacophony of sirens and horns is something else as well; it just adds to the sense of disorder. Three or four inches accumulation, I'd suppose, but I'll remember this storm not for its depth, but for the havoc it's raising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 That band over leesburg is headed this way, i hope. Vsibility is about 1/2 mile at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Very heavy snow here now. Windy. same here, its blowing and drifting makes it impossible to measure. Probably have had 3" so far from this band tonight but its all in drifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spf Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 4.5 inches in Great Falls. Moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I see that LWX downgraded the forecast accums in the DC area (6-10 to 4-8), but I would have to disagree with that move. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people in the DC metro & NW suburbs top out in the 8-12" range, maybe some spots higher. Don't worry they dropped the NW burbs down to 3-6". We already have 4" of new snow and 5.5"-6" for the day. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I do have to laugh that the weather.com forecast for me says no accumulation through 8:30pm. It's gotta be close to 3 inches right now. I haven't been out for about 30 minutes and my footprints are nowhere to be found. 5 inches - 2 in the last 45 min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovechkin Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I see that LWX downgraded the forecast accums in the DC area (6-10 to 4-8), but I would have to disagree with that move. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people in the DC metro & NW suburbs top out in the 8-12" range, maybe some spots higher. Problem is that this thing is bookin it. Moving to fast. Unless you think we get some backbuilding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Crash! Big tree limb goes down in back yard... Still supposed to be flying out of Dulles in 4 hours.... Hmmm... dude if there is any chance your flight is going to leave, you should be on your way by now, might take you 2 hours to get there in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlyq Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Measured 4.5 and still have moderate snow falling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaterp Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The snow and wind have definitely picked up. Visibility reduced considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 just read the obs, congrats guys! watching fox5 for a moment, looks very wet and heavy!! looks like a fun night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyBo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I hope that band setting up in VA moves into MoCo at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I love the new snow light (lamp post). And goddamn is the wind blowing! I see that LWX downgraded the forecast accums in the DC area (6-10 to 4-8), but I would have to disagree with that move. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people in the DC metro & NW suburbs top out in the 8-12" range, maybe some spots higher. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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