Jebman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 No, Jeb, I can't. I haven't been out that way. I think areas around Leesburg actually got more snow than we did, but I don't know how their's has held on. We got lucky over here. First we had snow on Friday, about an inch. Then no sun at all on Sat/Sun. Then a little topper of sleet/snow Monday night, then last night just as the rain started, the temp went down to about 31 and instead of a melting rain last night, we got a layer of ice on everything. I'd say a few miles meant everything. I know this morning, by the time I got to downtown Winchester, there was no ice at all there, yet here about 7 miles north, there was a layer on everything. Thanks - I hope you get lots of snow even if I get rain and mild locally. I'll enjoy your snow through the posts on this board Also I hope you keep all the snow you already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 What's up with the sudden onset of fierce wind gusts up this way? No idea on speeds, but trees are whipping around like I've rarely seen. You've "rarely" seen 30-40mph wind gusts? We seem to get them at least a bunch of times a year not counting severe thunderstorms. Wind is caused by the fropa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheesyPoofs Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 In case you guys hadn't ventured over to the Central/Western thread on the storm. http://www.chicagotr...,0,347680.story And those Chicagoans claim to know how to deal with snow. But, no, seriously, when are people going to learn? I realize for some being on the roads is unavoidable, but I'd bet at least 40% (conservatively) of those people could have been home at the time. Same with our fiasco last week. I realize people have jobs and can't always get off/don't want to take off in this economy, but I'm sure there are equally as many who could be home but think they can "handle it" and that it "won't be a big deal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Very surprised at the snow remaining as of 520pm Heavy wet snow packed down by three quarters of an inch of cold 32 degree rain overnight on top of a cold ground held up better than I could ever have imagined. This morning at 10am with clouds and 38 degrees, we had about 80 percent areal coverage. After a day of sun and 63 degree weather - Down to about 30 percent areal coverage. Snow has managed to hold on in all the usual places - north of houses, even east and west sides of hills. The north side of my house has 3 inches of snow left. My front yard faces east. It still has an inch of snow on the north part. My shoveled snow piles have lost half their height - I am shocked - I thought they would all be gone. Plowed piles in the subdivision lost about 20 percent of their height. Snow can still be generally seen in the neighborhood. I am sure the shopping centers and Potomac Mills still has good plowed piles left. Altogether very surprising that this much snow should survive a 63 degree torch with full on sunshine after a three quarter inch rainer, although the rain fell at night at 32 degrees. The ground is cold and the snow was heavy wet snow to begin with. Speculation about places like central Maryland where they got socked in with over a foot of heavy wet snow a week ago - They likely still have at least 5 inches of snow with near 100 percent areal coverage - If I got a look at those neighborhoods right now my jaw would be resting on the ground in total awe. Central Park probably still is socked in deep impenetrable snowpack. Leesburg, North RT 28 near Dulles, RT 7 and RT 9 on into Jefferson County West Virginia into Mannings W VA probably still have 2-4 inches snowpack with near 100 percent areal coverage due to overall colder temps with this storm, icing and very cold rain last night then only 30s today with very early onset of strong CAA (compared to tropical DCA and N VA). Davis W VA has more snow than Chicago IL All in all a major surprize given all the rain here, NO icing at all, and low 60s maxima with abundant springlike sunshine nuked away much of our areal snow coverage but left us a surprising amount. Now the sun is setting and CAA is underway - we are finally falling thru the 40s toward lows in the low 20s. Thank goodness!!!! Everything has a good chance to freeze. Jeb, We still have essentially 100 percent snow coverage still in Bethesda with about three inches on the ground, I'd imagine it to be similar in the places you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Still a decent snowpack out here. Maybe 4-5 inches. Hope to see a little more this weekend. How disgusting that we had to miss out on one of the biggest storms in history. What a fitting storm for this horrid winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Evening, all. If you venture on the roads this evening, please take care. The CAA is flash freezing the roads so anything that looks wet is likely not. Spots are very slick and I've seen two bad accidents due to the ice in the last 10 minutes on my drive home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 What das said. It's no joke out there. If it looks wet on the roads, it may be ice instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 what are we observing in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 what are we observing in this thread? Black ice and wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Black ice and wind You gotta admit that winter in DC is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thanks - I hope you get lots of snow even if I get rain and mild locally. I'll enjoy your snow through the posts on this board Also I hope you keep all the snow you already have. Jeb, that's a nice post. I don't know whether I'll get any snow this weekend or not, but I haven't given up. I hope we all get some. I'm still holding out hope that Feb brings some good winter weather and also the first two weeks of March. When March 15 hits, I hope it warms and my grass starts growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Black ice and wind : ) I'm all about the black ice, but that's only in calm wind/high humidity situations where the roads all look wet. I guess tonight is just plain patches of visible ice that are lying across otherwise dry roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Still a decent snowpack out here. Maybe 4-5 inches. Hope to see a little more this weekend. How disgusting that we had to miss out on one of the biggest storms in history. What a fitting storm for this horrid winter. You know, for the bad rap that this storm got, at least in parts of the county, there was no precip that wasn't technically frozen. Mon night was sleet and snow, last night it dropped just below freezing enough to stay freezing rain until it stopped raining. It was really pretty this morning. Yeah we missed out, but at least it wasn't a warm rain that washed away all of the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 : ) I'm all about the black ice, but that's only in calm wind/high humidity situations where the roads all look wet. I guess tonight is just plain patches of visible ice that are lying across otherwise dry roads. yeah i suppose if we're sticking to strict definitions. tho i walked across a road that was not visibly icy or even wet and i slipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I saw snowgeese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbite_falls Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Must be a tornado in the vicinity. You've "rarely" seen 30-40mph wind gusts? We seem to get them at least a bunch of times a year not counting severe thunderstorms. Wind is caused by the fropa. Wow, the jerk factor really ratchets up around here when things don't go the way the weenies want. It was a general observation (this being an obs thread) about the effect the wind was having on trees I've observed 5 days a week for 10+ years, coupled with no forecast indication (that I saw at least) of some pretty severe gusts--which I strongly suspect were at times a fair bit higher than 30-40 mph. At the risk of more pathetic and worthless feedback--the roads in northern Harford are quite hazardous in places this evening--random large patches of ice topped with a thin sheet of liquid water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Why was there no wind advisory tonight?! The metal furnature flew off my deck and blew about 100ft to the corner of the neighbors azailia bushes. Gust reached 46mph on the somewhat sheltered vantage pro 2, this around 11PM. Trees were really bending. Also large chunks/blocks of snow fly off the roof in the higher gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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